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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Sunday 26 July

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Monday 27 July

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Today (Friday 10th July)
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18:00

Blue Heron 15
1h 31m
Eight-year-old Sasha's family move to Vancouver Island seeking a fresh start, but her eldest brother increasingly dangerous behaviour casts a long shadow. Sophy Romvari's lyrical feature debut is a deeply felt study of family bonds and the elusive nature of memory.

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20:15

Effi o Blaenau 15
1h 31m | Welsh w/ English subtitles
In a Welsh town stripped of its pubs and jobs, hard-partying Effi keeps her head just above water. But a chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub offers a glimpse of another life. Leisa Gwenllian is searing in this spikily funny adaptation of Gary Owen's celebrated one-woman play.

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Tomorrow (Saturday 11th July)
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13:00

Disclosure Day 12A
2h 25m
When a Kansas City meteorologist intercepts an inexplicable alien signal during a live broadcast, she begins to unravel a decades-long government cover-up. Steven Spielberg returns to sci-fi with a summer blockbuster of genuine scale and philosophical weight, led by Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor.

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16:30

Goodfellas + Pizza 18
2h 26m
Henry Hill always wanted to be a gangster. Martin Scorsese's propulsive, intoxicating crime epic follows his dizzying rise and inevitable fall through New York's mob underworld. A faultless soundtrack, iconic performances, and one of the great American films. Screening with pizza from our friends at Il Principe.

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20:00

Blue Heron 15
1h 31m
Eight-year-old Sasha's family move to Vancouver Island seeking a fresh start, but her eldest brother increasingly dangerous behaviour casts a long shadow. Sophy Romvari's lyrical feature debut is a deeply felt study of family bonds and the elusive nature of memory.

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