La Bola Negra15

Directed by Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi | Spain | 2026 | 2h 39m | Spanish w/ English subtitles | Starring Guitarricadelafuente, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Javier Butler, Teo Lucadamo, Juan Vergara

Spain, 1932: a young man waits to find out whether he has been accepted as a member of the local casino. 1937: a young nationalist soldier is put on guard over a republican prisoner. 2017: a historian inherits an unexpected document from his grandfather. Three timelines, three generations, and a story that majestically moves between the real and the imagined. Queer identity, legacy, and desire run through this gorgeously shot film that takes its inspiration from the legacy of beloved Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.

Reviews

‘It is nearly impossible to grasp the structural effort required to fluidly create one perfectly coherent story using three narratives told across three timelines, each with a distinct visual identity.’
★★★★★
Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies

‘Handsomely produced, lovingly detailed and confidently constructed, bringing the puzzle pieces together in the edit… It is a rich and rewarding movie.’
★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Book tickets

Friday 20 November

2.30pmBook tickets
Saturday 21 November

4.30pmBook tickets
Sunday 22 November

7.15pmBook tickets
Wednesday 25 November

2.30pmBook tickets
Thursday 26 November

8.15pmBook tickets

What else is on?

Today (Friday 6th November)

16:00

By Design 15
1h 31m
Camille envies a showroom chair so much that she swaps places with it, and finds out that everyone likes her better as a chair. Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please) directs this camp and darkly funny absurdist satire about desire, starring Juliette Lewis.

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18:15

Fatherland 12A
1h 22m | German w/ English subtitles
1949: Erika joins her father, Nobel-winning author Thomas Mann, on a literary tour of East and West Germany. Then tragedy strikes the family. From the director of Ida and Cold War, a post-war drama about guilt, love, and a divided country trying to heal.

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20:30

The Rocky Horror Picture Show 12A
1h 40m
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back for our annual Halloween extravaganza! Join Brad and Janet on an odyssey of self-awakening with a little help from Dr Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry) and his motley crew of groupies and fantastically freaky Transylvanians.

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Tomorrow (Saturday 7th November)

15:30

Fatherland 12A
1h 22m | German w/ English subtitles
1949: Erika joins her father, Nobel-winning author Thomas Mann, on a literary tour of East and West Germany. Then tragedy strikes the family. From the director of Ida and Cold War, a post-war drama about guilt, love, and a divided country trying to heal.

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17:45

By Design 15
1h 31m
Camille envies a showroom chair so much that she swaps places with it, and finds out that everyone likes her better as a chair. Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please) directs this camp and darkly funny absurdist satire about desire, starring Juliette Lewis.

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20:00

The HorMones: The Women Are Here U
40m
The HorMones are Oxford’s over-fifties women’s Punk sensation. Formed in 2023 when most of them couldn’t play their instruments, this nine-piece band - ranging in age from fifty-two to eighty - is now performing their own songs at festivals and attracting international attention.

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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!