The Summer BookPG
Eight-year-old Sophia spends the summer with her father and grandmother on her family’s island in Finland’s Gulf, learning about the natural world around her. All three are grieving the recent death of Sophia’s mother, each in their own way. Directed by Charlie McDowell and starring Glenn Close, this drama is based on Tove Jansson’s novel and follows the quiet rhythms of a family coming to terms with loss.
Reviews
‘It is a haiku of a movie, conveying profound thoughts about time, memory, loss, and nature through a simplified, meditative, cinematic language of exquisite images and gentle music.’
★★★★ Nell Minow, RogerEbert.com
‘Attentive to characterful details of accent and posture, Close plays this tender-tough old bird beautifully, resisting twinkly sentimentality while maintaining a palpably affectionate rapport with Matthews.’
Guy Lodge, Variety
Book tickets
| Wednesday 19 August | 3.15pm | Book tickets |
| Thursday 20 August Parent + Baby Screening |
11.45am | Book tickets |
| Thursday 20 August | 5.30pm | Book tickets |
| Sunday 23 August | 5.30pm | Book tickets |
| Thursday 27 August | 3.00pm | Book tickets |
What else is on?
Today (Wednesday 19th August)
15:15
The Summer Book PG
1h 35m
17:30
Daughters of the Dust 12A
1h 52m
20:00
The Odyssey 15
2h 52mTomorrow (Thursday 20th August)
11:45
The Summer Book PG
14:00
The Odyssey 15
2h 52m17:30
The Summer Book PG
1h 35m19:45
The Odyssey 15
2h 52mPlan 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!