Midnight Marauders at Showroom Cinema

Tom Grieve, Cinema Editor

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Midnight Marauders

Showroom Workstation, City Centre
Until 26 September 2025

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Midnight movies are a longstanding phenomena for a reason. Some films aren’t made for daytime viewing, they make more sense when accompanied by the anonymity of the night, watched alongside a crowd of likeminded film freaks looking for a fix of something weird, something transgressive. From Night of the Living Dead, to El Topo, to Eraserhead, the classic midnight movies are dark and illicit, cult objects to be experienced after the sun has left the sky and decent folk have gone to bed.

Sheffield’s Showroom Cinema knows this, which is why they’ve introduced Midnight Marauders, a series of monthly late night screenings that commence on Friday nights at 11:30pm. Stretching into the woozy early in-between hours of Saturday morning where possibilities can seem stretched, the films scheduled all feature some combination of excessive violence, tawdry sex, sleaze, or other crowd-pleasing filth that befit the late hour.

The Fly

From Clint Eastwood’s probably-fascist cop blowing people away with a little too much gusto in Dirty Harry (Fri 30 May), to Wesley Snipes slicing up vampires to a techno soundtrack while sprinklers rain blood in Blade (Fri 26 Sept), these are films full of unforgettable imagery and questionable moral compasses.

There’s opportunity to see Walter Hill’s larger than life street gang classic The Warriors (Fri 27 Jun) which is set across one dark night in a dystopian vision of New York City. While showings of David Cronenberg’s sticky body horror masterpiece The Fly (Fri 25 July), alongside the Pope of Trash himself — John Waters’ — still shocking 1972 film Pink Flamingos (about the “filthiest people alive” on Fri 29 Aug) confirm that Showroom’s programmer’s are fully in tune with the spirit of the midnight movie.

Where to go near Midnight Marauders at Showroom Cinema

Site Gallery, Sheffield
City Centre
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Site Gallery Sheffield

Specialising in moving image, new media and performance, and offering a busy events programme, a visit to Site in Sheffield is not to be missed.

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The Leadmill

Situated in a former flour mill to the south east of the city centre, The Leadmill is Sheffield’s longest running music venue.

The Rutland Arms pub in Sheffield
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Rutland Arms

A great pub situated in an early 20th century brick and bright yellow building on the corner of Furnival Street and Brown Street.

The Sheffield Tap
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The Sheffield Tap

With a wide range of craft beers and its very own on-site microbrewery, Sheffield Tap is uniquely housed within a restored railway station.

Street Food Chef
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Street Food Chef

An award-winning Mexican cantina serving speedy and fiercely tasty food – a healthy fast food alternative for the people of Sheffield.

Tamper Sellers Wheel, Sheffield
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Tamper Sellers Wheel

Excellent coffee, including its own blend, and hearty, relaxed food make this one of Sheffield’s best casual eateries.

Sheffield
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Sidney and Matilda

Sidney and Matilda, a former paper factory, is now one of Sheffields’s most exciting gig venues and art spaces.

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Graves Gallery is home to Sheffield’s visual art collection, with a permanent collection and temporary exhibitions arranged across eight galleries.

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Oisoi

A high-quality pan-Asian restaurant in Sheffield’s city centre, Oisoi is worth a visit to the Steel City right now.

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Birdhouse Tea Bar & Kitchen

Birdhouse Tea Bar & Kitchen is a family-run tea bar serving breakfast, brunch and wood-fired pizzas alongside an extensive drinks menu, which includes creative brews and tea cocktails.

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