Cinema
Hollywood or Bollywood. Classic or blockbuster. Birmingham cinema gives you film at its finest. Of course, we have a great choice of spacious and welcoming multiplex cinema, offering wonderful choice every night of the week. But there’s more. Like the UK’s oldest working cinema - the beautiful Electric. Or art house cool at the MAC. Popcorn at the ready.
Great cinemas are right at our centre. Such as in the Arcadian. And on New Street itself. Plus we’ve many more options right around town. There’s Vue at Star City; one of the biggest cinemas complexes in the world, with its 30 screens.
The magical Electric Cinema is the oldest working cinema in the UK. Opened in 1909, the refurbished Electric is not short on home comforts with its luxury sofa seating, waiter service and full bar. What better way to enjoy independent and intelligent mainstream films. Plus they’ve real surprises now and then; such as old favourites like Jaws accompanied live (yes live) by 22 members of the Electric Cinema Film Orchestra.
At the Midlands Art Centre see the most compelling output from the world of art house; all in a marvellous venue that’s a real cultural melting pot. Just across town, the Piccadilly has the finest Asian cinema, while places like Cineworld or Vue at Star City also show a regular programme of Bollywood’s best.
A visit to Light House in Wolverhampton is highly recommended, it's an excellent spot to experience and further your understanding of visual media. Light House is an independent cinema as well as offering media training courses, photography exhibitions, educational activities and conferences. Plus, a myriad of other activities and two major festivals are hosted throughout the year.
We even have a cinema festival. Each year, Flatpack Festival celebrates the wild frontier of film culture, presenting work in an eclectic array of unexpected spaces and places, the festival centres on the shared experience of watching great cinema.
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