Liverpool has no shortage of options for film fanatics craving the big screen experience. From art house and independent fare at FACT’s Picturehouse, to the blazing blockbusters at one of the city’s multiplexes, there’s bound to be movie to match your mood. After a plush, luxury experience — look to the Everyman. Or, if you really want to impress, how about a 1930s Art Deco wonder?
FACT stands for film, art and creative technology. One of Liverpool’s essential cultural attractions, this arts hub, gallery and bar also features a 4-screen cinema run by Picturehouse. Check the listings for indie flicks, art house hits and classic cinema seasons.
Odeon Liverpool One features a huge 18 screens — including one massive IMAX — with all of the latest gizmos from RealD 3D to DBOX.
The classy option. This 1930s Art Deco venue boasts an original cinema screen that can be raised up from the floor, along with a Rushworth and Dreaper organ — perfect for silent movie classics.
A luxurious boutique cinema with 4K projectors and Dolby 7.1 digital sound. There is sofa seating, curated movie-themed playlists and an upmarket bar and restaurant – they’ll even bring your order through to the screen for you.
A throughly modern multiplex boasting all of the latest technology, spread across 11 comfortable screens.
Dead Ink Books is an independent bookshop on Smithdown Road in Liverpool, exclusively stocking books from independent publishers.
A mixed-use event space in the Baltic Triangle, 24 Kitchen Street hosts some of the best leftfield club nights and gigs in Liverpool.
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The Reader Bar & Restaurant offers diners a bistro-style menu, inspired by continental European flavours and created using locally sourced seasonal produce.
Sitting in the heart of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle district, Boxpark Liverpool will offer forward-thinking street food, drinks and entertainment under one roof.
The wildly popular cook haus and bier palace how now opened in Liverpool, looking to emulate the success of its sister branch in Manchester.
This 18th-floor bar and restaurant has stunning views of the Liverpool Skyline, including the River Mersey.
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100 spectacular cast-iron, life-size figures by Anthony Gormley spread across three kilometres of Crosby Beach, and almost one kilometre out to sea.
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