Onibaba15

Directed by Kaneto Shindo | Japan | 1965 | 1h 38m | Japanese w/ English subtitles | Starring Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō, Jūkichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama

In the marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law kill lost samurai and sell their belongings to survive. A neighbour returns from battle, and lust, jealousy and rage threaten to break the two women apart. A stolen demon mask seals their fate. Kaneto Shindo’s 1964 folk horror is driven by primal emotion, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stark black-and-white photography.

Hosted in partnership with Talking Movies Oxford, this one-off screening is presented on 35mm film, with a pre-screening introduction by Dr Alexander Jacoby of Oxford Brookes University.

Talking Movies Oxford are hosting a talk on Thursday 22nd Oxford at The Castle pub (Paradise St, Oxford OX1 1LD) entitled ‘Japanese Horror: Masked Demons, Feudal Fears, and Ghosts In The Machine’. Head over to their MeetUp page to sign-up: https://www.meetup.com/talking-movies-oxford/

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Saturday 10 October

35mm Screening + Intro

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What else is on?

Today (Thursday 3rd September)

20:00

Tony 15
1h 46m
In a chaotic restaurant kitchen during the summer of 1975, Tony stumbles into a job that will shape his life. Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers) stars as chef Anthony Bourdain in this biographical drama, directed by Matt Johnson (Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie).

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Tomorrow (Friday 4th September)

15:15

Holy Days 12A
Descriptive Subtitles
1h 41m
Three unconventional nuns set out across New Zealand to retrieve their convent's deeds. When a snowstorm derails their journey, they confront loss and forgiveness. Nathalie Boltt's road-trip comedy stars BAFTA winners Judy Davis and Miriam Margolyes.

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17:45

& Sons 15
2h
A reclusive novelist, convinced he's dying, summons his estranged sons and reveals a secret that draws his ex-wife back into the fold. Academy Award nominees Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton lead this darkly comedic drama, alongside George MacKay and Dominic West.

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20:30

The End of Oak Street 12A
1h 40m
After a cosmic event tears Oak Street from suburbia, the Platt family must stick together to survive a landscape now inhabited by dinosaurs. David Robert Mitchell (It Follows) swaps psychological horror for sci-fi thrills, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor.

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Plan your visit

Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road.We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We only show a few adverts – less than most cinemas – and we only play a couple of trailers, so please don’t be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!