Bertrand Usclat and Martin Darondeau’s hilarious laugh-a-minute comedy is a wonderfully chaotic love letter to the theatre.

The Comédie-Française is one of France’s most revered arts institutions, and the oldest still-performing theatre company in the world. There is one golden rule: the play is NEVER cancelled.  Unfortunately for theatre producer Nina (Pauline Clément), everything is unravelling just three hours before the premiere of her first production – an ambitious retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Her lead actor is stuck on a train, tensions are exploding, passions flaring, equipment breaking down and egos are clashing. With panic setting in and the clock ticking Nina must hold things together at all costs. Will the show go on?

France’s hit summer comedy and the runaway winner of four awards at the Alpe d’Huez comedy Film Festival, Comédie Française is a delicious behind-the-scenes farce which is unafraid to poke fun at the highbrow reputation of French theatre. Featuring a cast of real-life members of the Comédie-Française company, this is a gleeful, knowing parody and a sheer delight.

Original language: French

Presented with English subtitles

For the screening on Saturday 17th October, there will be a Q&A with the film's producer, James Wilson.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Original languages: Hebrew, English

Presented with English subtitles when dialogue is not in English

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

A story of two married couples – a laid-off worker and his spouse and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse – crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires.

This acclaimed masterpiece from Lee Chang-dong (Burning) won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and is being widely touted as one of it not the best film of 2026. It'll be at the Lexi for one week only so don't miss your chance to see it.

Original language: Korean

Presented with English subtitles

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

On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.

Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Debicki and Peter Dinklage.

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

Talking Pictures

The screening on Monday 02 November at 15:00 is a Talking Pictures screening, with an informal discussion with a member of the Lexi team following the film.

Accessibility:

The screening on Wednesday 04 November at 18:20 is a hard of hearing subtitled screening.

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

From the makers of Coraline, Wildwood is a sweeping, darkly magical adventure about Prue, a young girl who journeys into a hidden forest to rescue her younger brother. Along the way she encounters warring factions, extraordinary creatures, and a world unlike anything she's ever known.

Adapted from the novel written by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis.

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

Please check our T&Cs page before booking for our policy on unaccompanied children.

The screening on Wednesday 4th November at 18:10 will be followed by a Q&A with the film's director Rich Felgate, moderated by Mary Mitchell (PhD, Media Arts), leader of the Green Party Councillors in Brent and ward councillor in Willesden Green.

A filmmaker gets more than he bargained for when his girlfriend is part of starting one of the most polarising protest movements in recent memory: Just Stop Oil. As irreversible climate tipping points loom and their controversial protests face mounting repression, four activists—Indigo, Mark, Phoebe, and Jane—grapple with the personal cost of action against the existential stakes of inaction. How far will ordinary people go to stop oil drilling and how far will the authorities go to stop them?

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

Rich Felgate - Director/Producer

Rich Felgate is a documentary filmmaker who first picked up a camera to document his insider’s view of environmental activism. For his debut feature doc, 'Finite', Rich spent a year and half living in protest camps in the UK and Germany with communities opposing opencast coal extraction. ‘Finite’ screened at festivals around the world (DocEdge, DokuFest, Leeds), won multiple awards, including the FIPADOC Impact Grand Prix and went on to be released theatrically in the UK and broadcast by public service broadcasters around the world including NHK.

His latest film, ‘We, The Hated', had its world premiere as the opening night film of Sheffield Doc Fest.

Martin McDonagh's much anticipated follow-up to The Banshees of Inisherin is previewing on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th November exclusively for our members.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.

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

Accessibility:

The screening on Thursday 12th November at 20:40 is a hard of hearing subtitled screening.

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

This production includes flashing lights, which may impact customers with photosensitive epilepsy.

Josh O’Connor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic.

1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side.

Brought to life with a live string quartet and filmed live from the Almeida Theatre, Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates (Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success.  

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

There is a interval for this performance.

It’s 2006 and despite its unconventional methods, To Catch a Predator is a US TV hit. When executives decide to move the show to a primetime slot, Hansen and his production team must up the ante to keep their audience, no matter the cost. Merritt Wever and Skyler Gisondo also impress in this absorbing narrative feature debut from documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim.

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

The beloved and award-winning BBC comedy GHOSTS arrives on the big screen this Halloween. Starring writers and creators Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond are back, along with Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe, in a feature length family adventure.

Three years on from our last visit to Button House, the ghosts are back and adjusting to life without Alison and Mike. When protestors threaten to disrupt the work on the planned hotel, they try to find a way for at least one of them to finally leave the grounds

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

Accessibility:

The screening on Wednesday 28 October at 18:00 is a hard of hearing subtitled screening.

The screening on Friday 30 October at 12:35 is a relaxed/autism-friendly screening.

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

The film follows the extraordinary true story of PK, a 23-year-old street artist from Delhi who sets off with a handful of paint brushes and a second-hand bicycle on a 6,000 mile journey across Europe and Asia to find Lotta, the woman who captured his heart during her visit to India. Convinced their meeting was fate, reinforced by an astrologer’s prophecy that matched Lotta’s description, PK embarks on a leap of faith that becomes a journey of love, identity and transformation.

With unprecedented access, the multiple Academy Award ® -winning filmmaking team behind Virunga and The White Helmets partner closely with PK, Lotta and their families to bring this intimate, thrilling and life-affirming story to the big screen.

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

Screening as part of Women and the World Film Festival 2026.

This special screening consists of a series of short films in competition at the festival.

Join us for a special screening of Sycoraxe, followed by an exclusive in-person Q&A with cast members David Gyasi and Nathalie Emmanuel, moderated by Ksenia Bugrimova.

 This is an externally tickeded event.

Short films in the programme: 

• KALEIDOSCOPE, Dir. Ksenia Bugrimova,UK, 2026, 17 minutes, English, Documentary
• SPRAY ME, Dir. Christopher Chuky, UK, 2025, 10 minutes, English, Comedy
• TUM TUM, Dir. Rebecca Ozer, UK, 2025, 15 minutes,Drama
• THE LAUNCH, Steven Olugbenga Eniraiyetan, 2024, 10 minutes, Drama, Sci-Fi
• SYCORAXE, Dir. Alex Lanipekun, UK, 2025, 19 minutes

Total runtime of short films: 71 mins

About Women and the World Festival:

The Women and the World International Film Festival is a London-based film festival presenting a curated programme of independent films from the UK and around the world. (Annual)

The festival showcases feature films, documentaries, short films, and television reports that explore the role of women in contemporary society, with a focus on conflict, security, and leadership.

Films are selected through a competitive process and presented as part of the official programme in cinemas and partner venues across London.

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Screening as part of Women and the World Film Festival 2026.

This special screening consists of a series of short films in competition at the festival followed by a Q&A. This is an externally tickeded event.

Short films in the programme: 

• FEBRUARY, MAYBE MARCH, Dir. David Kreibich, UK, 2026, 11 minutes,Belarusian, English, Russian
• THE COLOUR OF COMPENSATION, Dir. Aisha Suleiman, 2026, 16 minutes, English
• LADY, Dir. Jordon Stevens, UK, 2025, 7 minutes
• ME TO YOU, Dir. Frøydis Fossli Moe, UK, 2025, 18 minutes, Norwegian, Swedish
• LASTING FLAMES, Dir. Federica Alice Carlino, UK, 2026, 11 minutes, English, Italian
• SHARDS OF US, Dir. Lela Meburishvili, UK, 2025, 10 minutes, English

Total runtime of short films: 73 mins

About Women and the World Festival:

The Women and the World International Film Festival is a London-based film festival presenting a curated programme of independent films from the UK and around the world. (Annual)

The festival showcases feature films, documentaries, short films, and television reports that explore the role of women in contemporary society, with a focus on conflict, security, and leadership.

Films are selected through a competitive process and presented as part of the official programme in cinemas and partner venues across London.

“Uncut Gems for teachers”, as described by one Letterboxd reviewer: The Staffroom makes an up-close approach to school labour all too literal. Young school counsellor, Anamarija, begins working at an elementary school in Zagreb, but quickly realises she has her work cut out for her when faced with opposition by colleagues. A bold debut feature from Croatian filmmaker Sonja Tarokić, this is a breathless drama exploring duty of care and the clash between idealism and stubbornness, maintaining an uneasy proximity with the characters throughout.  

The Lexi is proud to present (what we believe to be) the first non-festival UK cinema screening of The Staffroom.

This screening will include an introduction from UK film critic and writer Lillian Crawford.

‘La bola negra’ tells the interconnected stories of three men in three different eras. Three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain and inheritance, and one of Federico García Lorca´s  last, unfinished works.

Original language: Spanish

Presented with English subtitles

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

Starring a dazzling Sandra Hüller, Fatherland embarks on a moral odyssey along the ideological fault lines of a nation's cleft soul.

At the height of the Cold War, the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter—actress, writer, and rally driver—Erika embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a divided Germany in ruins, traveling from the Allied-occupied city of Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

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

Elite ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson fell in love while reaching the pinnacle of their sport. Their drive sharpened into a shared dream: to climb and ski Everest’s direct North Face – the most dangerous climb on the mountain and the most coveted ski line on earth. Thousands have summited via Nepal’s southeast ridge, but only a handful have reached the top by this route, and no one has ever skied down.

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

Part One in the De Gaulle film series.

DE GAULLE: LIBERTÉ, the follow-up to this film (Résistance), returns to our screens from Sunday 15 November.

June 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom. Without an army, without backing, without hope. But with one irrational conviction – France, his France, has not laid down arms. Taking the ultimate gamble, he seeks to convince the world that the battle for France is neither over, nor lost. Reality, however, is unyielding and seems determined to prove him wrong. Yet, little by little, resistance fighters, rebellious students and determined soldiers rise up in England, France and Africa to join the cause. Their faith, audacity and thirst for freedom defy what history seemed to have written in advance.

Original language: French

Presented with English Subtitles

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

In 1953, Tenzing Norgay was at the heart of the successful British Everest expedition as leader of the Sherpas whose hard work brought victory and as one of the two lead climbers to reach the top.

But behind Tenzing's radiant smile is an untold story of courage, tragedy, and ambition, of a man who overcame incredible odds just to reach the bottom of the mountain.

Born in a sacred Tibetan valley in the shadow of Everest, Tenzing's long journey led him from life as an illiterate yak herder to become the friend of Nehru, feted by monarchs and presidents all over the world.

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

De Gaulle: Liberté is the follow up to De Gaulle: Résistance.

Part one (De Gaulle: Résistance) returns to our screens from Saturday 14 November.

June 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom. Without an army, without backing, without hope. But with one irrational conviction – France, his France, has not laid down arms. Taking the ultimate gamble, he seeks to convince the world that the battle for France is neither over, nor lost. Reality, however, is unyielding and seems determined to prove him wrong. Yet, little by little, resistance fighters, rebellious students and determined soldiers rise up in England, France and Africa to join the cause. Their faith, audacity and thirst for freedom defy what history seemed to have written in advance.

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

Original language: French

Presented with English Subtitles

Presented in collaboration with Cine Brazil. These screenings mark the UK premiere of Brazil's submission to next year's Academy Awards, following in the footsteps of The Secret Agent and I'm Still Here!

Gugu is an almost-twelve-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a soccer player and lives under the loving, open-minded care of his grandmother Dilma, whose warmth gives him space to simply be himself. In their small community by the Araújo Lima Reservoir - now slowly drying up and exposing the ghostly remains of a submerged town – the pair share a quiet but powerful bond that shields them from the disapproval of Gugu’s father and the community around them. As old memories resurface, subtle changes begin to unsettle their routine: Dilma becomes increasingly fragile, and Gugu, determined to keep their world intact, begins to worry about losing the only safe space he’s ever known.

Original language: Portuguese

Presented with English subtitles

Cine Brazil

Cine Brazil is a London-based organisation dedicated to bringing the diversity and creativity of Brazilian cinema to audiences in the UK and Europe.

Director İlker Çatak’s fascination with tough decisions, and the subtle manifestations of ethnic and class divides, shine through in this intense Oscar-nominated drama. Young maths teacher Carla (Leonie Benesch) becomes embroiled in a thorny moral debate when she begins suspecting a fellow staff member of stealing at school. As the final screening of CLASSROOM CINEMA, the film will be followed by a panel discussion with teacher and film writer Charlotte Harrison and film critic Tim Robey.

There will be a panel discussion following the film, with details TBC.

Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move.

What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

From boundary-pushing directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim comes You Can See Everything.

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

Featuring a career-making performance from Anthony Ippolito, the latest from Oscar winner Peter Farrelly (TIFF ’18 People’s Choice Award winner Green Book) vividly recreates the story of how an unknown named Sylvester Stallone got Rocky produced — and became a superstar.

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

This screening is presented by Japanese Film Club.

Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It’s a race against time as the group struggles to learn three songs for the festival’s rock concert—including a classic ’80s song by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts called “Linda Linda”.

Original language: Japanese

Presented with English subtitles

Sunday's screening will have a live Q&A with the film's cinematographer Seamus McGarvey! As well as his Academy Award nominated work on Atonement and Anna Karenina, Seamus also shot Lynne's most recent film Die My Love. We're delighted to welcome him to the Lexi to discuss the film in the context of its 15th anniversary.

This film is part of a season celebrating the films of Scottish director Lynne Ramsay, running from October to December.

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

We Need To Talk About Kevin is an emotional thriller, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar) and starring Tilda Swinton.

Eva puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. When Kevin is 15, he does something irrational and unforgivable in the eyes of the entire community. Eva grapples with her own feelings of grief and responsibility. Did she ever love her son? And how much of what Kevin did was her fault?

Based on the Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction.

Our screening on Monday 23rd November will feature a post-film Q&A with director Marc Evans.  Please note tickets for this screening will be at our off-peak prices

Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, 'Effi o Blaenau' is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set against the wide open landscapes of North Wales. The film follows Effi, a young woman desperate to escape a town where the pubs are closed, the jobs have vanished and her grandmother works night shifts in the local chip shop just to get by. A chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub with injured soldier Lee, played by Tom Rhys Harries, briefly opens a door to something better. For a moment, Effi glimpses a life she never imagined. The reality that follows is far tougher. As she faces the future as a single, unemployed mother-to be, Effi's story exposes a stark social crisis: a system with too few maternity wards, too few midwives and too many impossible choices made out of necessity rather than care. Leisa Gwenllian gives a searing performance as Effi, evoking condemnation and sympathy in equal measures.

Original language: Welsh

Presented with English subtitles

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

Actor Tom Courtenay will be joining us following the screening on Wednesday 25th November for a Q&A.

As dementia erodes a woman's ability to communicate her inner life, her husband and daughter struggle to act in her best interest, navigating love and the fragile boundaries between care, protection, and autonomy.

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

A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final instalment of the Ripley anthology.

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

From Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, American Doctor follows three American medics – of Palestinian, Jewish and Zoroastrian backgrounds – united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from the front lines to the halls of Congress.

Winner: Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival Amnesty International Award and the Audience Award

Honourable Mention: CPH:DOX HUMAN:RIGHTS AWARD

Original languages: English, Arabic

Presented with English subtitles when dialogue is not in English

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

A Norwegian woman (Renate Reinsve) and her devout Romanian husband (Sebastian Stan) relocate with their five children to a remote coastal town. As their teenagers grow closer to a neighbouring family, tensions begin to escalate when their tight-knit new community starts to question their rigid beliefs. Soon, the parents are forced to counter accusations that could tear their household apart – and battle a system that blurs the line between concern and prejudice.    

Captivatingly led by Academy Award-nominees Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or winner FJORD delivers a gripping study of a family under scrutiny.

Original languages: English, Romanian, Norwegian, Swedish

Presented with English subtitles when dialogue is not in English.

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

As part of our 18th birthday celebrations we're promoting responsible drinking with a 30th anniversary screening of LEAVING LAS VEGAS. The film won Best Actor for Nicolas Cage at the Academy Awards and we'll have a recorded introduction from director Mike Figgis.

Nicolas Cage garnered a Best Actor Oscar for his hauntingly disturbing portrayal of a suicidal alcoholic who falls for a compassionate Las Vegas prostitute (Elisabeth Shue) in one of the year's most critically acclaimed films.

As part of our 18th birthday celebrations, we're collaborating once again with Cinema Mentiré to bring you a Chilean coming-of-age story about a young woman who refuses to make choices that limit her pleasure.

Daniela is a petite, pretty teenager raised in the bosom of a strict and well-to-do evangelical family in Santiago, Chile. She is also a 17-year-old who finds that her raging sexual drive is difficult to reconcile with the orders of her religion. With no outlet for her desire, Daniela taps into a rampant underground network of other horny teenagers through her sexually charged blog. As she types the gospel of her life as a fornicator online, Daniela still goes to church and prays to Jesus, “Lord, see to it that Mother doesn’t type youngandwild.blogspot.com!”

Marialy Rivas masterfully directs her first feature, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival where Rivas and co-writer Camila Gutiérrez (whose life the film is based on) picked up the World Cinema Screenwriting Award. Rooted in a fearless and unforgettable performance by Alicia Rodríguez, Young & Wild is a stunning, energetic look at family and youth culture in contemporary Chile.

Original language: Spanish

Presented with English subtitles

Sunday's screening will have a live introduction by freelance film journalist and co-programmer of Distorted Frame Film Club, Brogan Morris.

This film is part of our season celebrating the films of Scottish director Lynne Ramsay, running from October to December.

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

Samantha Morton is exceptional as the titular character who flees her small-town Scottish existence following her boyfriend’s suicide. Adopting his unpublished manuscript as her own, she sells it to a publisher for an advance and sets out for southern Spain on a journey of discovery.

The taciturn Callar barely says a word during the film, a state of near-silence that’s effortlessly expressed by Morton and offset by a driving soundtrack of Krautrock and electronica. Lynne Ramsay’s second feature, following Ratcatcher and before We Need to Talk About Kevin, is one of the most distinctive British films of recent times.

Villeneuve’s impressive take on Frank Herbert’s space saga reaches its conclusion. Journeying beyond the author’s original novel, the filmmaker draws on Dune Messiah, the second volume in the era-spanning series, albeit with changes to the story’s timeline.

It unfolds over a decade after the events of Dune: Part Two, with Paul increasing his power across the galaxy at the cost of entire civilizations. But there remains powerful resistance to his leadership, even from those closest to him.

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