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Immerse yourself in this rock classic at Pitchblack Playback's listening session in the dark. Hear this immense record played loud in uncompressed audio on our Cultplex's powerful 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 Richter "This might just be my favourite ...

Welcome to CULT SCHOOL ! A new addition at CULTPLEX where the syllabus is the world of cult film! Our first session, Giallo 101 , is your crash course in one of Italy’s most glorious and notorious film movements. Expect black leather gloves, killer soundtracks, neon blood, and mysteries that care far more about vibes than logic. CULT SCHOOL isn’t academic, it is an enthusiastic dive into why thes...

Welcome to the small town Mount Rose, Minnesota where the annual beauty pageant is cut throat...literally! Girls and stage mothers will kill to be crowned Sarah Rose Cosmetics American Teen Princess with a series of strange "accidents" happening in the run up to the contest. This 1999 black comedy mockumentary is one of our Make A Scene Film Club's most requested films and has become cult classic...

Cinema's most iconic monster returns to its post-war roots with this kaiju blockbuster. In a departure from the style of the more flamboyant kaiju (monster) films shown elsewhere in this series, Godzilla Minus One is – as well as a visual spectacle – a sobering study of Japan’s situation in the immediate aftermath of World War II. It explores complex human characters and themes of grief, loss, g...

Join us to view David Lynch’s small screen magnum opus Twin Peaks: The Return masterpiece, on the majestic big screen in our cinema. We'll be screening all 18 episodes over two days, with breaks, snacks and (of course) coffee available throughout. Directed entirely by David Lynch, The Return is an 18-part limited event series that picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint North-Western...

Alicia Forde brings her directorial debut to the big screen in this heart-wrenching exploration of football fandom and generational trauma. On the day of the Euro’s semi-finals, cocky lad’s lad, Kyle, is completely swept up in the chaos of ‘it’s coming home’. But before he can scream the national anthem at the top of his lungs, Kyle’s forced to watch a Punch and Judy show in his drama class. At f...

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 Secretary based complimentary comedy segments and ...

John Cameron Mitchell’s film unflinchingly explores themes of love, identity, and the struggle for acceptance through the lens of a rock musical. Released in 2001, Hedwig pushed the boundaries of queer cinema. At the center of this poignant narrative is Hedwig, portrayed magnificently by Mitchell, a gender-queer punk rock singer from East Berlin who develops a relationship with a younger man, Tom...

INTERFERENCE PRESENTS: THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT (Lars Von Trier) This has been a long time coming...on Saturday November 29th 2025 Interference takes over Cultplex, Manchester for not one, but TWO very special screening events! 'PSYCHO-RAMA' - ACT ONE: Kicking off the day we are proud to present LARS VON TRIERS epic THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT for a rare big screen appearance. The film follows s...

Membrana is the Latin word for film, and we are incredibly excited to bring the Membrana Film Festival to you, and to dig deep into the roots of the magic that is filmmaking, as we celebrate the very best in global independent cinema, and its filmmakers. The festival's organiser is a filmmaker, and understands the love, care, passion, dedication, and hard work that it takes to create a film, and t...

INTERFERENCE PRESENTS: TERRIFIER TRIPLE BILL This has been a long time coming...on Saturday November 29th 2025 Interference takes over Cultplex, Manchester for not one, but TWO very special screening events! 'PSYCHO-RAMA' - ACT TWO: As you are no doubt aware, we are a little unhinged here at Interference HQ. But probably not as unhinged as everybody's favourite murder clown, ART! FOR THE FIRS...

Membrana is the Latin word for film, and we are incredibly excited to bring the Membrana Film Festival to you, and to dig deep into the roots of the magic that is filmmaking, as we celebrate the very best in global independent cinema, and its filmmakers. The festival's organiser is a filmmaker, and understands the love, care, passion, dedication, and hard work that it takes to create a film, and t...

Membrana is the Latin word for film, and we are incredibly excited to bring the Membrana Film Festival to you, and to dig deep into the roots of the magic that is filmmaking, as we celebrate the very best in global independent cinema, and its filmmakers. The festival's organiser is a filmmaker, and understands the love, care, passion, dedication, and hard work that it takes to create a film, and ...

Membrana is the Latin word for film, and we are incredibly excited to bring the Membrana Film Festival to you, and to dig deep into the roots of the magic that is filmmaking, as we celebrate the very best in global independent cinema, and its filmmakers. The festival's organiser is a filmmaker, and understands the love, care, passion, dedication, and hard work that it takes to create a film, and t...

Membrana is the Latin word for film, and we are incredibly excited to bring the Membrana Film Festival to you, and to dig deep into the roots of the magic that is filmmaking, as we celebrate the very best in global independent cinema, and its filmmakers. The festival's organiser is a filmmaker, and understands the love, care, passion, dedication, and hard work that it takes to create a film, and t...

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...

A CERTAIN RATIO present: ACR Live at Hurrah 1980. A screening, discussion + Q&A moderated by Dave Haslam 45 years after A Certain Ratio’s first performance in the US (at Hurrah, NYC in September 1980) the band share details of the premiere of a film of the performance. ACR:NYC 1980 by Merrill Aldighieri. The Hurrah performance took place on 12 Sept, just before the band took to the studio to re...

Join us for a Christmas special of 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 inc...

An extraordinary anime comedy-drama from the hugely talented Satoshi Kon and a Christmas favourite here at Cultplex! In Tokyo Godfathers, three homeless people – Gin, a former professional bicycle racer; Hana, a trans woman brought up in foster care; and Miyuki, a run-away young girl – live together in Shinjuku, Tokyo. On Christmas Eve, the three discover a baby girl at a garbage dump. They head ...

After the success of Delicatessen (1991), directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro were given carte blanche. Despite their increased budget, they created a film that was no less weird and set to be as beloved a cult film as their debut release. Set in an imaginary country, The City of Lost Children sees a monster and his army of clones capture children and steal their dreams, in an attempt to ...