David Cronenberg's perverted, erotic, grotesque and nihilistic masterpiece CRASH. Banned in Westminster upon release, dragged through the mud in rags up and down the country and now coming to Cultplex for all of the freaks of Manchester for its 30th anniversary.
Following director James Ballard (James Spader) as he finds himself entwined in the sexual lives of a group of people turned on by crash crashes following a crash of his own and the waning fires of his own married sex life. Adapted from J.G Ballard's novel of the same name this is one of the 90s most daring and transgressive works. With a stacked supporting cast including Holly Hunter (Broadcast News, The Piano, Raising Arizona) Rosanna Arquette (After Hours, Buffalo 66, Pulp Fiction) and Elias Koteas (Gattaca, The Thin Red Line, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and some of the sexiest imagery put onto celluloid. Come for the car crashes, stay for the psychosexual modern nightmares.
All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, and the film start time is as advertised above.
Pitchblack Playback: James Blake 'James Blake' 15th anniversary
Wed 11 Feb
Immerse yourself James Blake's stunning debut album at our listening session in the dark, celebrating 15 years since its release. Hear this immense record played loud in uncompressed audio on Cultplex's powerful cinema sound system. No distractions; just you and the music. "This sounds great” — Rick Rubin "A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai "The optimal way to listen to an album" — Max Rich...
Pitchblack Playback: Fugees 'The Score' 30th anniversary
Wed 11 Feb
Immerse yourself in Fugees' stone-cold hip hop classic 'The Score' at our listening session in the dark, celebrating 30 years since its release. Hear this immense record played loud in uncompressed audio on Cultplex's powerful cinema sound system. No distractions; just you and the music. "This sounds great” — Rick Rubin "A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai "The optimal way to listen to an al...
Immerse yourself in ROSALÍA's breathtaking new vision at our exclusive listening session in the dark for 'LUX' — one of our Best Albums Of 2025. Hear this immense record played loud in uncompressed audio on Cultplex's powerful cinema sound system. No distractions; just you and the music. "This sounds great” — Rick Rubin "A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai "The optimal way to listen to an al...
Before hope was instilled in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas visited the future in 1971 with his feature-debut THX 1138. Set sometime in the 21st century, the film offers a world where citizens live underground and are controlled by the use of mandatory drugs, altering their minds and suppressing their emotions. Sexual intercourse and the concept of family are prohibited - it’s a future wher...
This February, on Friday the 13th, come spend the night with GASP! Horror Film Festival as they screen a Valentine's special double bill of (not very) romantic horror movies starting with the Universal Monsters classic, Bride of Frankenstein, a highly ambitious and highly influential horror masterpiece that changed the genre as we know it with its gothic, atmospheric horror that provides so much i...
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! In career that has encompassed such controversial classics...
Here at CULTPLEX we are here to give everyone what they want on Valentine's Day - A screening of our favourite romance trilogy - Linklater's the before films! This isn't just a series of films; it is the holy scripture of modern(ish) romance, tracking the evolution of a relationship in real-time intervals of nine years. From the naive optimism of youth to the complex, battle-hardened reality of l...
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 she assembled before her sermon Barbi...
This final movie version was created as an alternative ending to the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION TV series, remaking the final two episodes from the series. SEELE plans an attack on NERV after failing to create a man-made Third Impact. After reaffirming both her own and her mother’s existence in a state of despair, Asuka returns and begins the counterattack. However, new enemies descend from the heave...
This screening brings together two films that centre sex workers’ voices across different contexts — from digital labour online to long-term grassroots organising for rights and decriminalisation. The evening opens with Private Chat (2020), a short film by Joe Bowden and Ashley Song . Set within the world of online camming, the film follows a young cam model who books a private session with anoth...
Fiery, feminist comedian Beth Moore wants to bring the homely film watching experience of literally throwing yourself off your sofa, bruising your best friend’s arm from slapping and grabbing it so much and jaw dislocation from shock and awe to the cinema! DVD MENU SCREAM is a live-reaction-interactive- film-watching-spectacle! Beth'll bring the Overboard based complimentary comedy segments and...
Join us for Manchester’s only cult film pub quiz! Every other month our own in-house quizmaster writes a completely original six round quiz which can ONLY be played within the walls of our cinema, YES IT’S A MOVIE PUB QUIZ THAT HAPPENS IN A CINEMA! This means you can expect a feast of multimedia rounds on top of the uber nerdy, classic trivia questions. Example rounds include… DRAW US A PI...
Interference Films Presents: Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Fri 20 Feb
Interference Films is proud to present an ultra rare screening of the Hong Kong Category 3 classic RIKI-OH: THE STORY OF RICKY (??, 1991) Directed by Lam Nai Choi, Riki-Oh has become the stuff of cult film legend. Based upon the Japanese manga of the same name, Riki-Oh is an outlandish, hilarious, ultra violent martial arts movie set within the walls of a futuristic privatised prison. Ricky Ho (...
When rock singer Ellen Aim (Diane Lane) is kidnapped by Raven (Willem Dafoe) and his biker gang her former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody (Michael Paré), is hired to bring her back. What follows is a trawl through the city’s nightmarish underbelly, alongside Ellen's manager Billy Fish (Rick Moranis) and former soldier McCoy (WEAPONS’ Amy Madigan), that includes rock numbers, bike chases and sled...
Satsuki and Mei's mother has taken ill. In order to be closer to her while she recovers in a rural convalescent hospital, their father moves the two sisters from their home in a city to the countryside. The house they move into is a ramshackle old place in the shadow of an ancient camphor tree, and Satsuki and Mei embark on adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. This screeni...
OBSCURE FILM PRESENTS: GENRE IDENTITIES, PART ONE - TRANSNESS AND GENRE
Sat 21 Feb
The second in a series of feature and short film screenings presented by Obscure Film at Cultplex in 2026! Each of the Genre Identities programmes will feature two hours of short films by local and international filmmakers, exploring the relationship between themes and concepts of a wide variety of film genres and the identities of the filmmakers and their communities. The short films in this scr...
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web...
SPEED + STRIKE PRESENTS: CRASH David Cronenberg's perverted, erotic, grotesque and nihilistic masterpiece CRASH. Banned in Westminster upon release, dragged through the mud in rags up and down the country and now coming to Cultplex for all of the freaks of Manchester for its 30th anniversary. Following director James Ballard (James Spader) as he finds himself entwined in the sexual lives of a gr...
All About My Mother cemented Almodóvar’s status as the Spanish auteur to watch. The film’s commercial success went hand in hand with prestigious accolades, including an Academy Award for Best International Film, and BAFTAs for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Not in the English Language. Manuela, an Argentine living in Madrid with her son Esteban hides a secret. She has never...
Diane, 19:00-22:00pm February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks. There will be a cabaret night dedicated to the incredible show Twin Peaks. With 6 performers bringing Lyncian themed acts that will make you laugh, cry and fall in love all over again with the series. Alongside these performances we will also be doing a Twin Peaks raffle where you could win some themed goodies to take home with y...
Pitchblack Playback: James Blake 'James Blake' 15th anniversary
Wed 11 Feb
Immerse yourself James Blake's stunning debut album at our listening session in the dark, celebrating 15 years since its release. Hear this immense record played loud in uncompressed audio on Cultplex's powerful cinema sound system. No distractions; just you and the music. "This sounds great” — Rick Rubin "A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai "The optimal way to listen to an album" — Max Rich...
Pitchblack Playback: Fugees 'The Score' 30th anniversary
Wed 11 Feb
Immerse yourself in Fugees' stone-cold hip hop classic 'The Score' at our listening session in the dark, celebrating 30 years since its release. Hear this immense record played loud in uncompressed audio on Cultplex's powerful cinema sound system. No distractions; just you and the music. "This sounds great” — Rick Rubin "A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai "The optimal way to listen to an al...
Immerse yourself in ROSALÍA's breathtaking new vision at our exclusive listening session in the dark for 'LUX' — one of our Best Albums Of 2025. Hear this immense record played loud in uncompressed audio on Cultplex's powerful cinema sound system. No distractions; just you and the music. "This sounds great” — Rick Rubin "A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai "The optimal way to listen to an al...
Before hope was instilled in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas visited the future in 1971 with his feature-debut THX 1138. Set sometime in the 21st century, the film offers a world where citizens live underground and are controlled by the use of mandatory drugs, altering their minds and suppressing their emotions. Sexual intercourse and the concept of family are prohibited - it’s a future wher...
This February, on Friday the 13th, come spend the night with GASP! Horror Film Festival as they screen a Valentine's special double bill of (not very) romantic horror movies starting with the Universal Monsters classic, Bride of Frankenstein, a highly ambitious and highly influential horror masterpiece that changed the genre as we know it with its gothic, atmospheric horror that provides so much i...
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! In career that has encompassed such controversial classics...
Here at CULTPLEX we are here to give everyone what they want on Valentine's Day - A screening of our favourite romance trilogy - Linklater's the before films! This isn't just a series of films; it is the holy scripture of modern(ish) romance, tracking the evolution of a relationship in real-time intervals of nine years. From the naive optimism of youth to the complex, battle-hardened reality of l...
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 she assembled before her sermon Barbi...
This final movie version was created as an alternative ending to the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION TV series, remaking the final two episodes from the series. SEELE plans an attack on NERV after failing to create a man-made Third Impact. After reaffirming both her own and her mother’s existence in a state of despair, Asuka returns and begins the counterattack. However, new enemies descend from the heave...
This screening brings together two films that centre sex workers’ voices across different contexts — from digital labour online to long-term grassroots organising for rights and decriminalisation. The evening opens with Private Chat (2020), a short film by Joe Bowden and Ashley Song . Set within the world of online camming, the film follows a young cam model who books a private session with anoth...
Fiery, feminist comedian Beth Moore wants to bring the homely film watching experience of literally throwing yourself off your sofa, bruising your best friend’s arm from slapping and grabbing it so much and jaw dislocation from shock and awe to the cinema! DVD MENU SCREAM is a live-reaction-interactive- film-watching-spectacle! Beth'll bring the Overboard based complimentary comedy segments and...
Join us for Manchester’s only cult film pub quiz! Every other month our own in-house quizmaster writes a completely original six round quiz which can ONLY be played within the walls of our cinema, YES IT’S A MOVIE PUB QUIZ THAT HAPPENS IN A CINEMA! This means you can expect a feast of multimedia rounds on top of the uber nerdy, classic trivia questions. Example rounds include… DRAW US A PI...
Interference Films Presents: Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Fri 20 Feb
Interference Films is proud to present an ultra rare screening of the Hong Kong Category 3 classic RIKI-OH: THE STORY OF RICKY (??, 1991) Directed by Lam Nai Choi, Riki-Oh has become the stuff of cult film legend. Based upon the Japanese manga of the same name, Riki-Oh is an outlandish, hilarious, ultra violent martial arts movie set within the walls of a futuristic privatised prison. Ricky Ho (...
When rock singer Ellen Aim (Diane Lane) is kidnapped by Raven (Willem Dafoe) and his biker gang her former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody (Michael Paré), is hired to bring her back. What follows is a trawl through the city’s nightmarish underbelly, alongside Ellen's manager Billy Fish (Rick Moranis) and former soldier McCoy (WEAPONS’ Amy Madigan), that includes rock numbers, bike chases and sled...
Satsuki and Mei's mother has taken ill. In order to be closer to her while she recovers in a rural convalescent hospital, their father moves the two sisters from their home in a city to the countryside. The house they move into is a ramshackle old place in the shadow of an ancient camphor tree, and Satsuki and Mei embark on adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. This screeni...
OBSCURE FILM PRESENTS: GENRE IDENTITIES, PART ONE - TRANSNESS AND GENRE
Sat 21 Feb
The second in a series of feature and short film screenings presented by Obscure Film at Cultplex in 2026! Each of the Genre Identities programmes will feature two hours of short films by local and international filmmakers, exploring the relationship between themes and concepts of a wide variety of film genres and the identities of the filmmakers and their communities. The short films in this scr...
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web...
SPEED + STRIKE PRESENTS: CRASH David Cronenberg's perverted, erotic, grotesque and nihilistic masterpiece CRASH. Banned in Westminster upon release, dragged through the mud in rags up and down the country and now coming to Cultplex for all of the freaks of Manchester for its 30th anniversary. Following director James Ballard (James Spader) as he finds himself entwined in the sexual lives of a gr...
All About My Mother cemented Almodóvar’s status as the Spanish auteur to watch. The film’s commercial success went hand in hand with prestigious accolades, including an Academy Award for Best International Film, and BAFTAs for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Not in the English Language. Manuela, an Argentine living in Madrid with her son Esteban hides a secret. She has never...
Diane, 19:00-22:00pm February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks. There will be a cabaret night dedicated to the incredible show Twin Peaks. With 6 performers bringing Lyncian themed acts that will make you laugh, cry and fall in love all over again with the series. Alongside these performances we will also be doing a Twin Peaks raffle where you could win some themed goodies to take home with y...
