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Queer

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THURSDAY 23RD JANUARY 6PM

Film in Focus: Honouring Jean-Luc Godard

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COMING SOON

Nosferatu

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SAT 25TH JAN 7.30PM

Byrne's Night! True Stories & Stop Making Sense

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COMING SOON

Spirited Away

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FRI 14TH FEB – WED 5TH MAR

Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025

Oxford’s home of independent cinema

The Ultimate Picture Palace is Oxford’s only independent cinema. Founded in 1911 and community-owned since 2022, we show a mix of independent, international, and classic films all in our cosy single-screen auditorium. Find us on the Cowley Road in East Oxford. 

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What's on

Tomorrow (Thursday 16th January)

14:45

Howards End PG
2h 22m
In Edwardian England, the lives of three families from different social classes and outlooks become intricately intertwined. Richly layered adaptation of E.M. Forster’s classic novel starring an Oscar-winning Emma Thompson performance.

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17:45

How to Make Millions Before Gran 12A
2h 6m | Thai w/ English subtitles
Driven by the promise of a multimillion-dollar inheritance, a young college dropout becomes the caretaker for his terminally ill grandmother. A moving intergenerational drama that became a box office sensation in Southeast Asia.

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20:30

The Order 15
1h 56m
A wave of bombings and bank robberies pulls a seasoned FBI agent (Jude Law) into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a domestic terrorist group in this gripping 1980s-set crime thriller inspired by true events.

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Friday 17th January

14:30

Queer 18
2h 17m
Daniel Craig stars as an American expatriate living a quiet life in 1960s Mexico, until a young student’s arrival turns his world upside down. Luca Guadagnino directs this sensual adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ cult novel.

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17:30

Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20m
In 1960s America, two young Black men form a friendship while in a corrupt reform school. Director RaMell Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as an immersive exploration of America’s buried history.

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20:30

Nosferatu 15
2h 12m
Evil plagues a small town in 1830s Germany as sinister vampire Count Orlok becomes dangerously infatuated with a young local woman. Director Robert Eggers (The Witch) breathes new life into one of cinema’s most iconic monsters.

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Coming soon

Nicholas Cage classic film screening Oxford cinema

Nosferatu

Showing from Friday 17th January
Evil plagues a small town in 1830s Germany as the sinister Count Orlok becomes dangerously infatuated with a young local woman. Director Robert Eggers (The Witch) breathes new life into one of cinema’s most iconic monsters.

Mother and Son directed by Léonor Serraille

Nickel Boys

Showing from Friday 17th January
In 1960s America, two young Black men form a friendship while in a corrupt reform school. Director RaMell Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as an immersive exploration of America’s buried history.

Neil Harbisson Cyborg Documentary Screening Oxford University

We Live In Time

Showing from Friday 24th January
Almut and Tobias meet in an unexpected encounter that forever alters their lives. But a challenging truth threatens to upend everything they’ve built. Uniquely structured rom-com starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.

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