Make A Scene Film Club invites you to witness Eyes of Laura Mars - a supernatural horror thriller so stylish it practically demands to be watched with a cocktail in hand and cigarette to steady your nerves. Directed by Irvin Kershner (later of The Empire Strikes Back fame) and written and by none other than horror maestro John Carpenter , this 1978 oddity blends high fashion, psychic visions and s...

Following a sold out event in Birmingham, which covered Chuck Norris, Superman, the new Moana trailer, a local female comedy group, the BFI, Peaky Blinders, people randomly shouting out Hudson Hawk and a lectern that nearly fell over – the next leg of the Simon Brew Film Stories Live tour is in Manchester. For the first time ever, I’m playing a venue I’ve been keen to get to for yonks: the might...

In the not-so-distant future of 1997, crime levels have exploded and Manhattan has been transformed into an anarchic maximum-security prison. When an Air Force One is hijacked and the president is stranded on the island, only special-forces soldier turned mercenary Snake Plissken ( Kurt Russell ) can save him. All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, and the film start time is as a...

A deadly game of chance and destiny plays out against the stark backdrop of early-1980s West Texas in Joel and Ethan Coen’s powerful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel. When he happens upon more than two million dollars from a drug deal turned desert massacre, a retired welder and Vietnam veteran ( Josh Brolin ) sets into motion a wave of senseless, inexorable violence as he’s stalked across th...

Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visua...

What is it that, once lost, you can never get back? In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see, until a woman appears. Gifted with the rare power to perceive these illusions for what they truly are, she chooses to enter the monster ’ s drea...

Global Justice Now Youth present First Reformed: This thriller follows Reverend Ernst Toller’s journey with grief, faith and discovery as he investigates the global environmental crisis. In counselling a radical environmentalist and his wife, Toller’s belief system is challenged as he questions his purpose in a world with a potentially disastrous future due to climate change. First Reformed is hig...

Oh Hi Greg! This April we're super excited that our best friend Greg Sestero is back in Manchester to bring the greatest piece of cult cinema ever aka THE ROOM to our big screen! We will of course be screening The Room in full; before the screening Greg will be with us for a Q&A on his experience working with the maestro Tommy Wiseau plus other onstage fun, and then after the film Greg will ...

Presented by Bigger Than Life with pre-recorded introduction from director Atom Egoyan, and in-person introduction from Jason Wood (British Film Institute). A lush psychodrama from visionary Canadian director Atom Egoyan, Exotica is one of the defining films of nineties independent cinema. Set against the backdrop of the titular exotic dance club and the illicit trade of endangered animals, this ...

After receiving a frantic phone call from his ex-girlfriend, teenage loner Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) learns that her dead body has been found. Vowing to solve her murder himself, he must infiltrate high-school cliques that he previously avoided. His search for the truth places him before some of the school's roughest characters, leading to a confrontation with a drug dealer known as the ...

Interference Films proudly presents the iconic 80's action horror MANIAC COP!! Maniac Cop was the stuff of video store legend, featuring an all-star cast that includes Tom Atkins, a fresh faced Bruce Campbell and Laurene Landon to name but a few. As an unknown killer stalks the streets of 80's New York, the only clue to the killers identity is the fact he wear a police uniform...it is up to Fran...

THE WICKER MAN has had an enduring fascination for audiences since its release in 1973. A unique and bone-fide horror masterpiece, brilliantly scripted by Anthony Schaffer (Sleuth, Frenzy) and featuring an astounding performance by the legendary Christopher Lee. Director Robin Hardy’s atmospheric use of location, unsettling imagery and haunting soundtrack gradually builds to one of the most terrif...

A year after the death of their father, three brothers set out on a train journey across India, in an attempt to reconcile with each other. Their experiences force them to introspect on their lives. In director Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, three estranged American brothers reunite for a meticulously planned, soul-searching train voyage across India one year after the death of their fathe...

Seven-year-old Olive Hoover (Abigail Breslin) wants to win the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant more than anything in the world. It's going to take the combined efforts of her dysfunctional family – and their rusted-out VW bus – to make her dream come true. When she's invited to compete, Olive and her father Richard (Greg Kinnear), mother Cheryl (Toni Collette), uncle Richard (Steve Carell), b...

The David Lynch film with the most The Wizard of Oz DNA takes us on an intoxicating, bizarrely perverse Southwestern odyssey. In it, star-crossed lovers Sailor and his girlfriend Lula flee psycho matriarch Diane Ladd (Dern’s real-life mother) leaving a trail of sex and carnage in their wake. It’s a Lynchian nightmare featuring snakeskin jackets, Elvis, a killer soundtrack and a literal fairy godm...

Step into Hitchcock’s Hollywood period with this claustrophobic masterpiece starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbours. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have m...

Kôji Yakusho won Best Actor in Cannes for this heart-warming, Oscar®-nominated drama from Wim Wenders, who lends his humanist gaze to the inhabitants of his beloved Tokyo. Charged with a superb soundtrack of classic rock and pop, Perfect Days finds beauty and serenity in the most unexpected places. Hirayama lives a life of blissful contentment, spending his days balancing his job as a caretaker o...

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 A BASEMENT NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM In 2003, the sa...

Join us for Manchester’s only cult film pub quiz! Every other month our own in-house quizmaster, comedian Beth Moore, writes a completely original five round quiz and it takes place in Screen One – our 100-seater cinema! That’s right, a film quiz, in a cinema! Which means you can expect multimedia rounds showcasing a range of questions from the super nerdy to accessible trivia questions for all (p...

If you’ve ever thought your dating life couldn’t get any worse, just wait until you meet the protagonist of Dead Lover. This May, we’re getting a "rom-zom-com" that is equal parts heart, guts, and... well, stink. Here’s the lowdown on the indie horror-comedy that’s about to make "till death do us part" look like a loose suggestion. Directed by and starring the fearless Grace Glowicki, Dead Lover...