Six weeks worth of filmic fun, ready to peruse now. Download, above, now or pick up a collectable glossy paper version from the cinema from Tuesday.
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From Fri 24 May
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More of Ma’am!
Bask in the Lexi Love by becoming a volunteer
- Essential: commitment, reliability and a friendly manner. Not necessary: previous experience
- We will train you up as Front-of-House whizzes, responsible for all matters Box Office
- Minimum commitment of one 3-hour shift a fortnight - at evenings or weekends - required
- Perks: 2 free tickets per shift worked, new friends + warm fuzzy feelings, and lots of tea!
- Interested? Contact volunteer@thelexicinema.co.uk
The Stone Roses: premiere of Made of Stone documentary + Q&A
- Thu 30 May, 19:30
- Live satellite Q&A with the musicians after the premiere
- Pioneering Madchester band ('Made of Stone', 'Second Coming') reformed in 2012 after 16 years apart
- ”Revered,” “influential,” The Roses marked the lives of a generation
- Filmmaker SHANE MEADOWS (This is England) shadowed prep and concerts for this intimate tribute
National Theatre Live: 2012-13 Season
- The very best of live theatre in the comfort of the Lexi, £15
- NEW TITLE: Shakespeare’s OTHELLO, Thu 26 Sept 19:00
- Nicholas Hytner directs Adrian Lester + Rory Kinnear in classic 2013/14 Season opener
- THIS HOUSE (The West Wing with English accents)
- THE AUDIENCE (Helen Mirren inexhaustibly the Queen) Encores on 25/27 Jun
Pompeii, live via satellite from the British Museum
- ”Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum,” Tue 18 Jun, 19:00
- Over 250 objects, recent discoveries and celebrated finds, with focus on domestic life
- Museum director Neil MacGregor introduces; curator Paul Roberts + others bring the exhibition to life
- Vivid, guided access to the biggest exhibition held by the Museum in 10 years
- Lexi tickets £10.50; £15 to view in person at the BM (if you can get a ticket!)
New York + The Paradise + The Lexi = ??
Our new residency at the Paradise pub is themed around the great metropolis! We have Goodfellas (Scorsese’s best? Discuss) on Monday 3 June; Walter Hill’s stylised dystopian The Warriors on Mon 8 July; and season-finale Saturday Night Fever on Mon 5 August. Showtime, 20:00, tickets £5, online or at the door. Recommended tipple: why, [...]
Grave of the Fireflies, “the wonderful lasting mark of a true artist”
On Sunday 26 May, in a superb Studio Ghibli double-bill, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of two very different films. My Neighbor Totoro (at 12:15) is a heart-warming, sentimental masterpiece that captures the simple grace of childhood, while Grave of the Fireflies (at 14:00) is an achingly sad anti-war film, one of Ghibli’s most profoundly beautiful, [...]
