Queen At Sea15

Directed by Lance Hammer | UK/USA | 2025 | 2h 1m | Starring Tom Courtenay, Juliette Binoche, Anna Calder-Marshall, Florence Hunt, Cody Molko

Amanda walks in on her mother Leslie and stepfather Martin in an intimate moment. It appears consensual, but Leslie has advanced dementia, and Amanda’s first instinct is to call the police. She can’t be sure that what Martin is doing is what her mother wants, and she starts to doubt he has Leslie’s best interests at heart. Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall star in Lance Hammer’s follow-up to Ballast, a tense and moving drama about dementia, family and what consent means when someone can no longer speak for themselves. Winner of the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival.

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Friday 16 October

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Saturday 17 October

8.00pmBook tickets
Monday 19 October

5.45pmBook tickets
Thursday 22 October

Descriptive Subtitles

3.00pmBook tickets

What else is on?

Tomorrow (Thursday 8th October)

13:30

De Gaulle: Résistance 15
2h 38m | French w/ English subtitles
June 1940: France has fallen. Army general Charles de Gaulle refuses to accept defeat, fleeing to London to rally resistance. Simon Russell Beale plays Churchill in this internationally cast first chapter of Antonin Baudry's two-part historical epic. x§

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18:30

Bad Apples 15
1h 41m
A teacher at a struggling school kidnaps her most disruptive pupil and locks him in her basement, then watches the rest of the class flourish. Saoirse Ronan stars in this satirical black comedy about how doing the wrong thing sometimes gives the right result.

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21:00

MISSNOMA Women’s DJ Collective N/A
The Oxford-based women’s DJ collective MISSNOMA, is joining forces with the UPP cinema to hold a unique listening-room session featuring DJs Zahra Haji Fath Ali Tehrani, Lily London, and Martha, powered by Oxford-based FLOW soundsystem.

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Friday 9th October

14:00

De Gaulle: Liberté 15
2h 39m | French w/ English subtitles
June 1940: France has fallen and signed an armistice with Germany. With no army, no backing and little hope, General de Gaulle gambles everything to convince the world France's fight isn't over. Part two of Antonin Baudry's historical epic.

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17:30

Sense and Sensibility U
2h 12m
Mrs Dashwood and her daughters lose their Sussex home to her stepson and move to a Devon cottage, finding love and heartbreak. Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean) directs Jane Austen's story, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fiona Shaw and George MacKay.

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20:30

Babystar 12A
1h 38m | German w/ English subtitles
Luca has been an influencer since birth, and her parents live off her income. As they consider having another child, performing for strangers starts to break her. Maja Bons gives a breakout performance in Joscha Bongard's unsettling debut.

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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!