View from the press box at St James Park - Credit: Steve Daniels / Creative Common Licence
Search
21 Oct 2025
Search
21 Oct 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Image: Exeter Phoenix
Exeter Phoenix’s independent cinema, Studio 74, is celebrating the artistry of genre-busting, gender-smashing real action cinema throughout autumn.
Exeter Phoenix has specially curated a selection of films called Smash the Glass: The Art of Action Cinema to commemorate the women who advanced action cinema both on and off-screen.
The season began on October 18 and will run until December 3, presenting a collection of culturally influential films spanning across five decades.
Exeter Phoenix is delivering it in partnership with film critic and broadcaster Anna Smith of Girls of Film Podcast and Dolly’s Film Club, with collaborations from Plymouth Art Cinema and Exeter-based Pat’s Film Club.
The individual screening listings are:
+Exclusive Zine
Fri 18 Oct | 8.15pm
+ Special Intro from band the 5.6.7.8'S
Sat 26 Oct | 5pm
Sat 02 Nov | 6pm
Fri 08 Nov | 8.20pm
+ Live Podcast Recording
Sat 23 Nov | 6pm
Tue 03 Dec | 5.45pm
The season will look closely into the dynamic career of Michelle Yeoh (DYNAM-YEOH!), from her breakthrough film Yes, Madam! to martial arts blockbuster Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Quentin Tarantino has also spoken publicly about Yeoh’s inspiring influence on his 2003 film Kill Bill, which is also in the season line-up.
The season will also celebrate work behind the camera with female directors who performed makeovers on the action genre by adding realism, kinetic energy, and a deeper understanding of what makes action heroes tick.
Tickets for all screenings are available now from Exeter Phoenix’s website and box office.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
