Yep, that’s the A24 logo you see. You know it’s gonna be good! And also weird. And also be an allegory for something.. and have an ambiguous ending. Can’t wait!

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

"Jane Schoenbrun’s stunning second feature is both a horror-inflected story of teens fixated on a Buffy-esque TV show and a haunting trans allegory"

-The Guardian

FRIDAY 28th NOVEMBER

*** Rescheduled From FRIDAY 26th SEPTEMBER tickets still vaild****

STIRCHLEY BATHS

DOORS 6:30pm

FILM 7pm

RUNTIME 1hr 40mins

As always, SOC is a Bring-Your-Own cinema, so feel free to bring your own snacks, popcorn, takeaways, drinks etc

During the summer of 1983, 12-year-old Shaun finds a sense of belonging with a group of skinheads, only for his life to take a darker turn when a racist, nationalist ex-convict named Combo joins the group, leading them down a path of hate and violence.

All of the ticket sales from this screening will be going to HOPE NOT HATE, a movement pushing back against hate and standing up for stronger, more united communities.

As a study of the creeping influence of political extremism, This is England feels as urgent today as it was almost 20 years ago. Director Shane Meadows said of the film:

"It's my own story, basically.  Nineteen-eighty-three was the year I became a skinhead myself.  I shaved my head, put on a pair of Doc Martens and visited a tattoo parlour.  It's a tragedy that 95% of people associate skinheads with racism.  The whole cult was born out of a love for black music and it was originally a very left-wing, socialist movement.  It was only later that the National Front took the anger and frustration of its members and directed it towards minorities."

"I came from a white, working-class background, and I was constantly told that the Asians were nicking all our jobs.  For a three-to-four-week period I believed it.  But then I witnessed some appalling violence, and realised it was all bullshit."

David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne), two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is brutally killed. As David heals in the hospital, he's plagued by violent nightmares of his mutilated friend, who warns David that he is becoming a werewolf. When David discovers the horrible truth, he contemplates committing suicide before the next full moon causes him to transform from man to murderous beast.

We’re so excited to collaborate with STIR (formally Stir Stores) for this Halloween spooktacular! The movie will be screened out the back, where there will be heaters and blankets, food, and drink, and blood and gore!

Doors: any time from 6pm

Film: 8pm

Runtime: 1hr 37mins

Narrated by David Attenborough, this documentary explores the health of the world's oceans and their vital importance to the future of life on Earth.

Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and described as the 'greatest message he's ever told' (BBC) this film blends stunning visuals with hard-hitting truths about bio-diversity and our planet. 

We’re proud to be partnering with Eco Together for this screening. The film will be preceded by a short introduction from the Eco Together team, about environmental initiatives closer to home. 

After the film we will head to Anjuna lounge to discuss the film's themes with the volunteers from Eco Together. 

Doors: 7pm

Film: 7:30pm

Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes

As always, SOC is a Bring-Your-Own cinema, so feel free to bring your own snacks, popcorn, takeaways, drinks etc

A world-weary Belfast teacher helps a pair of young musicians champion the resurgence of the Irish language through rap in this riotous, uncompromising comedy from Ireland’s hottest band right now.

"Bursting with unruly energy that practically escapes the confines of the screen, Kneecap is a riotous, drug-laced triumph in the name of freedom that bridges political substance and crowd-pleasing entertainment.”

-Variety

FRIDAY 25th JULY

STIRCHLEY BATHS

DOORS: 6:30pm

FILM: 7pm

RUNTIME: 105 MINS

As always, SOC is a Bring-Your-Own cinema, so feel free to bring your own snacks, popcorn, takeaways, drinks etc

According to maths, Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel No Country for Old Men is 20 years old this year. To celebrate, we're teaming up with Stirchley Book Club (who are currently reading it) for a heart-warming screening of violence and bloodshed!

Join us on Monday 7th July to see how the book compares to the Coen brothers' 2007 Oscar-winning adaptation (spoiler alert: pretty well!)

While out hunting, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds the grisly aftermath of a drug deal. Though he knows better, he cannot resist the cash left behind and takes it with him. The hunter becomes the hunted when a merciless killer named Chigurh (Javier Bardem) picks up his trail. Also looking for Moss is Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), an aging lawman who reflects on a changing world and a dark secret of his own, as he tries to find and protect Moss.

MONDAY 7th JULY

STIRCHLEY BATHS

DOORS 6:30pm

FILM 7pm

SOC is a Bring-Your-Own cinema, so feel free to bring your snacks, pop, alcohol, takeaways, popcorn etc

For more information about Stirchley Book Club, click HERE or HERE!

SEE YOU THERE, FRIEND-O!

Our Pride Month screening for 2025 is a special 10th anniversary screening of Oscar-winner Sean Baker’s TANGERINE.

After twenty-eight long days of absence, Sin-Dee is back on the block. It's Christmastime, and everyone wants to get into the festive spirit; however, Sin-Dee is in for a shock when she accidentally discovers that Chester, the love of her life, has been cheating on her. And to think that poor Sin-Dee has been making plans for the future. To save what's left of her dignity, heartbroken Sin-Dee embarks on a desperate mission to locate two-timing Chester, and no one can stop her--not even her best friend Alexandra, who vainly tries to be the voice of reason. Now, nothing can stand in the way of justice. After all, who wants to live a lie?

Shot entirely on an iPhone, Tangerine shatters casting conventions and its filmmaking techniques are up-to-the-minute, but it's an old-fashioned comedy at heart -- and a pretty wonderful one at that.

FRIDAY 27th JUNE

STIRCHLEY BATHS

DOORS: 6:30pm

FILM: 7pm

RUNTIME: 90 MINS

As always, SOC is a Bring-Your-Own cinema, so feel free to bring your own snacks, popcorn, takeaways, drinks etc

We're back to bring you another cult classic with food- glorious food- from those Chancers up the road, YIKOUCHI! If you missed The Warriors last month, fear not, there's more violence in store!...

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

Badlands announced the arrival of a major talent: Terrence Malick. His impressionistic take on the notorious Charles Starkweather killing spree of the late 1950s uses a serial-killer narrative as a springboard for an oblique teenage romance, lovingly and idiosyncratically enacted by Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. The film introduced many of the elements that would earn Malick his passionate following: the enigmatic approach to narrative and character, the unusual use of voice-over, the juxtaposition of human violence with natural beauty, the poetic investigation of American dreams and nightmares. This debut has spawned countless imitations, but none have equaled its strange sublimity.

Once again Yikouchi will be serving up a Gaifan menu. Options are...

VEGAN OPTION: Dry fried cauliflower & beancurd with smacked cucumber & dressed paper tofu

MEAT OPTION: Fish fragrant pork with smacked cucumber & dressed paper tofu

*ALLERGY INFO*

Please note that the dishes contain gluten, soy, and sesame. Due to the nature of the menu, unfortunately we’re not able to cater for specific allergies or dietary requirements on this occasion. Thanks for understanding.

🚪 Doors open: 6:30pm
🎥 Film starts: 7:30pm
🎬 Certificate: 15
⏰ Running time: 94 mins

This is our second outing with Yikouchi, playing Monday night cult classics with food. Surely it needs a name? Help us out, will ya?

Yikouchi Flicks? Monday Night Takeout? Crispy Reels? There's gotta be a good name out there! Suggestions on the night, please!

Quick Story: When Stirchley Open Cinema and Screen B14 were getting back on their feet after the pandemic, volunteers Ben (B14) and Chris (SOC) got together for a posh coffee at Grace & James, to discuss a collaboration. The first film they both thought of was- of course- ERASERHEAD! Four years later, they still hadn't done it. All it took was for David Lynch to die, a bit of a cry, another coffee, and hey presto! a Screen B14 X SOC collab!

Eraserhead: First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, evocative sound design, and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey continues to haunt American cinema like no other film.

THURSDAY 5th JUNE

VENUE: The Cuban Embassy, Moseley

DOORS: 7pm

FILM: 7:30pm

RUNTIME: 89 minutes

Regular visitors to Stirchley Open Cinema will know that usually SOC is a bring-your-own cinema. However, this time we have delicious food and drink available at the venue! So please don't bring your snacks this time. The Cuban Embassy's bar and kitchen will be open, with 2 for 1 on selected cocktails throughout the film.

May's Friday Feature is Sean Baker's Oscar-winning Anora. The team at Stirchley Open Cinema have been keen to get this one on for a while and it was recommended by SOC audience members several times. It even featured at No.3 in SOC volunteer Dave's prestigious top ten Oscar films list! And, by that, we mean he texted the SOC WhatsApp group and said it was good.

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 the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Friday 30th May

Stirchley Baths

Doors 6:30

Film 7pm

Runtime 2hrs 20mins

As always, SOC is a Bring-Your-Own cinema, so feel free to bring your own snacks, popcorn, takeaways, drinks etc

Following the success of last year’s Stirchley Film & Food Fest, we’re back with another perfect marriage of meals and movies! We’ve teamed up with those chancers up the road, Yikouchi, to bring you THE WARRIORS with a delicious Gaifan menu…

These are the armies of the night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they’re all out to get The Warriors.

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York’s gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus’ death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors’ trail.

DINNER AND A MOVIE!

Enjoy Walter Hill's 1979 cult classic on the big screen, with food from Yikouchi. Your ticket includes your meal. Yikouchi are putting on a Gaifan menu for the night. Your options are...

• VEGAN OPTION: Fish-fragrant aubergine + smacked cucumber and dressed paper tofu

• MEAT OPTION: Dry-fried chicken with Turkish green pepper + smacked cucumber and dressed paper tofu

If you've got room after that, feel free to bring snacks, popcorn, drinks, alcohol etc. Extra points if you clink the empty beer bottles with your fingers! (iykyk)

*ALLERGY INFO*

Please note that the dishes contain gluten, soy, and sesame. Due to the nature of the menu, unfortunately we’re not able to cater for specific allergies or dietary requirements on this occasion. Thanks for understanding.

🚪 Doors open: 6:30pm
🎥 Film starts: 7:30pm
🎬 Certificate: 15
⏰ Running time: 94 mins

David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) are mismatched cousins who reunite for a Jewish Heritage tour through Poland, in honor of their late grandmother, but their old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Winner of 2 BAFTAs, 4 Golden Globes, and an Oscar, A REAL PAIN is a real treat!

FRIDAY 25th APRIL

STIRCHLEY BATHS

DOORS 6:30pm

FILM 7pm

RUNTIME 90mins

As always, SOC is a Bring-Your-Own cinema, so feel free to bring snacks, drinks, alcohol, takeaways etc

We are delighted to bring you March's Friday Feature - Payal Kapadia's sublime ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT, winner of the 2024 Cannes Grand Prix prize.

Three women living in Mumbai find a common bond in their daily struggles in this quiet, moving Hindi-language drama, exploring themes of faith, class, identity, and loneliness.

"It’s a marvel of a movie, with something of the humanist poetry of Satyajit Ray or Edward Yang. And it’s all the more remarkable given that this is Kapadia’s first fiction feature (her 2021 debut film, the documentary A Night of Knowing Nothing, also picked up a prize in Cannes). What a talent."

-Wendy Ide, The Guardian

Location - Stirchley Baths

Tickets - £6

Doors - 6:30pm

Runtime - 2hrs

Language - Hindi with English subtitles

PRE-FILM SHORT:

Before the film we’ll be screening A Glass House, a short film from local filmmaker Charles Strider.

Robin, heartbroken and tending her garden, is confronted by an unexpected visitor whose presence threatens to unearth the past.

Shot just down the road in Kings Norton, Charles describes A Glass House as “a deeply personal film born from a challenging period in my life. Conceived and written while I was homeless, this film is an intimate exploration of grief, cultural identity, and the struggle to find our voices. It's been an incredible journey to see it come to life after years of hard work..”

We love it and we think you will too. The film will start at 7pm, with a short intro from the filmmaking team, followed by our main feature.

Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (PG)

We are so excited to bring you Stanley Kubrick's 1964 comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove, in collaboration with Birmingham Stop the War and West Midlands CND. This special event is free and will include a Q&A session after the film, with Dr Rebecca Eleanor Johnson, CND Vice President.

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals, and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

Could it actually happen? CND believes that it could and, to try and prevent it, we need nuclear disarmament starting with the UK getting rid of its own nuclear weapons system, Trident, and not allowing the USA to use Britain as a base for American weapons.

Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to see one of the greatest films of all time back on the big screen where it belongs!

About Birmingham Stop the War

Stop the War opposes the British establishment’s disastrous addiction to war and its squandering of public resources on militarism.

About West Midlands CND

CND believes we need nuclear disarmament.

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Location - Stirchley Baths

Tickets - Free, but booking is essential

Doors - 2pm

Film starts - 2:30pm

Runtime - 94mins

As always, SOC is a Bring-Your-Own cinema, so feel free to bring your own snacks, popcorn, takeaways, drinks etc. See you there and remember: no fighting in the war room!

While working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent - and uncovers truths of his own - forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

"Cillian Murphy's performance could move mountains"

-Tim Robey, The Telegraph

"One of the best films of the year"

-Christina Newland, The i

The team here at Stirchley Open Cinema are delighted to be back after a bit of a slow start to the year. And, with award season upon us, we wanted to bring you a gem of a film that may have passed you by. Small Things Like These is “one of the best films of the year” (Christina Newland, The i) with a performance from Cillian Murphy that “could move mountains” (Tim Robey, The Telegraph).

As usual, SOC is a Bring-Your-Own cinema so please feel free to bring drinks, snacks, alcohol, takeaways etc.

Doors - 6:30pm

Film - 7pm

Runtime - 98 minutes

*** Update *** This event has now SOLD OUT

Come and see our [slightly late] Halloween film THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991)

Recently reimagined in the huge Netflix series 'Wednesday' Stirchley Open Cinema is proud to present a classic creepy screening of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, in the suitably gothic location of Selly Manor.

Expect a atmospheric setting with candles, pumpkins and spooky refreshments.  

Fancy dress is encouraged, with ghouls, ghosts and vamps all welcome.

🎬 Certificate: 12A

⏰ Running time: 94 mins

🚪Doors open 6:30pm

🎥 Film starts 7pm

We can't wait to share this screening with you! 

Stirchley Open Cinema and Selly Manor 

For more details about the venue please see their website: Selly Manor | Welcome to Selly Manor (sellymanormuseum.org.uk)

Location

Selly Manor, Maple Rd, Bournville, Birmingham, B30 2AE

DAISIES - with food from Verbena

Stirchley Film & Food Fest 2024 Opening Gala

It's back! And, like all sequels, we're making it bigger and better than ever. Stirchley Film and Food Festival 2024 showcases the best independent food from our wonderful community and adds a tasty side of cinema.

Join us for a screening of Věra Chytilová’s DAISIES, one of the greatest films of all time. Two teenage girls decide that since the world is spoiled, they will be spoiled too. They embark on a series of destructive pranks to rebel against a materialistic society.

In collaboration with Whatever Pays The Rent it will be an immersive event, and you'll enjoy:

• A delicious interactive snack-box from Verbena - tuck in alongside key scenes from the film

• A red carpet welcome with fizz and canapés

What to expect:

📍Location: Stirchley Baths

🚪Doors open 7.30pm

🥂Welcome drinks 7.30-8pm

🌸🌼 We've collaborated with Whatever Pays the Rent to create an immersive experience

🧆 Food served: A collection of thematic snacks linked to different scenes in the film. 

🎥 Film starts 8pm

🎬 Certificate: 15

⏰ Running time: 75 mins

💳 Price: £25

POP-UP PICTURE: Medusa Deluxe (15) at 90Degree Barbers

In “Medusa Deluxe,” the serpents aren’t in the hair, but all around it: a writhing, hissing collective of human predators slinking around the various parlors and platforms of a high-level hairdressing competition. - Variety

Agatha Christie meets Pedro Almodóvar in this flamboyant British murder mystery - Guardian

Join Stirchley Open Cinema in a special pop-up screening of Medusa Deluxe, the perfectly coiffured whodunnit from A24. 

A murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition, this single-shot British thriller was a hit at last year’s BFI London Film Festival.

Many thanks to 90 Degree barbers for providing the perfect atmosphere for this special screening!

All Of Us Strangers & Fabulous Femininities (15) AND filmmakers discussion

To celebrate Pride month 2024 we're holding a double-bill screening in partnership with Journey Film, including a post event discussion with local documentary film makers.

Join us for award-winning film All Of Us Strangers, drag documentary Fabulous Femininities and a chance to speak to the makers of Fabulous Femininities.  

Screening details: 

7pm - Screening of 'Fabulous Femininities' at Stirchley Baths 

8:15pm -  Screening of 'All of us Strangers' at Stirchley Baths 

9:45 pm - Walk to Verbena

Filmmaker discussion details: 

10.15pm - Filmmakers discussion with the 'Fabulous Femininities' filmmakers and cast at Verbena  

🍹 Please buy a drink to support Verbena!

Brendan is a young acolyte at an Irish monastery in medieval times. Under the threat of Viking raids, the Abbot is preoccupied with building a wall to safeguard the Abbey – but Brendan is more interested in the illuminated manuscript that Brother Aidan is creating, and goes in search of supplies for the Book in the dangerous forest beyond the walls.

”Brendan’s quest mixes absurd humour and adventure, naïve art and intricate detail, in a way that could seem haphazard or chaotic but which is rigorously thought out – even in the traumatic detail of a climactic Viking attack. The result is a story that will enchant children but also offer something fresh and exciting for adults” - Empire

Join Stirchley Open Cinema for a relaxed family screening of this must see (Oscar-nominated!) animated classic. 

Doors open at 2pm, film starts 2.30pm. Free hot drinks, fruit, snacks and colouring! 

The big man- Johnny Utah himself- turns 60 this year and, to celebrate, we’ve teamed up with Whatever Pays the Rent and the Birmingham Brewing Company to bring you KEANU NIGHT.

A little while back, we put out a poll, on our socials, asking you to choose between SPEED and THE MATRIX., two quintessential Keanu films. The votes have now been counted (and re-counted several times because some of us actually thought Speed deserved to win but nevermind, we’re over it now) and Stirchley has spoken. So dig out your imitation-leather trenchcoats and wrap-around sunglasses, we’re going down the rabbit hole!

Join us for the Oscar-winning Poor Things, and witness the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Yes, it’s quite weird.

If you missed this bonkers, over-the-top masterpiece at the cinema (and somehow managed to miss Screen B14’s screening of it too) then you’re in luck! It’s exactly what you’d expect from a Yorgos Lanthimos film- It’s basically an insane fairy tale. And, according to Stephanie Zacharek of Time Magazine, Emma Stone’s performance is “wonderful—vital, exploratory, almost lunar in its perfect oddness”. Then again, Mick LaSalle at the Sanfrancisco Chronicle called it “a 141-minute mistake” but he owns a grey cat called Sandrine, named after the French actress Sandrine Bonnaire, so you can tell he’s pretentious.

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Bong Joon-Ho’s Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning black comedy thriller Parasite is “wildly entertaining, the kind of smart, generous, aesthetically energized movie that obliterates the tired distinctions between art films and popcorn movies” - New York Times. It’s also “really really good and funny and we liked it a lot” - Stirchley Open Cinema

This film is Korean and will be screened in its original language with English subtitles

Celebrating Trans Day Of Visibility - A Fantastic Woman (15)

Marina, a transgender waitress and nightclub singer, is shocked by the death of her older boyfriend. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.

6.30pm doors for a 7pm start 

BYO drinks (including alcohol) and snacks

"Sebastián Lelio’s heartfelt tale of emotional survival"

BFI

Celebrating International Women's Day - Promising Young Woman (15)

Fancy joining us for the Oscar-winning debut feature from the mind behind Saltburn?

Written, co-produced, and directed by Emerald Fennell, the film stars Carey Mulligan as a troubled young woman haunted by a traumatic past as she navigates balancing forgiveness and vengeance. 

6.30pm doors for a 7pm start 

BYO drinks (including alcohol) and snacks

"Carey Mulligan is at her ice-cold best as a scheming sociopath in this fearless unpicking of entitlement and victimhood"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian

SOLD OUT

We're sorry if you're unable to book to come but the venue is at full capacity.

You can still help us raise vital funds for type 1 diabetes charity JDRF below.

Our chair James who lives with type one diabetes is running the London marathon.

Find out more about his fundraising.

Join us at Birmingham Brewing Company for a Christmas film fundraiser with a difference as we watch Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale.

Rare Exports is a 2010 Finnish fantasy action horror comedy film. In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains in Finland, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up.

Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader...

£6 of every ticket sold will be donated to the brilliant local charity SIFA fireside.

This is a 18s and over event due to the tap room location.