Welcome to Cinema at the Heart of the Community
THE BLOCK CINEMA
“Cinema is universal, beyond flags and borders and passports.”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
THE BLOCK CINEMA is an independent cinema in South Manchester, offering you a wide range of accessible and affordable films. The cinema is led by volunteers who all share a passion for cinema. All are welcome.
Just so you know, we have moved to the new media centre at WYTHENSHAWE FORUM! For details on how to get there, please visit our ‘FACILITIES AND GETTING HERE’ page.
YOU'RE MY FAVOURITE FILM: A COMMUNITY TRIBUTE TO FILM
🎬 I Swear (2025) 15
📍 The Block at Broomwood (Timperley)
Wednesday 27 May
Director: Kirk Jones
Runtime: 2h
Genre: Drama / Biographical
Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at just fifteen, John Davidson grows up navigating a world that doesn’t always understand him — or make space for him.
From difficult school years to the challenges of adulthood, his journey is marked by frustration, resilience, and moments of unexpected kindness. What emerges is not a story of limitation, but of persistence — and of finding purpose in a life that refuses to follow a straight path.
Directed by Kirk Jones, I Swear approaches its subject with honesty and care, balancing hardship with warmth, and humour with dignity.
It’s a film about being seen, being heard, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going when the world would rather you stayed silent.
🕰 Doors: 6:30pm
🎥 Film: 7:00pm
Join us for our first screenings at The Block at Broomwood (Timperley) — a new home for great films, shared together on the big screen.
🎬 The Piano (1993) 15
Thursday 4 June
Director: Jane Campion Runtime: 2h 1m
Genre: Romantic Drama / Period / Psychological
Set in nineteenth-century New Zealand, The Piano follows Ada, a mute Scottish woman sent across the world for an arranged marriage, accompanied only by her young daughter and the piano through which she expresses herself.
Directed by Jane Campion and featuring unforgettable performances from Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, and Anna Paquin, this haunting and emotionally charged film explores desire, repression, power, and the struggle for self-expression.
Winner of three Academy Awards, The Piano remains one of the defining films of the 1990s — visually stunning, emotionally raw, and impossible to forget.
📍 The Block Cinema, Creative Space, Forum Library
🕰 Doors: 6:30pm | 🎥 Film: 7:00pm
🎟️ £5
OUR SCREENINGS
Films begin at 7:00 pm, with doors opening at 6:30 pm unless otherwise stated. All screenings take place at Creative Space unless specified otherwise (for example, at Timperley).
MAY SCREENINGS
I Swear (2025) 15 
The Block at Broomwood (Timperley)
Wednesday 27 May
Director: Kirk Jones
Runtime: 2h
Genre: Drama / Biographical
JUNE SCREENINGS
The Piano (1993) 15
Thursday 4 June
Director: Jane Campion Runtime: 2h 1m
Genre: Romantic Drama / Period / Psychological
A Raisin in the Sun (1961) PG
Thursday 18 June
Director: Daniel Petrie Runtime: 2h 8m
Genre: Drama / Social Realism / Stage Adaptation
JULY SCREENINGS
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) U
Thursday 2 July
Director: William Dieterle Runtime: 1h 47m
Genre: Fantasy / Americana / Moral Fable
Perfect Days (2023) PG
Thursday 16 July
Director: Wim Wenders Runtime: 2h 5m
Genre: Drama / Meditative Cinema / International