Coming soon

Kino Kids Cinema Club: Robot Dreams
Showing from April 5, 2024
Tale of a lonely dog living in vibrant 1980s New York taking matters into his own paws and creating a robot buddy to hang out with. ... Find out more

The Substance
Showing from October 12, 2024
In a bid to revive her career, a former TV star takes a black-market drug that transforms her into a younger version of herself. Demi ... Find out more

No Other Land
Showing from November 29, 2024
Award-winning documentary created by a collective of four young Palestinian-Israeli activists, filmed over five years, examining the ... Find out more

Hard Truths
Showing from February 21, 2025
Legendary British filmmaker Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies, Mr. Turner) delivers a poignant and bittersweet exploration of a working-class ... Find out more

Conclave
Showing from December 13, 2024
After the sudden death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is thrust into one of the world’s most secretive and ancient rituals: the ... Find out more

JFTFP25: In the Wake
Showing from March 5, 2025
Gripping social thriller delving into responsibility, social injustice, and the lasting effects of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, ... Find out more

JFTFP25: Let’s Go Karaoke!
Showing from February 24, 2025
A charming and hilarious yakuza comedy directed by Yamashita Nobuhiro (Linda Linda Linda) and based on the manga by Wayama Yama. Part ... Find out more

JFTFP25: All the Long Nights
Showing from February 19, 2025
Directed by Miyake Sho (And Your Bird Can Sing), this sensitive and heartwarming drama offers a rare, empathetic portrayal of PMS ... Find out more

The Brutalist
Showing from February 15, 2025
In the aftermath of WWII, a brilliant Hungarian architect (Adrien Brody) flees to the US to rebuild his life. Told with breathtaking ... Find out more

Anora
Showing from November 22, 2024
A young sex worker and the son of a Russian billionaire go on the run after spontaneously getting married against his father's wishes ... Find out more

A Real Pain
Showing from January 31, 2025
Two cousins travel to Poland to honour their Jewish grandmother but soon recall why they’ve grown apart in the first place. Golden ... Find out more

A Complete Unknown
Showing from February 7, 2025
Timothée Chalamet plays a young Bob Dylan as he arrives in New York in the early 1960s, takes the folk scene by storm, and ... Find out more

Presence
Showing from February 14, 2025
A family of four moves into a new home but soon realises they are not alone. Director Steven Soderbergh reimagines the haunted house ... Find out more

Kino Kids Cinema Club: Minuscule – Valley of the Lost Ants
Showing from February 19, 2025
On a sunny day, a black ant army discovers a box of sugar cubes at an abandoned picnic. With the help of a brave little ladybug, they ... Find out more

Lost Highway
Showing from March 16, 2025
A jazz saxophonist's life begins to spiral out of control after he receives as series of unsettling VHS tapes in the mail. A fractured ... Find out more

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Showing from March 16, 2025
In this prequel to his groundbreaking 1990s television series, David Lynch chronicles Laura Palmer’s final week before her murder. ... Find out more

Eraserhead
Showing from October 26, 2024
A head floating through the cosmos. A lady who lives in a radiator. A baby that won't stop crying. David Lynch’s visionary debut that ... Find out more

Blue Velvet
Showing from June 17, 2023
The discovery of a severed ear leads a clean-cut amateur sleuth to uncover a nightmarish flipside to his sleepy suburban hometown in ... Find out more

David Lynch Weekender – Weekend Pass
Showing from March 15, 2025
Join us and The Evolution of Horror Podcast as we honour one of the most influential artistic voices of American cinema over a single ... Find out more

Under the Volcano
Showing from March 13, 2025
A Ukrainian family spends the last day of their vacation in Tenerife, Spain. When Russia's invasion of Ukraine strands them on the ... Find out more

The Saragossa Manuscript
Showing from March 9, 2025
Wojciech Has’ adaptation of Jan Potocki’s novel became a 1960s countercultural favourite, championed by the Grateful Dead’s Jerry ... Find out more

Maona Presents: Shimoni
Showing from February 22, 2025
Goeffrey is released from prison and sent to live in a small town in rural Kenya. Here he encounters a man who has been haunting his ... Find out more

National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove
Showing from April 6, 2025
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy ... Find out more

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Showing from March 2, 2025
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most ... Find out more

Film in Focus: Preview Screening of Misericordia
Showing from March 12, 2025
The Cultural Programme at Oxford University presents a special preview screening of Alain Guiraudie's award-winning French ... Find out more
UPP News
News, blog posts, and announcements from The Ultimate Picture Palace

The Evolution of Horror Podcast presents: David Lynch Weekender
Painter, filmmaker, surrealist, and one of the great American artists of the 20th Century. We’ve teamed up with The Evolution of ... Read more

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: Real Cinema and Sweet Dreams
It might surprise you to learn that, contrary to popular belief, the western genre didn’t fall into abeyance in the 1970s, following ... Read more

Kino Kids Cinema Club
Join us for our brand new fortnightly strand of family-friendly classics (old and new), the Kino Kids Cinema Club! Every other Sunday ... Read more
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 don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!