Welcome to the Ultimate Picture Palace
The UPP is a community-owned cinema and Oxford’s only independent cinema. We show an eclectic mix of independent, mainstream, international, and classic films all in our cosy single-screen auditorium. Find us on the Cowley Road in East Oxford.
What's on
Today (Friday 2nd June)
15:30
Plan 75 15
1h 53m | Japanese w/ English subtitles
18:00
Are You There God? It's Me, Marg PG
1h 46m
20:30
The Eight Mountains 12A
2h 27m | Italian w/ English subtitlesTomorrow (Saturday 3rd June)
15:15
A Clever Woman 15
18:00
Plan 75 15
1h 53m | Japanese w/ English subtitles20:30
Are You There God? It's Me, Marg PG
1h 46mComing soon
The Dam
Showing from Friday 9th June
Lebanese artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri’s debut is an enigmatic and allegorical drama about Sudanese bricklayer who wanders into the desert to work on a mysterious construction.
Beau Is Afraid
Showing from Friday 9th June
Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix stars as an anxiety-ridden middle-aged man having a meltdown in this brilliantly baffling psychological epic from the director of modern horror classics Hereditary and Midsommer.
Master Gardener
Showing from Saturday 10th June
Legendary filmmaker Paul Schrader continues his late-career resurgence with this potent tale of a man tormented by the ghosts of history and a country reckoning with its own troubled past.
Become a member
Our community of UPP members get exclusive discounts including 2 free tickets, a free drink at our cosy bar and £2 off the price of tickets.
UPP News
Find out the latest news and updates from the UPP and our community
Soundtracks: Built to Last
The recent acclaim meted out to Hauschka (AKA Volker Bertelmann) for his Academy Award winning, incongruous but effectively doomy ... Read more
The Three Colours Trilogy and other missing pieces
As regular readers will know, I have been a Film and Media teacher for nearly 40 years and was, in fact, one of the very first students Read more
Scorsese: Cinema’s Last Man Standing
There are not many film directors who have shaped my life since the early 1970s and still continue to do so to this day. ... Read more
Hire the cinema
Our unique art-deco venue is the perfect place for private screenings, children and adult birthday parties, fundraisers, premieres, presentations, community events, film festivals and more.