Cult Classics: Sex, Lies and Videotape

Cult Classics with Venus Mantrap dives into the world of sharp, edgy films and beloved fan favourites.

Each event features a pre-screening live performance by Venus in our beautiful art deco Arc Cinema.

1989 | M | DCP | USA | D: Steven Soderbergh 

When a withdrawn wife (Andie McDowell) discovers her husband (Peter Gallager) is having an affair with her sister (Laura San Giacomo), she’s drawn to her husband’s best friend (James Spader), who can’t have sex but loves to hear about it.

Winner of Best Picture and Best Actor at Cannes, Steven Soderbergh’s first feature is said to have been written in eight days and shot in five weeks and is credited with launching the ‘90s indie film boom.

‘Startling is the fact that a film so light on action and heavy on chat can be so achingly funny without having been crafted by a young Woody Allen.’ – Empire



Our Cult Classics screenings are often interactive and always full of laughs and surprises. Leave your serious side at home and enjoy a movie night with a twist. And probably a shimmy.