Events | Genesis Cinema
The Smashing Machine

The Smashing Machine

Running time: 123 mins

Genre: Action, Drama, Sport

Directed by: Benny Safdie

Release Date: 03/10/2025

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader

Directed by Benny Safdie (Good Time/Uncut Gems), The Smashing Machine stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt. In what is already being described as a transformative performance, Johnson plays legendary UFC fighter Mark Kerr as he battles intense personal struggles at the height of his career. 'The most raw and vulnerable that Johnson has ever been onscreen' - The Independent

There are currently no performance scheduled for this event

What's On

View All

American History X + Intro By Tony Kaye

Avengers: Endgame Encore

Bad Apples

Reclaim The Frame Presents: Beautiful Thing (in 35mm) + Q&A with Director Hettie Macdonald

Cat Video Fest 2026

Coyote vs Acme

Dune: Part Three

Bar Trash: Opening Night – CLASS OF NUKE ‘EM HIGH (1986)

Made For Cinema presents: The Global Big Break Watch Party + virtual Q&A

Bar Trash: X THE UNKNOWN (1956)

Skyclimber: Scaling The Eiffel Tower (London Premiere) - LIFF

Sessions (London Premiere) - LIFF

Under The Bypass (World Premiere) - LIFF

Shorts Block 12 - LIFF

Christmas & Chaos (World Premiere) - LIFF

American History X + Humpty Dumpty X - PART 1 - Tony Kaye Double Bill

Humpty Dumpty X - PART 1 + Q&A with Tony Kaye

Steel of Film (in 35 mm) + Q&A

This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019) + Intro - Whose Land? Whose Lens?

Tellurian Drama (2020) + Amussu (2019) + Intro - Whose Land? Whose Lens?

Replikka (2025) + My Foreign Land (2025) + Intro - Whose Land? Whose Lens?

Life on the Horn (2020) + Faya Dayi (2021) + Intro - Whose Land? Whose Lens?

Lost On The Road (World Premiere) - LIFF

“Encounters: Memories, Museums, Empire and Exile” + Q&A - Tibet Film Festival London

I’m Not You (UK Premiere) - LIFF

Finding My Voice (London Premiere) - LIFF

Deadline

Knife: The Attempted Murder Of Salman Rushdie + Recorded Q&A

Kikuyu Land + Q&A

Lost in Translation Presented by Lucila's Film Club

Finding Your Audience: Film Marketing & Distribution for Independent Filmmakers - LIFF

A Foggy Tale - HKFF 2026

The (First) Last Screenplay (World Premiere) - LIFF

Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition

Snapshot + Q&A

Closing Party + Awards ceremony - LIFF

Shadows of Beirut

I’m Still Here (2024) + Q&A - Women Resist

Boorman and the Devil

Poetry Slam

An Unfinished Film

Shorts Block 11 - LIFF

LIFF Mini-Market (invitation only)

Shorts Block 10 - LIFF

Shorts Block 9 - LIFF

Shorts Block 8 - LIFF

Shorts Block 7 - LIFF

Shorts Block 6 - LIFF

Shorts Block 5 - LIFF

Shorts Block 4 - LIFF

Shorts Block 3 - LIFF

Shorts Block 2 - LIFF

Shorts Block 1 - LIFF

SMASH pitching workshop - LIFF

Opening Night Party - LIFF

Halloween (1978)- Halloween at Genesis

Her Private Hell

Hope

National Theatre Live: Golden Boy

Pressure

Resident Evil

Rosemary's Baby Presented by the Cult Classic Collective

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Some Like it Swing

The Invite

The Odyssey

Tony