The Lexi Cinema

☀️Our summer holiday family programme lands tomorrow! Get tickets to all the shows here: bit.ly/4bYk51u

Here's all that's coming up...

Inside Out 2 (arrives tomorrow!)

Despicable Me 4 (from Fri 2 August)

Kensuke's Kingdom (from Fri 2 August/or catch an exclusive preview on Monday 20 July with Animation Reframed)

My Neighbour Totoro (from Fri 9 August)

Animation Reframed - 29 July to 2 August (5 animated films plus activities for ages 12 - 16)

🌟TOMORROW our membership sale will be live, starting midnight on 26 July and ending at 11.59pm!

Follow this link to claim your discounted membership tomorrow: bit.ly/3yo00nA

We've got an exciting announcement to make! Animator Maria Tomazou will be joining us at Animation Reframed on 31 July! Plus, we'll be screening her incredible animated short "The Tornado Outside" (2023) after our screening of Fantastic Mr Fox! ⁠

Maria is the director of incredible animated films including '"The Tornado Outside" (2023), "Jellyfish Tango" (2022), and "Perfect Circle" (2022).

Attendees will be given the chance to take a look at Maria's puppets - and get involved in bringing them to life with the help of a creative brief from our course leader!

Get your kids an animation reframed pass at the link in our bio!

📣We're having a summertime membership sale! 🌞

On Friday 26 July, get 20% off every type of membership (including renewals)! See below for full details of how to claim your 20% off:

🔵Online: during checkout, enter promo code 'MEM20' and press 'Apply'. Your 20% will be applied.

🔵In Person or Over the Phone: ask one of our friendly staff members to apply the 20% discount, and they'll happily apply the code for you!

Offer ends 11.59pm Fri 26 July.

--

➡️Need a reminder of what a membership gets you?

Free tickets
Discounts at the bar and kiosk
£2 off your tickets
Buddy Movie Tuesdays: Members can bring a friend for free on Tuesdays**
3 Months MUBI subscription (new MUBI users only)

---

🎬✨One week to go until ANIMATION REFRAMED! 12 - 16 year olds will enjoy five phenomenal days of film: 5 masterpieces on the big screen, talks from animators, and a host of guided creative activities.

There's still space - and with passes starting from £40! 🔗Get yours now: bit.ly/4d5GsTT

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - The Guardian

Soulful q***r drama Crossing, from director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced), follows Lia, a retired Georgian teacher in her 70s, as she searches for her long-lost niece, Tekla.

Get tickets: bit.ly/3zGYMUO

----

Lia is joined by her young neighbour Achi, and the pair roam Istanbul searching for her missing relative. Tekla is transgender, and as austere and somewhat repressed Lia spends time in Istanbul's q***r spaces, she finds her mind opening. A poignant inter-generational tale of self-discovery.

£40 PASSES are now available for ANIMATION REFRAMED!

These passes are aimed at families on a lower income, and no proof of income is required to purchase this lower cost pass. If you feel the rate applies to you, then please feel free to purchase the £40 pass!

🎟️Get a pass: bit.ly/4d5GsTT

----

‘Animation Reframed’ is the Lexi’s first Summer Film School for young people - a week-long deep dive into 21st century animation.

Over five one-off screenings, we’ll see how recent shifts in technology, representation, and style have been tearing up the rule book for animated cinema. A pass for the week gives you access to all five films - including an exclusive preview of ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ and Q&A with the filmmakers. Through exciting discussions and creative activities, we’ll explore the unique power and history of animation, and ask where this limitless medium is headed next.

One pass gives access to every screening. (Limited availability.)

Our Animation Reframed passes have arrived! As you see each film, we'll stamp your pass. 📬 The biggest bonus? You'll officially be able to prove to everyone that you're an animation aficionado!

Animation Reframed is open to 12 - 16 year olds. Get passes at the link in our bio!

🎸BLUR: TO THE END: it's an emotional tribute to the Britpop icons! Documenting the band's return in the year that they released a surprise record for the first time in nearly a decade, this is a powerful and uplifting music doc. Exploring the unique bond between the bandmates, the doc also features a host of iconic songs, and rare footage from the road and the studio.

Get tickets: bit.ly/4bHFmN6

🛵💨Thelma's a woman on a mission, and she's not taking any prisoners...

With glorious echoes of Little Miss Sunshine, festival fave THELMA is a brand new comedy starring June Squibb as a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson. She sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles, accompanied by an aging friend and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her.

Get tickest: bit.ly/464kIFt

We are honoured to be able to say that cellist and holocaust survivor Anita Lasker Wallfisch MBE and her daughter Maya Lasker-Wallfisch will be joining us for an in-person Q&A on Sat 13 July and Mon 15 July, following screenings of The Commandant's Shadow.

On 15 July, they will be joined by Lexi documentary programmer Carin von Drehle.

---

About the guests:

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch MBE, is one of the subjects of documentary The Commandant's Shadow. Born in 1925 in what is now Wrocław, Poland Anita is a survivor of the Holocaust. Moving to London in 1946, she is an accomplished cellist, and a co-founder of the English Chamber Orchestra.

Maya Lasker-Wallfisch features in The Commandant's Shadow, having facilitated the historic meeting between her mother, Anita and Hans Jürgen Höss. Maya lives and works between London and Berlin as a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Author and Educator.

We've got a whole host of matinees lined up today, from Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness, to the uplifting & unconventional romance of Unicorns. 🦄

---

Our Monday Matinee screenings are sponsored by our friends at Wallacea Living, so you can look forward to catching the latest and greatest films every Monday, minus the late finish.

Wallacea Living offers a new kind of retirement living in the heart of London. They're on a mission to create an environment that makes later life for its homeowners the time of their life, with beautifully designed apartments featuring a range of stunning amenities.

Visit their website to find out more: wallacealiving.com

🎬Spaces are strictly limited for our Animation Reframed Summer School - so get your pass now to avoid disappointment! Reframed

✨Get your passes here: bit.ly/4cQZu0d

---
With an Animation Reframed pass, attendees will be able to watch 5 animated films on the big screen, take part in exciting discussions, and have some fun with creative activities.

We'll be showing: an exclusive preview of Kensuke's Kingdom, Persepolis, Wolfwalkers, Fantastic Mr Fox, and Your Name. Five days, five phenomenal modern animated classics.

🌿If you're in need of something uplifting to combat this dreary weather, we're continuing to screen WILDING this week! An inspiring, hopeful tale of one of the most important experiments in Europe and beyond. ⁠
⁠
Get tickets: bit.ly/45WDDlz
⁠
----⁠
⁠
WILDING is produced by three-time Oscar-winning production company ; partnered with Oscar-nominated and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning HHMI Tangled Bank Studios whose most recent film ALL THAT BREATHES won best documentary at Sundance, Cannes and the BFI London Film Festival.

THE COMMANDANT'S SHADOW: Two lives. Two stories. One wall that divided them. This remarkable documentary captures the historic moment, over 70 years after the Holocaust, when the son of the Commandant of Auschwitz meets an incredible survivor. Get tickets: bit.ly/4cPqj4O

---

The Commandant’s Shadow follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf Höss, as he faces his father’s terrible legacy for the first time. His father was the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz and masterminded the murder of over a million Jews; he was recently also the subject of the award-winning, harrowing Zone of Interest.

"Nature is healing in this soul-enhancing, hopeful ode to the British countryside" ★★★★ Time Out

🌿WILDING arrives this Friday! Get tickets now: bit.ly/3RTPHyc

Based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title, it's the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.

🎞️🎨ANIMATION REFRAMED: introducing our brand new, 5-day summer film school for young peopled aged 12-16! Get your passes now: bit.ly/4cQZu0d

With an Animation Reframed pass, attendees will be able to watch 5 animated films on the big screen, take part in exciting discussions, and have some fun with creative activities.

We'll be showing: an exclusive preview of Kensuke's Kingdom, Persepolis, Wolfwalkers, Fantastic Mr Fox, and Your Name. Five days, five phenomenal modern animated classics.

📽️BYE BYE TIBERIAS: Set between past and present, Bye Bye Tiberias weaves together the stories of four generations of daring Palestinian women.

Returning to her village thirty years after leaving to pursue acting, Hiam Abbass (best known for her role in Succession) is accompanied by her filmmaker daughter Lina. Together, they piece together stories of women who have kept their story and legacy alive through the strength of their bonds, despite exile, dispossession and heartbreak.

🎟️Get tickets: bit.ly/3RHGitq

Come and escape the heat in our nice, cool, air-conditioned screens... Oh, and you can see a great film while you're at it, too!

🧸Ama Gloria - a 6-year-old girl discovers that her beloved nanny is leaving, in this bittersweet festival favourite.
🚲️The Bikeriders - the thrilling, star-studded historical crime drama continues!
🐎The Dead Don't Hurt - more shows added for this slow-burning contemporary Western.
🛋️Freud's Last Session - this week, Freud and C.S. Lewis continue to battle it out (intellectually).

Get tickets: bit.ly/4b38gb5

of KINDS OF KINDNESS... 🎬️

Yorgos Lantimos' brand new feature - a return to his darker and more troubling form (see also: Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) - arrives Friday 5 July!

💬Join us for a great new feature and an equally great natter with Talking Pictures!

At our latest Talking Pictures event, we'll be showing the bittersweet audience favourite Ama Gloria. With a powerful performance from its 6-year-old star, and thought-provoking commentary on the legacies of colonialism, there'll definitely be a lot to discuss. ☕️

📅Save the date: the next screening is Mon 1 July at 3pm.

---

Talking Pictures ,our friendly discussion group for over 65s, is sponsored by our friends at Wallacea Living.

Wallacea Living offers a new kind of retirement living in the heart of London. They're on a mission to create an environment that makes later life for its homeowners the time of their life, with beautifully designed apartments featuring a range of stunning amenities. 🏘️

Visit their website to find out more: wallacealiving.com

Catch a host of matinee screenings today, including The Bikeriders! 🏍️

----

Our Monday Matinee screenings are sponsored by our friends at Wallacea Living, so you can look forward to catching the latest and greatest films every Monday, minus the late finish.

Wallacea Living offers a new kind of retirement living in the heart of London. They're on a mission to create an environment that makes later life for its homeowners the time of their life, with beautifully designed apartments featuring a range of stunning amenities.
Visit their website to find out more: wallacealiving.com

✨️🦄UNICORNS: from Sally El Hosaini (The Swimmers), Unicorns is a powerful depiction of an unexpected romance between single dad Luke and beautiful drag queen Aysha. Their initial spark of desire takes them both by surprise, and the pair begin a journey traversing unfamiliar sexual and cultural territory as their initial attraction transforms into something more.

With electrifying performances from Jason Patel and Ben Hardy, this is a sensitive, uplifting story of q***r love.

🎟️Get tickets: bit.ly/3ztKEOz

☘️Viva Mary! With our first screening of Viva Mary sold out, we've got another screening on Monday 15 July. The remarkable, life-affirming story of 90-year-old Irishwoman Mary takes a meandering journey through her many adventures, interests and achievements. And it also takes a fascinating look at the place of women in Ireland - and how progress has been made since Mary's childhood in Connemara.

🎟️Get tickets: bit.ly/3zgeQN7

KINDS OF KINDNESS: celebrated auteur Yorgos Lanthimos returns with an absurdist fable starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and a host of celebrated stars. 🎟️Get tickets: bit.ly/45BOm4U

It's a darkly comic triptych depicting three lives: a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.

🌞Summer volunteering opportunities, 30th July – 1st September!⁠
⁠
Fancy experiencing the Lexi from the other side of the box office…?⁠
⁠
Enjoy community and giving excellent customer service…?⁠
⁠
Available for a minimum of 3 x 4hour daytime shifts...?⁠
⁠
Then we'd love to hear from you! ⁠
⁠
For more info & to apply, please complete the short form: bit.ly/3xwluOT
⁠
(We regret that we’re only able to respond to successful applications)⁠
⁠

AMA GLORIA: a bittersweet story of childhood loss, with an astonishing performance from its 6-year-old lead at its centre. 🎟️Get tickets: bit.ly/3RC8WfE
⁠
---⁠
⁠
The opener at 2023’s Cannes Critics’ Week 2023, Ama Gloria has been an audience favourite at a number of film festivals. And its star, six-year-old Louise Mauroy-Panzani, delivers a stunningly nuanced performance as a small child discovering, for the first time, the way in which her life fits into the wider world. ⁠
⁠
6-year-old Cléo adores her Nanny Gloria. But when Gloria suddenly has to return to Cape Verde to take care of her own children, a painful separation is on the horizon. Gloria invites Cléo to Cape Verde to spend one last summer together, and the pair resolve to cherish every moment. ⁠
⁠
Ama Gloria is a poignant, bittersweet exploration of the connections we forge as children, as well as an insightful commentary on colonial legacies. ⁠
⁠

Happy Friday! How about a trip to the cinema? 🌞

Here's what's on:

🚲️The Bikeriders - Austin Butler and Jodie Comer star in the electrifying story of a biker gang that veers into violent organised crime.
🛋️Freud's Last Session - Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis go head to head in this fascinating, existentially-tinged drama.
🐎The Dead Don't Hurt - two more shows added this week!
⛏️Strike: An Uncivil War - Sun 23 & Mon 24 are your last chance to catch this award-winning documentary about the most violent protest that took place during the 1980s miners' strike.
📚️Black History Studies: A Story of Bones - an environmental officer learns of a terrible, colonial-era atrocity on Saint Helena, and begins a fight for a memorialisation of the forgotten victims, in this incisive, powerful documentary.
🚲️A Year With Agnès: Jacquot de Nantes - Varda lovingly renders the childhood of her husband filmmaker Jacque Demy in the wonder-filled Jacquot de Nantes.

NorthWestLondon