In Memoriam: a season celebrating artists we lost in 2025

In Memoriam: a season celebrating artists we lost in 2025

Dec 12, 2025 | Blog

This January, we pay tribute to five remarkable artists we lost in 2025 by bringing some of their most beloved films back to the cinema. It’s a rare chance to enjoy a handful of all-time great movies as they were meant to be experienced – together, in the dark, and illuminated on the big screen.

Join us as we remember and celebrate the luminous Claudia Cardinale, the ever-magnetic Robert Redford, the incomparable Diane Keaton, the visionary David Lynch, and the masterful Gene Hackman. Five extraordinary talents whose work reshaped the landscape of cinema, whose performances continue to inspire, and whose legacy lives on.

Full Listings:

Once Upon a Time in the West (Claudia Cardinale)
Thursday 1st January 1.15pm

A ruthless mercenary targets a widow’s newly inherited land, forcing an outlaw and a enigmatic gunslinger to defend her. Leone’s sweeping revenge epic combines operatic imagery, Fonda and Cardinale’s iconic performances, and Morricone’s immortal score in a mythic elegy to the West. 
Book tickets – Once Upon a Time in the West

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford)
Sunday 4th January 2pm
Monday 5th January 6pm

After a bungled robbery, outlaws Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid flee Wyoming for Bolivia. Featuring Paul Newman and Robert Redford’s iconic partnership, this Oscar-winning Western blends wit, adventure, and Burt Bacharach’s memorable score into a defining late-1960s American cinema classic.
Book tickets – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Something’s Gotta Give (Diane Keaton)
Sunday 11th January 2.30pm
Thursday 15th January 5.45pm

After womaniser Harry Sanborn suffers a heart attack at a Hamptons house, he’s nursed by playwright Erica Barry, sparking a complicated love triangle. Nancy Meyers’ witty romantic comedy shines through sharp writing and the chemistry between Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson.
Book tickets – Something’s Gotta Give

The Elephant Man (David Lynch)
Sunday 18th January 2.15pm
Tuesday 20th January 6pm

Victorian surgeon Frederick Treves rescues severely deformed John Merrick from sideshow exploitation, discovering his intelligence and dignity. David Lynch’s atmospheric, Oscar-nominated drama turns a true story into a moving portrait of compassion and friendship that reveals the director’s visionary power.
Book tickets – The Elephant Man

The French Connection (Gene Hackman)
Sunday 25th January 2.15pm
Wednesday 28th January 8.45pm

Undercover NYPD detective “Popeye” Doyle hunts an international heroin ring in 1970s New York, plunging into escalating danger. William Friedkin’s gritty, Oscar-winning thriller showcases Gene Hackman’s star-making performance and features one of American cinema’s most electrifying car chases ever filmed.
Book tickets – The French Connection

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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!