Cinema closed for maintenance (Fri 2 – Thu 8 Aug)

Cinema closed for maintenance (Fri 2 – Thu 8 Aug)

Jul 24, 2024 | News

The cinema will be closed for our annual summertime period of maintenance between Friday 2nd and Thursday 8th August.

We will be open again as usual from Friday 9th August with a brand new programme of new releases, special events, and seasons including coming-of-age drama Janet Planet, adrenaline-pumping disaster flick Twisters, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s masterful new release About Dry Grasses, playful revenge comedy Thelma, and a classic season looking at the works of Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr.

Our August-September programme will be available online from Wednesday 31st July, and paper copies will be ready to collect ay the cinema from Friday 2nd August.

See you on the other side!

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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!