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 the screening will go to The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, the film starts at the advertised time above.
Boredom, bikinis and a blistering critique of the beauty myth. From its first seconds, Vera Chytilova’s ever-fresh Daisies kicks wickedly against the pricks and feels as if it was made today. This feminist milestone is an anarchic comedy of subversion whose approach to montage is as exuberant as the film’s two protagonists. An innovative and brilliantly absurd masterpiece of the ’60s Czech New Wa...
Melding melodrama with screwball farce, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was Pedro Almodóvar’s international breakthrough and secured his place at the vanguard of modern European cinema. Starring frequent Almodóvar collaborators Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas, this unimpeachable black comedy was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and won five Goyas in Spain...
Counterfilms is proud to present Bicycle Theives by Vittorio De Sica and Cesare Zavattini. The classic of Neorealism, One of the most beautiful films of Italian cinema. Bicycle Thieves is the emotional journey Of a father and son, Through impoverished post-war Rome. By exploring the layers of meaning In a mundane act - A bike being stolen It lays bare the tensions and poignance Of working class li...
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...
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...
Boredom, bikinis and a blistering critique of the beauty myth. From its first seconds, Vera Chytilova’s ever-fresh Daisies kicks wickedly against the pricks and feels as if it was made today. This feminist milestone is an anarchic comedy of subversion whose approach to montage is as exuberant as the film’s two protagonists. An innovative and brilliantly absurd masterpiece of the ’60s Czech New Wa...
Melding melodrama with screwball farce, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was Pedro Almodóvar’s international breakthrough and secured his place at the vanguard of modern European cinema. Starring frequent Almodóvar collaborators Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas, this unimpeachable black comedy was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and won five Goyas in Spain...
Counterfilms is proud to present Bicycle Theives by Vittorio De Sica and Cesare Zavattini. The classic of Neorealism, One of the most beautiful films of Italian cinema. Bicycle Thieves is the emotional journey Of a father and son, Through impoverished post-war Rome. By exploring the layers of meaning In a mundane act - A bike being stolen It lays bare the tensions and poignance Of working class li...
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...
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...
