After his large-scale historical dramas (Mr Turner, Peterloo), Mike Leigh has returned to chronicling the lives of ordinary people in contemporary Britain in this collaboration with Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies).  She is Pansy, a classic Leigh character: acerbic, misunderstood, fed up with life. Physical illness and emotional difficulties have caused her to lash out at the world. These moods mean that her husband and sons need to tread cautiously around her, while her sister Chantal (Michele Austin) is the only one who can truly get through to her. Everything comes to a climax over the course of a fraught Mother’s Day weekend, observed with unwavering realism by the master of contemporary domestic drama. A masterful return to a present day setting for Leigh, with another superb performance from Jean-Baptiste.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Talking Pictures:

Please note the screening on Monday 03 Feb at 14:30 is a Talking Pictures screening with an informal discussion after the film with a member of the Lexi team.

The screening on Tue 11 Feb at 18:00, is a subtitled hard of hearing screening. 

Nominated for 2 Oscars including Best Supporting Actor

Mismatched cousins David and Benji tour Poland to honour their grandmother. Their adventure becomes complicated as old tensions resurface while exploring their family history.

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Accessibility:

All screenings have audio description available - if needed, please do email or call ahead to let us know of your requirements.

The screening on Wed 05 Feb at 18:20, is a subtitled hard of hearing screening.

For more information on accessibility at the Lexi visit our accessibility page. 

Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture.

New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that reverberates worldwide. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.

The film also stars Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash and Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Accessibility:

All screenings have audio description available - if needed, please do email or call ahead to let us know of your requirements.

For more information on accessibility at the Lexi visit our accessibility page. 

Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture

CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Accessibility:

All screenings have audio description available - if needed, please do email or call ahead to let us know of your requirements.

For more information on accessibility at the Lexi visit our accessibility page.

Nomiated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost...

Please note there will be a 15 minute intermission at approximately 105 minutes into the feature.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Accessibility:

All screenings have audio description available - if needed, please do email or call ahead to let us know of your requirements.

For more information on accessibility at the Lexi visit our accessibility page.

An intensely moving true story of humanity and bravery, The Elephant Man won 3 BAFTA awards including Best Film and Best Actor, and received 8 Oscar nominations on release in 1980.

John Merrick (John Hurt) is The Elephant Man, forced into becoming a circus sideshow freak and spurned by society due to the disfiguring disabilities he was born with. Rescued by a well-meaning surgeon (Anthony Hopkins), he escapes a life of prejudice and cruelty as he tries to fit into a world ruled by Victorian sensibilities. With news of Merrick quickly spreading, he becomes a celebrated curiosity amongst London’s upper class, including with the famed actress Mrs. Kendal (Anne Bancroft). Despite being treated somewhat more humanely, the question becomes whether Treves’ actions are in fact a just a further form of exploitation of Merrick.

Beautifully shot in black and white by the incomparable Freddie Francis (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Cape Fear) and with BAFTA-winning production design by Stuart Craig (The English Patient, The Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), The Elephant Man is an unforgettable story of human dignity and courage in the face of unimaginable adversity, that proved to be David Lynch’s first commercial and critical success.

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Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Accessibility:

All screenings have audio description available - if needed, please do email or call ahead to let us know of your requirements.

For more information on accessibility at the Lexi visit our accessibility page.

Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his footsteps while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Accessibility:

The screening on Wed 19 Feb at 15:15, is a Relaxed, autism-friendly screening.

All screenings have audio description available - if needed, please do email or call ahead to let us know of your requirements.

For more information on accessibility at the Lexi visit our accessibility page. 

Don't miss this very special advance screening of THE LAST SHOWGIRL on 10 February, followed by an exclusive recorded Q&A with Pamela Anderson.

Please note this screening will initially be open exclusively to Lexi members for priority booking. It will open to non-members on New Years Day.

When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, glamorous showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the life she has built as she plans her next act whilst also striving to repair the relationship with her daughter (Billie Lourd). With an outstanding ensemble cast that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song and Kiernan Shipka, THE LAST SHOWGIRL is a joyous tribute to a long-gone Las Vegas – and all the women who made it glitter. Directed by Gia Coppola and featuring a Golden Globe-nominated performance from Pamela Anderson, who dazzles in the role of a lifetime, this poignant film of resilience, rhinestones and feathers is simply unmissable.

Film Runtime: 85mins

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Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, a woman whose inimitable approach to life and love redefined an entire film genre.

In Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel, and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).

Pressured by her Urban Family —Shazzer, Jude and Tom, her work colleague Miranda, her mother, and her gynecologist Dr. Rawlings (Emma Thompson) — to forge a new path toward life and love, Bridget goes back to work and even tries out the dating apps, where she’s soon pursued by a dreamy and enthusiastic younger man (White Lotus’s Leo Woodall). Now juggling work, home and romance, Bridget grapples with the judgment of the perfect mums at school, worries about Billy as he struggles with the absence of his father, and engages in a series of awkward interactions with her son’s rational-to-a-fault science teacher (Chiwetel Ejiofor).

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture

Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.

The two meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely but profound friendship. Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda's unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power, while Elphaba's determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences on her future. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Accessibility:

All screenings have audio description available - if needed, please do email or call ahead to let us know of your requirements.

For more information on accessibility at the Lexi visit our accessibility page.

The stakes couldn't be higher for displaced Palestinian refugees Chatila and Reda in this knife-edge drama. The cousins are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens, but when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to get them out of their desperate situation before it is too late.

Original Languaes: Arabic, Greek, English

Presented with English subtitles

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Sonic, Knuckles and Tails reunite to battle Shadow, a mysterious new enemy with powers unlike anything they've faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, they seek out an unlikely alliance to stop Shadow and protect the planet.

Accessibility:

The screening on Thu 20 Feb at 16:00, is a subtitled hard of hearing screening.

All screenings have audio description available - if needed, please do email or call ahead to let us know of your requirements.

For more information on accessibility at the Lexi visit our accessibility page. 

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

For the screening on Sun 23 Feb, we're delighted to welcome the play's Set and Costume Designer Rae Smith to introduce the performance!

Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and is the first officially sanctioned film on the group.

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"September 5" unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, "September 5" provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.

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Nominated for 13 Oscars including Best Picture

Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self. Written and directed by Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), the double Cannes-winning film also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramírez.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Nominated for 5 Oscars including Best Picture

Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid).

She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley).

The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong?

Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes sensation turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Explosive, provocative and twisted, THE SUBSTANCE marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.

We note that this submission contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

3 Oscar nominations including Best Picture

BRAZIL, 1971. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.

I'm Still Here is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Talking Pictures:

Please note the screening on Monday 03 March at 14:15 is a Talking Pictures screening with an informal discussion after the film with a member of the Lexi team.

Iran’s Mohammad Rasoulof delivers a gripping dissident drama, about an official whose ambitions bring him into conflict with his family and the system he serves.

Himself no stranger to the wrath of Iran’s theocratic regime, Rasoulof depicts the dangers of complicity with state repression. Appointed investigator to the Islamic Revolutionary Court, Iman must be above reproach. But the turmoil of a conflicted nation soon manifests itself in his own family. Intense psychological drama fuels a passionate and fearless political cri de cœur. - Jonathan Romney

Original Language: Farsi

Presented with English subtitles

Please arrive promptly - we show 10 minutes of trailers before each film and do not show adverts. 

Nominated for 2 Oscars including Best Picture

Fielden Whisky and The Lexi Cinema present the award-winning docu-film Six Inches of Soil, the inspiring story of young British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, our health and provide for local communities.  

Fielden is the English whisky that’s changing farming, field by field, harvest by harvest, producing whisky from heritage grains grown regeneratively using traditional farming techniques which revitalise the land, without chemical inputs.

The evening will begin with a Fielden whisky tasting, led by the Fielden team, followed by a screening of Six Inches of Soil and culminating with a discussion and Q&A session with a panel of passionate farming and environmental experts, led by the film's director Colin Ramsay.

Event Timings:

6.45pm - A complimentary Fielden Rye Whisky tasting with Fielden's brand ambassador and an introduction to Six Inches of Soil.

7pm - Film screening begins (1 hour 36 mins).

8.30pm - Panel discussion with opportunity for audience questions.