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LeftLion Magazine #123

Sun 01 Mar 2020

The history special, featuring an archaeologist in Notts, Men of War podcast, vintage postcards, magnet fishing, Byron's wicked family tree, Mark Thomas, Bone Cult and more...

Live Music Review: Boy & Bear at Rescue Rooms

Sat 29 Feb 2020

Award-winning Sydney folk-rockers Boy & Bear played their debut Nottingham show in a triumphant return to the international music scene…

Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Sat 29 Feb 2020

This French language film has received over 100 nominations, including nods at the BAFTAs and Golden Globes...

LeftLion Film Podcast #27 - Moonlight and Magnolias

Sat 29 Feb 2020

Ash and Derry visit the set of Moonlight and Magnolias at the Nottingham Playhouse where they talk to actors Joe Alessi, who plays legendary Hollywood producer David O. Selznick and Hayley Doherty, who plays his long-suffering secretary Mss Poppenghul

Theatre Review: Moonlight and Magnolias

Sat 29 Feb 2020

We checked out Moonlight and Magnolias, the whirlwind story of three men locked in a room for five days writing the script for Gone with the Wind, at Nottingham Playhouse...

Theatre Review: Measure for Measure

Sat 29 Feb 2020

Our very own Nottingham has had a visit from the big smoke: The Royal Shakespeare Company have graced us with their thespian tendencies for a few days at the Theatre Royal. We went to see their production of Measure for Measure to see what all this men in tights malarky was about…

Film Review: Greed

Tue 25 Feb 2020

This satire about capitalist greed contains a stunning cast, but may have bitten off more than it could chew...

Art Review: Crying Shadows, Flesh and Bones at Surface Gallery

Tue 25 Feb 2020

Our writer Shaw had a lot of thoughts about this...

Film Review: Little Joe

Mon 24 Feb 2020

When flowers attack - Ian C Douglas reviews offbeat Cannes drama Little Joe...

Food Review: The Dice Cup

Fri 21 Feb 2020

Finding something unusual to do in Nottingham city centre can sometimes be difficult. But if your tummy is grumbling and your boredom is tumbling, vegan boardgame cafe The Dice Cup could sort you out...

Theatre Review: A Monster Calls

Wed 19 Feb 2020

Often painful and heart rending but equally beautiful

Film Review: Emma

Tue 18 Feb 2020

The newest adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel of manners is an entertaining watch, but lacks the depth of its source material...

Film Review: First Love

Tue 18 Feb 2020

Fabrice Gagos reviews the new blood-splattered crime drama from Takashi Miike - but did he love it?

Film Review: Sonic the Hedgehog

Tue 18 Feb 2020

The trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog was met with more than a little animosity. After a $5 million reanimation, is the final film enough to please audiences? Nathan Warby thinks so...

Live Music Review: Fatoumata Diawara’s Nottingham Debut at Rescue Rooms

Sun 16 Feb 2020

Our Addie looks back on a Sunday evening show that she won't be forgetting in a hurry...

Live Music Review: Oh Wonder at Metronome

Sat 15 Feb 2020

Alt-pop duo and couple Anthony West and Josephine Vander Gucht, AKA Oh Wonder, gave a performance at Nottingham’s Metronome this week that can only be described as magical....

Food Review: Monga

Sat 15 Feb 2020

It might appear like it’s lacking a soul, but I think it’s fair to say that one of the best things about the Vic Centre is the recent revamp of the ad-hoc food court occupying what I like to call the “big Tesco end.”

Film Review: To All the Boys - P.S. I Still Love You

Fri 14 Feb 2020

Laura Jean has returned to our Netflix screens in a film that proves just as quirky and romantic as its predecessor...

LeftLion Film Podcast #26 - Bridie Squires: Casino Zero

Wed 12 Feb 2020

Notts poet Bridie Squires talks to Ashley and Derry about Casino Zero, the one-woman show based on her experiences as a croupier...

Live Music Review: Church of the Cosmic Skull at The Level

Mon 10 Feb 2020

Church of the Cosmic Skull are the Nottingham-based seven-piece that answers the question: “What if ABBA did guitar shredding and was actually an occult?” The answer is pleasing to say the least...

Film Review: Birds of Prey

Mon 10 Feb 2020

Four years after the flop of Suicide Squad, Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn gets another chance to make an impression on the big screen...

Theatre Review: Holes at Nottingham Playhouse

Fri 07 Feb 2020

Gold is in those holes: if you're eight (or ever were) just see it...

LeftLion Football Podcast Episode 6: Tom Head (@wiggumcharm)

Fri 07 Feb 2020

Colin and Gareth welcome guest Tom Head (@wiggumcharm) with an optimistic take on Forest's fortunes, a revolving-door goalkeeper situation at Notts and Jim brings good news for the catering department at Mansfield