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 recently one of our religion's patron saints Greta Gerwig talked of the Movie Church she assembled before her most recent sermon Barbie, to prepare her disciples for telling her next great story.
We are excited to bring our own MOVIE CHURCH as a regular monthly slot at the cinema (on Sundays, of course). Here you will find a celebration of the very best sermons to be committed to film, that typify the power of movies and deserve to be worshipped at the altar of big screen cinema. Expect introductory words from our clergy, a church raffle for film prizes and a truly holy cinematic experience.
One of the great works of American science fiction, Steven Spielberg’s visionary fourth feature (following the 1975 blockbuster Jaws) contemplates the possibility of life beyond Earth with a singular blend of awe, fear, and post-Watergate skepticism.
Presented by Bigger Than Life with a pre-recorded introduction and short film (Shitty Drum!) by director Pascal Plante. Kelly-Anne, a fashion model and online poker player, is fixated on the high-profile trial of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier, accused of live-streaming a series of murders to paying customers. We’re left guessing as to her true motives as Kelly-Anne’s spiralling obsession leads...
Neon Genesis Evangelion Marathon + End of Evangelion
Sat 6 Jun
Humanity stands at the edge of Third Impact. Join us for a complete Neon Genesis Evangelion marathon, culminating in The End of Evangelion — the apocalyptic finale that changed anime forever! This ground breaking, action-packed series from creator Hideaki Anno has been hailed as one of the most important anime series of all time – a remarkable fusion of genres, and a powerful examination of the ...
October, 1957. Nine-year-old Hogarth Hughes hears stories of a UFO that crashed into the sea. Always on the lookout for mutant aliens, Hogarth finds a huge, metal-eating robot with an insatiable curiosity and equally insatiable appetite. But the extra-terrestrial's presence unleashes a wave of Cold War paranoia that threatens to engulf Rockwell unless Hogarth and his 50-foot friend can stop it. Lo...
Chapters by Consent Without Metaphors is a film anthology made by the young creatives of Manchester. This piece aims to spread awareness on consent by breaking taboos and being open and honest about all different aspects of consent while celebrating life, connection and the creativeness of young people. Consent Without Metaphors is all about re-educating the youth to fight against the epidemic o...
Join us in a celebration of bargain bin cinema, of the filmmaking masterpieces you see at supermarkets and think 'What? That is a real film was was made by humans and is now in front of me?'. Your Sharknado's of the world, but we're aiming for worse (or better) than that! Each film pick will be a total mystery until the first frames hit the cinema screen. Previous films have included Velocip...
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! Adapted for the screen by acclaimed horror writer Clive Ba...
The Mellow Film Tour UK is coming to Manchester for the first time. Watch the trailer --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCtv7xHfvjI Four films. Intimate screenings. One unforgettable night. Step inside the world’s hardest ascents with Brooke Raboutou, Sean Bailey, and Connor Herson - pushing the limits of what’s possible on rock. Then, an unexpected twist: deep in the Alaskan mountains, elit...
Cult School - Kaiju 101: Monstrous Trauma Writ Large
Fri 12 Jun
Welcome back to CULT SCHOOL at CULTPLEX, where the syllabus is the world of cult film! For the second session of 2026, presenter and author Nathan Lunn (@geordiefilmsclass) stomps onto the scene for Kaiju 101: Monstrous Trauma Writ Large. Delving into a body of cinema so massive its presence is globally shared, unavoidable and entirely mutable, our session will explore cinematic allegories for hi...
Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira ) is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies! Experience Ishirō Honda's Kaiju masterpiece which started it all. Godzilla is also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, ...
A landmark of Japanese monster cinema, this thrilling clash of titans blends apocalyptic spectacle with environmental anxieties and moments of surprising beauty. Directed by Ishirō Honda, the visionary behind the original Godzilla , the film pits the King of the Monsters against the divine guardian Mothra after corporate greed and natural disaster unleash chaos across Japan. With dazzling miniat...
The original Godzilla team of director Ishiro Honda, special-effects supervisor Eiji Tsuburaya, and composer Akira Ifukube reunited for this kaiju extravaganza, which features no fewer than eleven monsters. Set in the remote future of 1999, when the people of Earth have achieved world peace by confining destructive creatures to Monsterland (until an alien race intervenes), Destroy All Monsters mou...
As part of Kai- June Godzilla Marathon! Our mystery GODZILLA pick... Screening as part of our iconic celebration of Kaiju's throughout June! Single tickets and All Day Passes available. All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, and the film start time is as advertised above.
Peter Jackson's passionate 2005 reimagining of the 1933 classic is filmmaking on the grandest scale, a three-hour spectacular that honors the original while expanding it into a fully realized world. The director brings the same meticulous craft that defined his Lord of the Rings trilogy to create a Skull Island teeming with terrifying creatures and breathtaking danger—from a harrowing battle with...
Global Justice Now returns to Cultplex, this time featuring a screening of ' All That Breathes '. Winner of both Sundance and Festival des Cannes for 'Best Documentary' in 2022, the documentary follows the brothers Nadeem and Saud in their efforts to protect the black kite, a bird of prey essential to New Delhi's ecosystem, which is threatened by the air pollution in the city. All profits from th...
A ragtag group including a local Deputy Sheriff, the Deputy's estranged wife, a young pregnant woman and her grandfather, an assortment of locals and a vengeful father and son, find themselves in a remote hospital besieged by mysterious cultists. As the night passes the group are beset by nightmarish horrors and begin a descent into the darkest recesses of a twisting reality Steven Kostanski and ...
Returning for its second year and now on the main screen due to popular demand, GASP! will once again be hosting a horror movie quiz the week before their 2026 festival! With various rounds focusing on various areas of the genre as well as additional points up for grabs for best team name, the GASP! The team will test your knowledge and give you a chance of winning two full festival passes for th...
The Experimental Fiction Film Festival returns on 20 June for a one-night-only showcase of bold international cinema and experimental storytelling. Bringing together emerging and established filmmakers from across the world, the programme explores surreal narratives, speculative worlds, fractured realities, and visually adventurous filmmaking rarely seen on mainstream screens. Expect an evening of...
The Experimental Fiction Film Festival returns on 20 June for a one-night-only showcase of bold international cinema and experimental storytelling. Bringing together emerging and established filmmakers from across the world, the programme explores surreal narratives, speculative worlds, fractured realities, and visually adventurous filmmaking rarely seen on mainstream screens. Expect an evening of...
INEFF 2026: Screening Block 3 + Competition & Award Ceremony
Sat 20 Jun
The Experimental Fiction Film Festival returns on 20 June for a one-night-only showcase of bold international cinema and experimental storytelling. Bringing together emerging and established filmmakers from across the world, the programme explores surreal narratives, speculative worlds, fractured realities, and visually adventurous filmmaking rarely seen on mainstream screens. Expect an evening of...
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 recently one of our religion's patron saints Greta Gerwig talked of the Movie Church she assembled before her most recent...
Presented by Bigger Than Life with a pre-recorded introduction and short film (Shitty Drum!) by director Pascal Plante. Kelly-Anne, a fashion model and online poker player, is fixated on the high-profile trial of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier, accused of live-streaming a series of murders to paying customers. We’re left guessing as to her true motives as Kelly-Anne’s spiralling obsession leads...
Neon Genesis Evangelion Marathon + End of Evangelion
Sat 6 Jun
Humanity stands at the edge of Third Impact. Join us for a complete Neon Genesis Evangelion marathon, culminating in The End of Evangelion — the apocalyptic finale that changed anime forever! This ground breaking, action-packed series from creator Hideaki Anno has been hailed as one of the most important anime series of all time – a remarkable fusion of genres, and a powerful examination of the ...
October, 1957. Nine-year-old Hogarth Hughes hears stories of a UFO that crashed into the sea. Always on the lookout for mutant aliens, Hogarth finds a huge, metal-eating robot with an insatiable curiosity and equally insatiable appetite. But the extra-terrestrial's presence unleashes a wave of Cold War paranoia that threatens to engulf Rockwell unless Hogarth and his 50-foot friend can stop it. Lo...
Chapters by Consent Without Metaphors is a film anthology made by the young creatives of Manchester. This piece aims to spread awareness on consent by breaking taboos and being open and honest about all different aspects of consent while celebrating life, connection and the creativeness of young people. Consent Without Metaphors is all about re-educating the youth to fight against the epidemic o...
Join us in a celebration of bargain bin cinema, of the filmmaking masterpieces you see at supermarkets and think 'What? That is a real film was was made by humans and is now in front of me?'. Your Sharknado's of the world, but we're aiming for worse (or better) than that! Each film pick will be a total mystery until the first frames hit the cinema screen. Previous films have included Velocip...
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! Adapted for the screen by acclaimed horror writer Clive Ba...
The Mellow Film Tour UK is coming to Manchester for the first time. Watch the trailer --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCtv7xHfvjI Four films. Intimate screenings. One unforgettable night. Step inside the world’s hardest ascents with Brooke Raboutou, Sean Bailey, and Connor Herson - pushing the limits of what’s possible on rock. Then, an unexpected twist: deep in the Alaskan mountains, elit...
Cult School - Kaiju 101: Monstrous Trauma Writ Large
Fri 12 Jun
Welcome back to CULT SCHOOL at CULTPLEX, where the syllabus is the world of cult film! For the second session of 2026, presenter and author Nathan Lunn (@geordiefilmsclass) stomps onto the scene for Kaiju 101: Monstrous Trauma Writ Large. Delving into a body of cinema so massive its presence is globally shared, unavoidable and entirely mutable, our session will explore cinematic allegories for hi...
Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira ) is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies! Experience Ishirō Honda's Kaiju masterpiece which started it all. Godzilla is also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, ...
A landmark of Japanese monster cinema, this thrilling clash of titans blends apocalyptic spectacle with environmental anxieties and moments of surprising beauty. Directed by Ishirō Honda, the visionary behind the original Godzilla , the film pits the King of the Monsters against the divine guardian Mothra after corporate greed and natural disaster unleash chaos across Japan. With dazzling miniat...
The original Godzilla team of director Ishiro Honda, special-effects supervisor Eiji Tsuburaya, and composer Akira Ifukube reunited for this kaiju extravaganza, which features no fewer than eleven monsters. Set in the remote future of 1999, when the people of Earth have achieved world peace by confining destructive creatures to Monsterland (until an alien race intervenes), Destroy All Monsters mou...
As part of Kai- June Godzilla Marathon! Our mystery GODZILLA pick... Screening as part of our iconic celebration of Kaiju's throughout June! Single tickets and All Day Passes available. All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, and the film start time is as advertised above.
Peter Jackson's passionate 2005 reimagining of the 1933 classic is filmmaking on the grandest scale, a three-hour spectacular that honors the original while expanding it into a fully realized world. The director brings the same meticulous craft that defined his Lord of the Rings trilogy to create a Skull Island teeming with terrifying creatures and breathtaking danger—from a harrowing battle with...
Global Justice Now returns to Cultplex, this time featuring a screening of ' All That Breathes '. Winner of both Sundance and Festival des Cannes for 'Best Documentary' in 2022, the documentary follows the brothers Nadeem and Saud in their efforts to protect the black kite, a bird of prey essential to New Delhi's ecosystem, which is threatened by the air pollution in the city. All profits from th...
A ragtag group including a local Deputy Sheriff, the Deputy's estranged wife, a young pregnant woman and her grandfather, an assortment of locals and a vengeful father and son, find themselves in a remote hospital besieged by mysterious cultists. As the night passes the group are beset by nightmarish horrors and begin a descent into the darkest recesses of a twisting reality Steven Kostanski and ...
Returning for its second year and now on the main screen due to popular demand, GASP! will once again be hosting a horror movie quiz the week before their 2026 festival! With various rounds focusing on various areas of the genre as well as additional points up for grabs for best team name, the GASP! The team will test your knowledge and give you a chance of winning two full festival passes for th...
The Experimental Fiction Film Festival returns on 20 June for a one-night-only showcase of bold international cinema and experimental storytelling. Bringing together emerging and established filmmakers from across the world, the programme explores surreal narratives, speculative worlds, fractured realities, and visually adventurous filmmaking rarely seen on mainstream screens. Expect an evening of...
The Experimental Fiction Film Festival returns on 20 June for a one-night-only showcase of bold international cinema and experimental storytelling. Bringing together emerging and established filmmakers from across the world, the programme explores surreal narratives, speculative worlds, fractured realities, and visually adventurous filmmaking rarely seen on mainstream screens. Expect an evening of...
INEFF 2026: Screening Block 3 + Competition & Award Ceremony
Sat 20 Jun
The Experimental Fiction Film Festival returns on 20 June for a one-night-only showcase of bold international cinema and experimental storytelling. Bringing together emerging and established filmmakers from across the world, the programme explores surreal narratives, speculative worlds, fractured realities, and visually adventurous filmmaking rarely seen on mainstream screens. Expect an evening of...
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 recently one of our religion's patron saints Greta Gerwig talked of the Movie Church she assembled before her most recent...
