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 she assembled before her sermon Barbie, to prepare her disciples for telling her next great story.
We are excited to bring our own MOVIE CHURCH as a regular slot at the cinema! 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.
Seven Samurai (1954)
When 16th-century farmers whose village is repeatedly attacked by merciless bandits ask an elderly, masterless samurai (Takashi Shimura) for help, offering nothing but food in return, he hesitantly agrees and assembles a band of warriors to defend and train the villagers.
Boasting terrific performances (with Shimura and Toshiro Mifune – as a peasant masquerading as a samurai – particularly memorable), superb camerawork, and expertly mounted battle sequences, Seven Samurai is undoubtedly one of the greatest action movies ever made.
Screening as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
This screening is 18+, and will feature subtitles to aid accessibility.
The film will begin at the advertised time above.
