MirrorU
In 20th-century Russia, a poet relives his past in the fading moments of consciousness. His memories unfold through vivid visions of childhood, wartime, and married life, blending personal moments with the broader sweep of Soviet history and the quiet beauty of everyday existence. Using a nonlinear structure rich with dreams and flashbacks, director Andrei Tarkovsky crafts a deeply personal meditation on war, memory, and time, drawing inspiration from his own experiences.
Join us on Sunday 25th May (3pm) for a screening introduced by Ally Pitts, host of A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast (since 2017).
Reviews
‘Visually stunning, baffling and intensely personal, the result is also impossibly ambiguous – but stick with it. Cinema rarely gets this close to poetry in motion.’
★★★★
Jonathan Crocker, BBC
‘The Mirror deserves a big-screen viewing, with its smorgasbord of memories in dream, drama and newsreel form from the life of a dying poet.’
★★★★
Kate Muir, The Times
Book tickets
| Sunday 25 May + Intro |
3.00pm | Book tickets |
| Monday 26 May | 6.15pm | Book tickets |
What else is on?
Tomorrow (Sunday 25th May)
15:00
Mirror U
17:30
Riefenstahl 15
1h 55m | German w/ English subtitles
20:00
Two to One 12A
1h 55m | German w/ English subtitlesMonday 26th May
15:45
The Wedding Banquet 15
1h 43m18:15
Mirror U
1h 47m | Russian w/ English subtitles
20:45
The Surfer 15
1h 40mPlan 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!