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NOW SHOWING

Typist Artist Pirate King

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THU 30 NOV 18:30

The Afterlight + Director Q&A

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COMING SOON

Anatomy Of A Fall

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WED 6 DEC 20:30

The Wicker Man: 50th Anniversary

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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 (Wednesday 29th November)

14:30

On the Adamant PG
1h 49m | French w/ English subtitles
Nicolas Philibert’s empathetic documentary set in a Parisian care centre for adults with mental health issues. Winner of the Golden Bear (Best Film) at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.

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21:00

On the Adamant PG
1h 49m | French w/ English subtitles
Nicolas Philibert’s empathetic documentary set in a Parisian care centre for adults with mental health issues. Winner of the Golden Bear (Best Film) at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.

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Tomorrow (Thursday 30th November)

12:30

Typist Artist Pirate King 12A
Parent + Baby Screening
1h 48m
Monica Dolan and Kelly Macdonald star in Carol Morley's (The Falling, Dreams of a Life) bittersweet drama based on the real-life of forgotten British artist Audrey Amiss.

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16:00

Typist Artist Pirate King 12A
1h 48m
Monica Dolan and Kelly Macdonald star in Carol Morley's (The Falling, Dreams of a Life) bittersweet drama based on the real-life of forgotten British artist Audrey Amiss.

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18:30

The Afterlight PG
+ Director Intro/Q&A
1h 22m
Existing as a sole 35mm print, Charlie Shackleton's otherworldly film essay assembles film clips from across space and time. One-off screening followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

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21:00

How to Have Sex 15
1h 31m
Three teenagers go to Crete on a rites-of-passage holiday full of boozing and clubbing in Molly Manning Walker's award-winning look at the joys and the horrors of a distinctly British youth culture.

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Coming soon

Small, Slow But Steady directed by Shô Miyake

Anatomy Of A Fall

Showing from Friday 1st December
Winner of the Palme d’Or (Best Film) at the Cannes Film Festival, Justine Triet’s gripping courtroom crime drama examines the so-called truth of a suspected murder in the French Alps.

Mother and Son directed by Léonor Serraille

May December

Showing from Friday 1st December
Celebrity and scandal combine in this seductive melodrama starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, directed by award-winning filmmaker Todd Haynes (Carol).

The Super 8 Years directed by Annie Ernaux & David Ernaux-Briot

Oxford International Film Festival 2023

Showing on Friday 8th December
The Oxford International Film Festival returns to the UPP for another programme of short films made by filmmakers from all around the world. One-off screening with intros and Q&As.

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The Wicker Man: A modern Idyll with its roots in the ancient ways

The Wicker Man: A modern Idyll with its roots in the ancient ways

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Lars But Not Least

Lars But Not Least

Before he fell from grace so spectacularly, there was a time when Danish auteur and enfant terrible Lars Von Trier was turning out ... Read more

Demme & Byrne Makes Total Sense

Demme & Byrne Makes Total Sense

Although he won an Oscar for his 1991 hit The Silence of the Lambs, American director Jonathan Demme, who died at 73 in 2017, never ... Read more

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