In this witty, new breed of mystery, George (Hugh Jackman) is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can’t possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realise they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.

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Accessibility:

The screening on Saturday 23 May at 15:00 is a hard of hearing subtitled screening.

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

A UK premiere, presented in collaboration with Green Ray.

Professor Chris Berry from King’s College London will deliver an in-person introduction before the screening.

This screening is part of SPRING QUARTET, a curated programme presented by Green Ray. Running from May to June, the programme features four Chinese contemporary independent films that respond to the motif of ‘spring’ from different dimensions: the restlessness of youth, the growth of life, the lightness of romance, and the drifting nature of farewell.

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Mothertongue is a film about loss and disappearance, language and memory, and the slow reconstruction of the self through the act of returning home. In this quietly intimate work, Chinese director Zhang Lü turns his gaze toward individuals drifting within cultural and emotional in-between spaces. After spending ten years in Beijing, theatre actor Fang Chunshu (Bai Baihe) returns to Chengdu following unexpected circumstances, only to discover an unfamiliar distance separating him from his hometown, his family, and even his former self.

Through calm, fluid observation, the film gently follows one man’s attempt to recover a fading sense of identity amid the uneasy process of homecoming. Fragmented conversations, hesitant language, and understated tenderness gradually accumulate into an emotional texture that feels both literary and deeply humane.

As the concluding movement of the quartet, Mothertongue does not end with dramatic catharsis, but instead leaves behind a quiet tension beneath its lucid rhythm and restrained surface. Like the final slow breeze of spring, it gathers the programme’s earlier currents — restlessness, growth, displacement, and longing — before letting them dissolve into silence, leaving questions of belonging and existence lingering long after the screen fades to black.

A gifted piano tuner's meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.

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After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

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The screening will be introduced by Harley Viveash as part of Animation Reframed.

Relive one of the most influential Sci-Fi stories ever told, 35 years after it introduced UK audiences to the cinematic spectacle and powerful stories of anime.

Rebuilt from the ashes of World War III, Neo-Tokyo is a breathtaking, neon-lit metropolis where lawlessness and corruption run rampant. Racing through its streets are Kaneda and Tetsuo, two delinquents and members of a biker gang. When they crash into a secret government plot and Tetsuo is experimented on, the result is an explosive, mesmerising masterpiece of animation that would change cinema forever.

Original language: Japanese

Presented with English subtitles

A mainstay of the London art scene since his starry breakout in the creative explosion of the 1960’s, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) has drifted into a cluttered, self-imposed seclusion. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) enlist Lori (Michaela Coel), a young painter and sometime-forger, to pose as a prospective assistant and gain access to a fabled series of unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in his home studio, in a deceptive bid to secure an inheritance for themselves.

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

Accessibility:

The screening on Tuesday 19 May at 20:45 is a hard of hearing subtitled screening.

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

Winner of the Golden Lion Best Film prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is the eagerly-awaited new film from iconic filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. By turns funny, tender and astutely observed, this is an intimate exploration of the universal intricacies of family dynamics.

Told in the form of a triptych, the film is divided into three chapters, each concerning the relationship between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other.

Set in rural Northeast America, FATHER sees two adult siblings (Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik) spend an awkward afternoon with their reclusive father (Tom Waits), who they are visiting for the first time in years.

In MOTHER, a reunion between a successful novelist (Charlotte Rampling) and her two daughters (Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps) for their carefully prepared annual tea party in Dublin becomes increasingly revealing and amusing.

SISTER BROTHER sees twin siblings (Indya Moore, Luka Sabbat) meet in Paris to seek closure after the recent loss of their parents, making surprising discoveries in the process.

By turns funny, poignant and resonant, Jarmusch’s latest elegantly blends remarkable performances from its ensemble cast with his typically wry and idiosyncratic observations of everyday life, serving as a timely reminder that you can choose your friends and your lovers, but you can’t choose your family.

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On sale to members only until 11:00am Wednesday 06 May

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.

Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.

Please note there are no film trailers before NT Live performances. The content will start promptly at the advertised time.

The screening on Tuesday 9th June will have an introduction by Johnathan Kirk (Co-Director and Film Programmer of the Lexi Cinema).

Winner of the 2021 Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film. Nominated for the 2021 BAFTA award for Best Director and Best Film Not In The English Language and for the 2021 Academy Award for Best International Feature.

The award-winning director of Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams returns with a powerful drama focused on one of the most shameful moments of recent European history. Srebrenica is no longer just the name of a town. It represents the worst of human cruelty and an act that many had hoped was expunged from European history with the end of the Second World War. Jasmila Zbanic’s drama unfolds in 1995, just as the Serbian army have entered the mostly Muslim Bosnia town. Aida is a translator for the UN. Her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. But as an insider to the negotiations, she has access to crucial information that forces her into the untenable position of deciding between her obligation to those she loves and the role that has a wider impact.

Original languges: Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, English, Dutch, Serbian

Presented with English subtitles when dialogue is not in English

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An exploration of the cultural phenomenon that is Northern Soul, charting how this movement has weaved and transformed itself musically and culturally through the decades. Northern Soul continues to re-invent itself more than any other music genre, remaining as vibrant and relevant today as when it first evolved.

Features exclusive interviews with Richard Searling, Paul Mason, Elaine Constantine, Kev Roberts, Russ Winstanley, David Nathan, Wayne Hemingway, Dave Evison, Keith Gildart, Levanna McLean, Tony Blackburn and many, many more.

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

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to … Disclosure Day.

Created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

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

Accessibility:

The screening on Wednesday 17 June at 19:00 is a hard of hearing subtitled screening.

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

Supermodel Kate Moss (Ellie Bamber) embarks on a journey of self-discovery when acclaimed artist Lucian Freud (Derek Jacobi) offers to paint her portrait.

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

Screening as part of Refugee Week (15-21 June) and as part of Lexi Selects. 

The screening on Monday 15th June at 18:10 is a fundraising screening for Salusbury World with peak price tickets as a result. Before the film, there will be an introduction from the charity's Director, Sarah Reynolds.

After fleeing persecution at home, Nigerian migrant Isio (Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́) is sent to Hatchworth Removal Centre, where she hopes her asylum plea will receive a fair hearing. Isio believes the only way out is to play by the rules, even when her charismatic new roommate, Farah (Ann Akinjirin), warns her otherwise. In the confines of detention, Farah’s friendship brings colour to Isio’s world. As their unexpected bond blossoms into romance, Isio must decide whether to continue trusting in a broken system that threatens to tear them apart or dare to follow Farah into a risky plan that could cost them everything.

Acclaimed producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s (Blue Story, Boxing Day) visually bold and deeply moving directorial debut is a tender story of defiance, which insists that love can endure even in the most hostile places.

Presented in collaboration with CinemaItalia.

Sunday's screening will have a live introduction by independent film scholar and lecturer, Dr Silvia Angeli.

This film is part of our season celebrating the films of Italian director Lina Wertmüller, running from April to June.

You can find the other films in the season and information about our wider year-long season spotlighting international female filmmakers, here.

Giancarlo Giannini portrays a petty thief who is sent to an insane asylum after murdering and dismembering the pimp who coerced his sister into a life of prostitution. He is then ordered to join the Italian army and is eventually captured by the Germans and sent to a concentration camp, where he attempts to seduce a sadistic female commander. Wertmüller's satire of Italian machismo was honored with four Academy Award nominations, including the first Best Director nomination given to a woman. - Harvard Film Archive

Original language: Italy

Presented with English subtitles

This screening is presented in collaboration with Brent Council for Refugee Week and will feature a Q&A after the film with the director, Thea Gajic.

Each ticket includes a free box of popcorn.

Based on a true story, Surviving Earth follows Vlad, a talented harmonica player who arrived in the UK in the 1990s after fleeing the conflict in Yugoslavia. Vlad, now living in Bristol and working as a counsellor, has brought his roots and love for Balkan music to the city by forming a band with his friends from work.

The band strives for success, but as they do, Vlad is revisited by the traumas of his past life. His carefully rebuilt world starts to fracture, with the hardest hit being his only daughter Maria, the most important person in his life.

Original languges: English and Serbian

Presented with English subtitles when dialogue is not in English

There are additional screenings of Surviving Earth on the 22nd and 23rd June.

Set against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive Pox outbreak, and Jacobite Uprising - this is a timely and darkly satirical story of Sir Chauncey Savage starring Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant.

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

Members Priority Booking until Wednesday 3rd June at 11am.

The Mandalorian and Grogu embark on their most thrilling mission yet in Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” an all-new Star Wars adventure. The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu. Directed by Jon Favreau, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” also stars Sigourney Weaver and is produced by Jon Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and Ian Bryce, with music composed by Ludwig Göransson.

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

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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

The screening on Thursday 18th June at 19:00 features a live Q&A with the film's director, Thea Gajic, in collaboration with Brent Council for Refugee Week. Tickets can be found here.

Based on a true story, Surviving Earth follows Vlad, a Yugoslav refugee and gifted musician who fled to the UK in the 90s. Now rebuilding his life in Bristol, he longs to be the father his daughter Maria deserves, but the shadows of his past refuse to fade.

When he forms a band to reconnect with his roots, music becomes his lifeline - a fragile bridge between who he was and who he wants to be. But as difficulties arise, old habits begin to resurface and Vlad risks losing it all. Can he find redemption through love and music, or will the past drag him down once more?

A powerful debut feature from writer-director Thea Gajic, Surviving Earth announces the arrival of a bold and exciting new voice in contemporary British cinema.

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When renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster) learns of the death of one of her patients, she is convinced it was murder and takes it upon herself to investigate…

Original languages: French and English

Presented with subtitles when dialogue is not in English

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

Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a cinematic time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away. Using his own collected archives, his grandparents’ photographs, and films, as well as traditional songs and folktales, Andri interlaces his family’s story with that of the land around him. From Academy Award®-nominated director Sara Dosa, TIME AND WATER is a universal reflection on the power of home and what it means to be alive amid profound epochal change.

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

This screening is presented in collaboration with Brent Council for Refugee Week.

Please note there are no trailers beforehand and film will start at 18:30.

Each ticket includes a free box of popcorn.

Written and filmed during Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Pavlo Ostrikov’s debut feature is a true wonder and a prescient reminder how important it is to connect with someone who understands during the darkest of times.

In the distant future, an average Ukrainian space trucker from Khmelnytskyi named Andriy (Volodymyr Kravchuk, who gives an out-of-this-world performance) is employed by the biggest nuclear waste disposal company in Eastern Europe. After 150 years of using nuclear energy, humanity has accumulated more than 3 billion tons of waste, held in temporary storage facilities. Unfortunately, due to an increasing number of earthquakes, radiation is destroying life on the planet.

Aboard a cargo ship named Obriy, Andriy is on a four-year round-trip mission to transport nuclear waste from Earth to Jupiter’s moon Callisto. His vessel is equipped with a lounge, gym, kitchen, and bedroom, as well as a robot named Maxim (Leonid Popadko) to keep him company. Maxim has a joke for every occasion, which comes in handy when the Earth explodes in the far distance and Andriy believes he is now the last living person in the universe — until a call from a French woman named Catherine (voiced by Alexia Depicker and played by Daria Plahtiy) reaches him from a faraway space station. Surprisingly, love blossoms in the post-apocalyptic fallout, and now Andriy’s sole mission becomes to reach her, despite all the obstacles.

Touching the most universal aspects of life — love, loneliness, joy, sadness — U Are The Universe is a genre-bending journey into the soul, infinity… and beyond! Written and filmed during Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Pavlo Ostrikov’s debut feature is a true wonder and a timely reminder of how important it is to connect with someone who understands us, even during the darkest of times. - TIFF

Original languages: Ukrainian, French

Presented with English subtitles

BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.

Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire.  But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.

Please note there are no trailers before NT Live performances and the content starts at the advertised time.

Evocative and haunting images by Scottish artist/filmmaker Ken Smyth are accompanied by live performances from the award-winning Kensal Rise poet Chrys Salt MBE, and internationally acclaimed saxophonist Richard Ingham. This trio of artists continue their 10-year collaboration in this timely multi-media performance that evokes war, and the losses of war, through a loving dialogue in poetry and letters between a pacifist mum and her soldier son. A unique and moving event.

(followed by a short Q&A with performers)

… a brilliantly eloquent meditation on the limits of language in the face of extremity. This is a work of urgent, universal relevance. Gerda Stevenson. Poet, writer, actress. BAFTA award winner

Based on Chrys’ collections Home Front/Front Line (Roncadora 2013) and Mr Kalashnikov Regrets… (Hatterick’s House 2020).

The screening on Sunday 12th July at 15:00 will feature a

post-film discussion with Charmaine Simpson, founder and CEO of Black History Studies, and the director of SHOOT THE PEOPLE, Andy Mundy-Castle.

The screenings on the 13th and 15th July are regular screenings without a post-film discussion.

Shoot The People is a documentary capturing photographer and activist Misan Harriman’s journey documenting global protest movements that drive social change. Renowned for his wide-ranging work — including powerful breakthrough images from the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and capturing the Palestinian liberation movement on film — Harriman also made history as the first Black man to photograph a British Vogue cover.

The film follows Harriman as he highlights the resilience of grassroots activists fighting for equality, civil rights, and social justice, the film showcases the intersectionality of these movements and their collective power. With historical context, interviews with activists, and explorations of digital activism, the documentary reveals how Harriman's lens brings the world's activism to light, inspiring viewers to recognize their own power in shaping a more just society.