Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with CULTPLEX founder Greg Walker in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore The Matrix analysis, The Darjeeling Limited influence, and the Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place’s impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Greg also discusses how he founded CULTPLEX, the home of cult cinema, video games, and cool nerd stuff in Manchester. Through personal biography and storytelling, discover how these three films shaped some Greg’s life, perspective and film fandom.     Movies That Changed Your Life   Uncover how to how to start a cult movie cinema and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   How to start a cult movie cinema [0:00] How Greg founded CULTPLEX, the home of cult cinema, video games, and cool nerd stuff in Manchester The Matrix Analysis  [22:09] Greg Walker shares how The Matrix (1999) for him as a ten year old in 1999 was his Star Wars moment.  The Darjeeling Limited influence (2007 [27:58] Greg Walker shares how The Darjeeling Limited’s influence was his next chapter in film. It was one of the first indie films that he ever seen and how it opened him up to discover Bollywood cinema. Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place’s (2004) Influence   [33:01] Dive into Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place (2004) and learn about how it was relevant to his career story because it was film/tv show he ever programmed. He managed to get Matt Holness and Alice Lowe to come to the screening at Gorilla in Manchester and make it one of the first sell out events Grimmfest had ever put on.  Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn how to programme your own film events   - Understand cinema’s transformative power through The Matrix and The Darjeeling Limited  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Greg Walker leads CULTPLEX, an indie cult film cinema in Manchester.In the past he has worked on an eclectic selection of events for companies such as Sheffield DocFest, Manchester Animation Festival, Bradford Literature Festival, Manchester Science Festival, Scalarama, Grimmfest, and Signal Film & Media. Since 2013 he has delivered well over 1000 events in Manchester and beyond in addition to 27 festival editions.  Resources: Get Involved: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which 3 films that impacted your life.   Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices