R.E.M X Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr.12A

Directed by Buster Keaton & Josh Frank | USA | 2025 | 1h 13m | Starring Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly, Ward Crane

Silents Synced brings classic cinema roaring back to life, pairing iconic silent films with landmark rock albums for a one-of-a-kind big-screen experience. Buster Keaton’s sublime 1924 masterpiece Sherlock Jr. gets the full treatment, scored live to R.E.M.’s Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi. Keaton plays a small-town film projectionist with big detective dreams. Framed by a love rival for the theft of his girlfriend’s father’s pocket watch, he embarks on a case that blurs the line between reality and fantasy in ways only Keaton could pull off, with breathtaking stunts, deadpan genius, and a dreamlike wit that still feels startlingly modern.

Our screening on Sunday 26th July will be introduced Oxford Comedy Festival Founder, Matthew Chadourne, and our screening on Monday 27th July will be introduced by Alistair Pitts (Film programmer, writer, and co-host of Gentlemen Don’t Get Caught: an R.E.M. track-by-track podcast).

Oxford Comedy Festival 2026

This screening is presented in partnership with The Oxford Festival Fringe Preview Comedy Festival – a month-long comedy festival happening throughout July created and curated by QED Comedy Lab.

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We showed R.E.M X Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. between July 26, 2026 and July 27, 2026.

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