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Today's Screenings
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From Friday 19th April
Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s decline-of-civilisation novel remains a chilling, thrilling and unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control. Read more -
From Friday 19th April
Judi Dench stars as an ageing spy arrested for her wartime sympathies in this riveting espionage drama from director Trevor Nunn. Read more -
Until Thursday 25th April
Jessie Buckley gives a star-making performance as a young singer trying to break the country music scene in this cheerful wanderlust fable. Read more -
Until Thursday 25th April
From Disney and visionary director Tim Burton, the all-new grand live-action adventure expanding on the beloved classic story where differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight. Read more
Next 7 Days
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From Friday 19th April
Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s decline-of-civilisation novel remains a chilling, thrilling and unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control. Read more -
From Friday 19th April
Judi Dench stars as an ageing spy arrested for her wartime sympathies in this riveting espionage drama from director Trevor Nunn. Read more -
From Saturday 20th April
Kevin Smith's iconic over-the-counter-culture comedy turns 25 and I assure you, we're open. Read more -
Until Thursday 25th April
Jessie Buckley gives a star-making performance as a young singer trying to break the country music scene in this cheerful wanderlust fable. Read more -
Until Thursday 25th April
From Disney and visionary director Tim Burton, the all-new grand live-action adventure expanding on the beloved classic story where differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight. Read more -
Wednesday 24th April
Join us at The Electric for the epic finale of this phase of the MCU. Grab a themed cocktail and sit back for biggest the movie event of the year! Read more -
From Thursday 25th April
The Marvel Cinematic Universe reaches a pinnacle in the follow up to Infinity War. Read more
All Films & Events
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From Friday 19th April
Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s decline-of-civilisation novel remains a chilling, thrilling and unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control. Read more -
From Friday 19th April
Judi Dench stars as an ageing spy arrested for her wartime sympathies in this riveting espionage drama from director Trevor Nunn. Read more -
From Saturday 20th April
Kevin Smith's iconic over-the-counter-culture comedy turns 25 and I assure you, we're open. Read more -
Until Thursday 25th April
Jessie Buckley gives a star-making performance as a young singer trying to break the country music scene in this cheerful wanderlust fable. Read more -
Until Thursday 25th April
From Disney and visionary director Tim Burton, the all-new grand live-action adventure expanding on the beloved classic story where differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight. Read more -
Coming soon
Get a 'behind the screens' tour of the UK's oldest working cinema and find out about the building's fascinating history, stretching from 1909 to the present day. Read more -
Wednesday 24th April
Join us at The Electric for the epic finale of this phase of the MCU. Grab a themed cocktail and sit back for biggest the movie event of the year! Read more -
From Thursday 25th April
The Marvel Cinematic Universe reaches a pinnacle in the follow up to Infinity War. Read more -
Sunday 28th April
Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) lead in All About Eve, broadcast as live to The Electric from the West End in London. Read more -
From Friday 10th May
The life of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and resident of Birmingham is unfolded in this fascinating biopic. Read more -
Wednesday 1st May
This fascinating collage of outtakes helps to pull back the veil from Brass Eye, pieced together from hundreds of hours of behind-the-scenes material including a never-broadcast footage. After the screening Cumming will take part in a Q&A hosted by Stewart Lee (6pm only) Read more -
Wednesday 1st May - SOLD OUT
A film tribute to the Black Country's unsung post-punk heroes The Nightingales. King Rocker will capture the sights, the sounds, the smells of a hard-working rock band. With intro from comedian Stewart Lee. Read more -
Thursday 2nd May
By way of warm-up for her solo performance at the Glee Club this evening, Josephine Foster has selected a film which thrums with the same untamed energy you can find in her music; Louis Malle's Black Moon Read more -
Thursday 2nd May
This second feature by Benedikt Erlingsson (Of Horses and Men) is a clever environmentalist fable; mixing comedy with suspense to paint the portrait of a strong and compelling middle-aged female character. Read more -
Thursday 2nd May
An unclassifiable debut, one that borrows from fairy tales as well as sci-fi, while tackling subjects as varied as the entertainment industry and the cult of celebrity, nationalism and Europe’s political crisis... not forgetting cloning and gender fluidity. Read more -
Friday 3rd May
Against the backdrop of her colourful performances, acclaimed mixed media and performance artist, Narcissister, reflects upon the impact her mother’s life, illness and death has had on her work in Narcissister Organ Player, an intimate scrapbook of a documentary. Read more -
Friday 3rd May
Summer is Kirill Serebrennikov’s ode to youth, change, and the underground rock scene of pre-perestroika Leningrad. Read more -
Saturday 4th May
It turns out that eighth grade is still the worst, but what sets Burnham’s first film apart from the myriad of coming-of-age cringe-fests is its low-key, lived-in attitude towards teen insecurity. Read more -
Saturday 4th May
A beautifully crafted, thoroughly original narcos epic, Birds of Passage charts the rise of the Colombian drug trade through the lives and traditions of the Wayuu people. Read more -
Saturday 4th May
Riffing on giallo and Euro trash like his previous The Duke of Burgundy, Peter Strickland’s new oddity is funny, unsettling and deeply sensual Read more -
Sunday 5th May
Pieced together from over 800 hours of found footage, Present.Perfect. is a collage of showrooms and portraits of the netizens who use them to share moments that are banal, humorous, and at times uncomfortable Read more -
Sunday 5th May
Having tackled volcanoes, albino crocodiles and death-row in his recent documentary work, Werner Herzog finally meets his match in the form of the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union. Read more -
Sunday 5th May
For the first time this year’s festival lineup includes a surprise film, an exclusive chance to catch a new feature before it arrives in UK cinemas. The Flatpack programming team is sworn to secrecy so don’t try and extract any clues, but trust us - this is a mind-bending ride which you won’t want to miss. Read more -
Friday 10th May
Monty Python's very naughty boy celebrates his 40th birthday and we've got Conjurer's Kitchen along to cater. Read more -
Thursday 16th May
Tarantino's roaring rampage of revenge celebrates it's 15th anniversary and we're celebrating with Nikka Whisky for Sakura Season Read more -
Sunday 19th May
Monty Python's very naughty boy celebrates his 40th birthday, this religious farce from the classic comedy troupe is still as poignant as it is funny and satirical. Read more -
From May
Deftly balancing emotionally affecting drama with bruising comedy - the SXSW Grand Jury winner serves as an outstanding calling card for writer-director-star Jim Cummings. Read more -
From May
Keanu Reeves is back as the canine-friendly assassin John Wick has been cast aside from the art-deco clad Continental hotel with a bounty on his head. Read more -
From Wednesday 22nd May
An epic musical fantasy from the makers of Billy Elliot and Eddie the Eagle, about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John's breakthrough years featuring all his biggest hits Read more -
Friday 24th May
Join us to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the most fabulous Aussie road trip of all time! Expect wicked dialogue, cocktails and live entertainment! Read more -
Thu 6th June
Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. Read more -
From May
Disney rubs it's magic lamp to take us on an all new magic carpet ride featuring your favourite nostalgic tunes from the classic animation. Read more -
From May
Brady Corbet's film probes the allures and pitfalls of modern celebrity with intelligence, visual style, and showstopping Natalie Portman performance. Read more -
From Sunday 2nd June
Stanley Kubrick’s painfully funny take on Cold War anxiety is one of the fiercest satires of human folly ever to come out of Hollywood, in which the matchless Peter Sellers takes on three wildly different roles. Read more -
From Sunday 9th June
Anchored by another winning performance from Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg's unflinchingly realistic war film virtually redefined the genre. Read more -
From June
Brilliantly capturing the Queen of Soul near the peak of her prodigious power, Amazing Grace is a transcendent big-screen concert documentary. Read more -
From June
Smart, timely and brought to life by a terrific cast, Emma Thompson leads this workplace comedy with a lot of heart and equal satirical bite. Read more -
From June
Telling the honest and emotional story of how one of the most electrifying rock’n’roll frontmen went from the dizzying heights of his champagne supernova years in Oasis to living on the edge, lost in the musical wilderness and bitter legal battles. Read more -
From June
Woody, Buzz Lightyear and those cute little three-eyed aliens from Pizza Planet are back and they're joined by Forky on a road trip in Pixar's biggest adventure yet. Read more -
From June
The third film from the Academy Award and BAFTA-winning team behind Senna and Amy, this definitive feature documentary is constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive. Read more -
From June
Bill Nighy shines as an eccentric Liverpudlian word wizard looking to reconcile with his estranged son in Carl Hunter’s tender-hearted debut Read more -
From August
Quentin Tarantino's 9th feature boasts a stellar cast, exploring his biggest preoccupations; movies and murder, through the eyes of a television actor and his stunt double. Read more -
Coming Soon
Jim Jarmusch goes from deadpan to raised-from-the-deadman as he pits Adam Driver, Bill Murray and a who's-who of character actors against the undead. Read more
Cinematic Time Machine
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From Friday 19th April
Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s decline-of-civilisation novel remains a chilling, thrilling and unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control. Read more -
From Saturday 20th April
Kevin Smith's iconic over-the-counter-culture comedy turns 25 and I assure you, we're open. Read more -
Sunday 19th May
Monty Python's very naughty boy celebrates his 40th birthday, this religious farce from the classic comedy troupe is still as poignant as it is funny and satirical. Read more -
Friday 24th May
Join us to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the most fabulous Aussie road trip of all time! Expect wicked dialogue, cocktails and live entertainment! Read more -
From Sunday 2nd June
Stanley Kubrick’s painfully funny take on Cold War anxiety is one of the fiercest satires of human folly ever to come out of Hollywood, in which the matchless Peter Sellers takes on three wildly different roles. Read more -
From Sunday 9th June
Anchored by another winning performance from Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg's unflinchingly realistic war film virtually redefined the genre. Read more
Coming Soon - Now Booking
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From Friday 19th April
Judi Dench stars as an ageing spy arrested for her wartime sympathies in this riveting espionage drama from director Trevor Nunn. Read more -
Wednesday 24th April
Join us at The Electric for the epic finale of this phase of the MCU. Grab a themed cocktail and sit back for biggest the movie event of the year! Read more -
From Thursday 25th April
The Marvel Cinematic Universe reaches a pinnacle in the follow up to Infinity War. Read more -
From Wednesday 22nd May
An epic musical fantasy from the makers of Billy Elliot and Eddie the Eagle, about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John's breakthrough years featuring all his biggest hits Read more
Coming Soon
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From Friday 10th May
The life of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and resident of Birmingham is unfolded in this fascinating biopic. Read more -
From May
Deftly balancing emotionally affecting drama with bruising comedy - the SXSW Grand Jury winner serves as an outstanding calling card for writer-director-star Jim Cummings. Read more -
From May
Keanu Reeves is back as the canine-friendly assassin John Wick has been cast aside from the art-deco clad Continental hotel with a bounty on his head. Read more -
From May
Disney rubs it's magic lamp to take us on an all new magic carpet ride featuring your favourite nostalgic tunes from the classic animation. Read more -
From May
Brady Corbet's film probes the allures and pitfalls of modern celebrity with intelligence, visual style, and showstopping Natalie Portman performance. Read more -
From Sunday 9th June
Anchored by another winning performance from Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg's unflinchingly realistic war film virtually redefined the genre. Read more -
From June
Brilliantly capturing the Queen of Soul near the peak of her prodigious power, Amazing Grace is a transcendent big-screen concert documentary. Read more -
From June
Smart, timely and brought to life by a terrific cast, Emma Thompson leads this workplace comedy with a lot of heart and equal satirical bite. Read more -
From June
Telling the honest and emotional story of how one of the most electrifying rock’n’roll frontmen went from the dizzying heights of his champagne supernova years in Oasis to living on the edge, lost in the musical wilderness and bitter legal battles. Read more -
From June
Woody, Buzz Lightyear and those cute little three-eyed aliens from Pizza Planet are back and they're joined by Forky on a road trip in Pixar's biggest adventure yet. Read more -
From June
The third film from the Academy Award and BAFTA-winning team behind Senna and Amy, this definitive feature documentary is constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive. Read more -
From June
Bill Nighy shines as an eccentric Liverpudlian word wizard looking to reconcile with his estranged son in Carl Hunter’s tender-hearted debut Read more -
From August
Quentin Tarantino's 9th feature boasts a stellar cast, exploring his biggest preoccupations; movies and murder, through the eyes of a television actor and his stunt double. Read more -
Coming Soon
Jim Jarmusch goes from deadpan to raised-from-the-deadman as he pits Adam Driver, Bill Murray and a who's-who of character actors against the undead. Read more
Conjurer's Kitchen
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Friday 10th May
Monty Python's very naughty boy celebrates his 40th birthday and we've got Conjurer's Kitchen along to cater. Read more
Documentaries at The Electric
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From June
Brilliantly capturing the Queen of Soul near the peak of her prodigious power, Amazing Grace is a transcendent big-screen concert documentary. Read more -
From June
Telling the honest and emotional story of how one of the most electrifying rock’n’roll frontmen went from the dizzying heights of his champagne supernova years in Oasis to living on the edge, lost in the musical wilderness and bitter legal battles. Read more -
From June
The third film from the Academy Award and BAFTA-winning team behind Senna and Amy, this definitive feature documentary is constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive. Read more
Flatpack Festival 2019
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Wednesday 1st May
This fascinating collage of outtakes helps to pull back the veil from Brass Eye, pieced together from hundreds of hours of behind-the-scenes material including a never-broadcast footage. After the screening Cumming will take part in a Q&A hosted by Stewart Lee (6pm only) Read more -
Wednesday 1st May - SOLD OUT
A film tribute to the Black Country's unsung post-punk heroes The Nightingales. King Rocker will capture the sights, the sounds, the smells of a hard-working rock band. With intro from comedian Stewart Lee. Read more -
Thursday 2nd May
By way of warm-up for her solo performance at the Glee Club this evening, Josephine Foster has selected a film which thrums with the same untamed energy you can find in her music; Louis Malle's Black Moon Read more -
Thursday 2nd May
This second feature by Benedikt Erlingsson (Of Horses and Men) is a clever environmentalist fable; mixing comedy with suspense to paint the portrait of a strong and compelling middle-aged female character. Read more -
Thursday 2nd May
An unclassifiable debut, one that borrows from fairy tales as well as sci-fi, while tackling subjects as varied as the entertainment industry and the cult of celebrity, nationalism and Europe’s political crisis... not forgetting cloning and gender fluidity. Read more -
Friday 3rd May
Against the backdrop of her colourful performances, acclaimed mixed media and performance artist, Narcissister, reflects upon the impact her mother’s life, illness and death has had on her work in Narcissister Organ Player, an intimate scrapbook of a documentary. Read more -
Friday 3rd May
Summer is Kirill Serebrennikov’s ode to youth, change, and the underground rock scene of pre-perestroika Leningrad. Read more -
Saturday 4th May
It turns out that eighth grade is still the worst, but what sets Burnham’s first film apart from the myriad of coming-of-age cringe-fests is its low-key, lived-in attitude towards teen insecurity. Read more -
Saturday 4th May
A beautifully crafted, thoroughly original narcos epic, Birds of Passage charts the rise of the Colombian drug trade through the lives and traditions of the Wayuu people. Read more -
Saturday 4th May
Riffing on giallo and Euro trash like his previous The Duke of Burgundy, Peter Strickland’s new oddity is funny, unsettling and deeply sensual Read more -
Sunday 5th May
Pieced together from over 800 hours of found footage, Present.Perfect. is a collage of showrooms and portraits of the netizens who use them to share moments that are banal, humorous, and at times uncomfortable Read more -
Sunday 5th May
Having tackled volcanoes, albino crocodiles and death-row in his recent documentary work, Werner Herzog finally meets his match in the form of the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union. Read more -
Sunday 5th May
For the first time this year’s festival lineup includes a surprise film, an exclusive chance to catch a new feature before it arrives in UK cinemas. The Flatpack programming team is sworn to secrecy so don’t try and extract any clues, but trust us - this is a mind-bending ride which you won’t want to miss. Read more
Live Theatre Screenings
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Sunday 28th April
Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) lead in All About Eve, broadcast as live to The Electric from the West End in London. Read more -
Thu 6th June
Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. Read more
Shock & Gore
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From Friday 19th April
Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s decline-of-civilisation novel remains a chilling, thrilling and unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control. Read more -
Coming Soon
Jim Jarmusch goes from deadpan to raised-from-the-deadman as he pits Adam Driver, Bill Murray and a who's-who of character actors against the undead. Read more
Special Events & Screenings
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From Saturday 20th April
Kevin Smith's iconic over-the-counter-culture comedy turns 25 and I assure you, we're open. Read more -
Coming soon
Get a 'behind the screens' tour of the UK's oldest working cinema and find out about the building's fascinating history, stretching from 1909 to the present day. Read more -
Wednesday 24th April
Join us at The Electric for the epic finale of this phase of the MCU. Grab a themed cocktail and sit back for biggest the movie event of the year! Read more -
Wednesday 1st May
This fascinating collage of outtakes helps to pull back the veil from Brass Eye, pieced together from hundreds of hours of behind-the-scenes material including a never-broadcast footage. After the screening Cumming will take part in a Q&A hosted by Stewart Lee (6pm only) Read more -
Wednesday 1st May - SOLD OUT
A film tribute to the Black Country's unsung post-punk heroes The Nightingales. King Rocker will capture the sights, the sounds, the smells of a hard-working rock band. With intro from comedian Stewart Lee. Read more -
Friday 10th May
Monty Python's very naughty boy celebrates his 40th birthday and we've got Conjurer's Kitchen along to cater. Read more -
Thursday 16th May
Tarantino's roaring rampage of revenge celebrates it's 15th anniversary and we're celebrating with Nikka Whisky for Sakura Season Read more -
Friday 24th May
Join us to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the most fabulous Aussie road trip of all time! Expect wicked dialogue, cocktails and live entertainment! Read more
