Red Rooms18

Directed by Pascal Plante | Canada | 2023 | 1h 58m | French w/ English subtitles | Starring Juliette Gariépy, Laurie Babin, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Dominique Côté, Elisabeth Locas

Obsessed with the trial of a suspected serial killer, a young woman becomes increasingly entangled in the dark, digital undercurrents surrounding his crimes. Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms is a chilling, meticulously controlled study of voyeurism, online extremity, and the seductive pull of violence. Coolly executed and deeply unnerving, it reflects a contemporary anxiety about spectatorship in the internet age.

Reviews

‘It’s rare to feel the tension built inside a theater to the point where everyone is holding their breath, but Red Room is a unique movie that defies expectations and keeps pulling the audience deeper into the dark abysm of human nature.’
★★★★★ Marco Vito Oddo, Collider

‘Red Rooms is a striking and austere examination of the true-crime industrial complex that benefits from its formality and disturbingly removed protagonist’
★★★★ Hannah Strong, Little White Lies

Book tickets

Saturday 20 June

8.45pmBook tickets
Thursday 25 June

6.00pmBook tickets

What else is on?

Today (Saturday 23rd May)

16:00

Dreamers 15
+ Introduction
1h 19m
After fleeing persecution in Nigeria, Isio is held in a removal centre awaiting an asylum decision. When she falls for her outspoken roommate Farah, she must choose between trusting the system or risking everything for love and freedom. Screening introduced by Asylum Welcome.

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18:15

Space Is the Place 18
1h 22m
Sun Ra leads his Arkestra on an interstellar journey to forge a new utopia. Blending sci-fi, performance, and radical politics, this electrifying film boldly channels Afrofuturist vision into a vibrant, cosmic experience where music, myth, and liberation collide.

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20:15

Rose of Nevada 15
1h 54m
When a long-lost fishing boat returns to a Cornish village, hope rises for renewal. Nick and newcomer Liam join a voyage, but return transformed and caught in a haunting time loop. Shot on grainy 16mm, Mark Jenkin (Bait) delivers a haunting, mind-bending folktale.

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Tomorrow (Sunday 24th May)

14:45

Space Is the Place 18
1h 22m
Sun Ra leads his Arkestra on an interstellar journey to forge a new utopia. Blending sci-fi, performance, and radical politics, this electrifying film boldly channels Afrofuturist vision into a vibrant, cosmic experience where music, myth, and liberation collide.

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17:00

Gentle, Angry Women 12A
+ Q&A
1h 3m + 30m Q&A
A new generation of young activists uncovers the overlooked history of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. Retracing a 110-mile protest march, they connect past and present, exploring feminist activism and intergenerational resistance.

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19:15

Kokuho 15
2h 55m | Japanese w/ English subtitles
In 1964 Nagasaki, orphaned Kikuo is taken in by a renowned kabuki actor and raised alongside his son. As both boys become devoted performers, friendship turns to rivalry in Sang-il Lee’s sweeping drama exploring ambition and artistic mastery. Japan’s highest-grossing live-action film.

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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!