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PLATFORM is a new event for the games industry created to showcase work from developers of all sizes from across the region, to provide a stage for figures within industry to take attendees behind the scenes of their hard work, and open up a new space for the games development community to regularly connect. We aim to provide an opportunity for people to Platform themselves, their games and their ...

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents. This screening is 18+, and will feature subtitles to aid accessibility. The film will begin at the advertised time above.

Join us for two of Richard Kelly's most notorious films! The first is a cult classic that become a smash hit around the world, launching the Gyllenhaal's into superstardom: Donnie Darko. The second is his follow up film, taking advantage of the kind of blank cheque that comes with a smash hit follow up, and an all-star cast featuring The Rock, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Justin Timberlake - Southlan...

A rare opportunity to see Michael Cumming’s cult film Oxide Ghosts, which will only ever be screened at these live events.

For the second evening of our season, Outside In brings Sunderland based Ice Swimmer Becca Harvey to Manchester. The evening will feature a screening of the award winning film 'Ice Mile', followed by a talk and Q&A session by the star of the film herself - Becca Harvey. The Ice Mile is a film showing both the beauty and adventure in outdoor swimming – chasing those lower temperatures in the coo...

Part of AWESOME ACTION FEST 2024 Here at CULTPLEX we've long regarded movie-going as a religious experience and the cinema as a sacred temple of worship! Week in, week out people don their best to celebrate the gods of cinema on the big screen as they intended us to. We could never quite put a name on this but in 2023 one of our religion's patron saints Greta Gerwig talked of the Movie Church s...

Part of AWESOME ACTION FEST 2024 Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one s...

We are very proud to present ARROW VIDEO CLUB, a new collaboration with the almighty lords of physical media Arrow Video; where we will present some of the best titles from their back catalogue on our lovely big screen! Expect a variety of cult classics, deep cuts, Arrow Video trailers and a raffle for Arrow Video blu-rays at every event! Synopsis: Dinner in America is a rebellious, offbeat ...

Pitchblack Playback hosts listening sessions in the dark on great sound systems around the world for upcoming and classic albums and curated mixtapes. It's a simple idea, but we think it's much more than the sum of its parts. Why do we like to listen to music in the dark*? We believe that listening to music with this way makes music feel more intense, lets you hear it in more detail, and allows...

Pitchblack Playback hosts listening sessions in the dark on great sound systems around the world for upcoming and classic albums and curated mixtapes. It's a simple idea, but we think it's much more than the sum of its parts. Why do we like to listen to music in the dark*? We believe that listening to music with this way makes music feel more intense, lets you hear it in more detail, and allows...

Immerse yourself in one of our Best Albums Of 2024: Fontaines D.C.'s majestic 'Romance', which received 5-star reviews from NME, The Guardian and Rolling Stone. Hear and feel every detail of this incredible record on Cultplex's powerful sound system, in the dark, with no distractions. Just you and the music.

Join us for Manchester’s first amateur gaming league! It’s a pub quiz vibe with a gaming angle! Form your team of four pals and head down to sit in our cinema playing the best video games out there on our absolutely stellar cinema screen and gut churning sound system vying to beat out 11 other teams of gaming nerds in a series of mystery console and PC based challenges. This IS NOT a serious gamin...

It's no secret that we love extreme metal at Interference HQ - so we have put together a double bill of our favourite metal themed movies - LORDS OF CHAOS + DEATHGASM!!! Mixing music and cinema is our core focus - so we can really let loose with this one! Digging deep into our record collections, expect some heavy as hell DJ mixes at the start and during the intermission from the Interference D...

Cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote is coming to CULTPLEX, Manchester with an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode “The Witch’s Curse”. A visitor to Cabot Cove is accused of being a witch and soon there’s a murder that only Jessica Fletcher (or you!) can solve! Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote is a unique and hilarious night featuring games, prizes and audience...

PART OF AWESOME ACTION FEST 2024 Join us for a double bill of two amercian action classics, both directed by women and starring the legendary Keanu Reeves. Both films are an excellent exploration of identity, control, and rebellion against authority through the medium of american action cinema. Utah & Neo both find themselves torn between two opposing forces—order and chaos—and must confront...

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken. This event is part of CULT...

Part of AWESOME ACTION FEST 2024 We are very proud to present ARROW VIDEO CLUB, a new collaboration with the almighty lords of physical media Arrow Video; where we will present some of the best titles from their back catalogue on our lovely big screen! Expect a variety of cult classics, deep cuts, Arrow Video trailers and a raffle for Arrow Video blu-rays at every event! The Way of the Drago...

Part of AWESOME ACTION FEST 2024 At home, Lola gets a call from her frightened boyfriend who has lost a large amount of gang money he was smuggling into the country. His only chance of staying alive is if she can get replacement cash to him in twenty minutes. Lola decides to try her father at the bank where he works. But exactly how things will turn out depends crucially, almost to the second, ...

Screening at CULTPLEX for ONE NIGHT ONLY! We are very excited to bring the smash cult hit HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS to our big screen for a special one off. This is going to be one of your last chances to see this in the cinema so do not miss out. Synopsis: In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hu...

Part of AWESOME ACTION FEST 2024 Leroy Green, a young martial artist living in New York City, trains tirelessly to attain the same level of mastery as the great Bruce Lee. One night, his life changes forever when he rescues television personality Laura Charles from evil businessman Eddie Arkadian. Impressed by Leroy's bravery, Laura falls for Leroy -- but to keep her safe, he will have to defea...