This piece is adapted from an introduction given by Georgia Humphreys at our Bank Robbery Weekend screening of Michael Mann's Thief on Friday 28th August 2026. Throughout the history of cinema, thieves have plundered the spoils of our imaginations. From the debonair...
This year, The UPP has celebrated some important milestones in our long and colourful history. It marks thirty years since brothers Saied and Zaid Marham took over the cinema, giving it the name we know today. It is also fifty years since Bill Heine and Pablo Butcher...
What do wiseguys, pizza, and a late afternoon at the cinema have in common? Quite a lot, it turns out... We've teamed up with local Italian pizzeria and delicatessen Il Principe for an event that's almost too good to refuse. Join us for Martin Scorsese's legendary...
In August and September, we’re opening the doors of the UPP to be used for any purpose… except watching films. We’re looking for proposals from anyone with a great idea to use our space. The winners will get free use of the building to run their session. We’ll even...
The Ultimate Picture Palace are delighted to partner with Ruskin School of Art, to exhibit a selection of their students’ short films. Last February, students were given the opportunity to showcase their films at The Ultimate Picture Palace during a two-hour...
This summer, we’re celebrating not one but two major milestones in Oxford cinema history - 30 years of the Ultimate Picture Palace, and 50 years since the opening of our predecessor, the much-loved Penultimate Picture Palace. To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a...
The Magnificent Amberson's is showing as part of our 35mm Films on Film season on Saturday 9th May at 3pm. Citizen Kane screens on 35mm the following day, Sunday 10th May at 5.30pm. Click here to book tickets. How do you follow what you know is one of the most...
The Ultimate Picture Palace are delighted to partner with Ruskin School of Art, to exhibit a selection of their students’ short films. Last February, students were given the opportunity to showcase their films at The Ultimate Picture Palace during a two-hour...
Born from rebellion, the French New Wave changed cinema forever. Inspired by the release of Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague (screening from 20th February), a new comedy-drama that recreates the shooting of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, this season revisits the...
Like so many things that happened over 50 years ago, it’s hard to believe that someone like Gene Hackman could have ever been a successful and popular leading man (and one of my favourite actors, ever). I saw him for the first time as wayward priest Rev. Frank Scott...
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!