To mark the release of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey, we’ve assembled a season of films that take to the American road and aim to find, somewhere along it, the contours of the American soul. From the Kansas plains to the Pacific coast, from the antebellum South to the mythic West, these are journeys undertaken for every reason: to go home, to escape home, to recover the dead, to understand the living. What unites them is the conviction that the journey is never only about the destination.
Paris, Texas
Saturday 25 July 5.30pm
Wednesday 29 July 8pm
Boogie Nights
Friday 30 July 8pm
Saturday 1 August 5.30pm
The Wizard of Oz
Saturday 8 August 2pm
Stand By Me
Sunday 9 August 2.30pm
Tuesday 11 August 5.45pm
Dead Man
Saturday 15 August 4.45pm
Monday 17 August 8.30pm
Daughters Of The Dust
Sunday 16 August 1.30pm
Wednesday 19 August 5.30pm
The Straight Story
Sunday 23 August 3pm
Monday 24 August 6pm
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Travis Henderson emerges from the desert after four years missing, with no memory of who he is, and must slowly reconnect with his family. Written by Sam Shepard, Wim Wenders’s profoundly moving character study won the Palme d’Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
Busboy Eddie Adams is transformed into porn star Dirk Diggler, joining a surrogate family whose communal success unravels into 1980s excess and exploitation. Paul Thomas Anderson’s swaggering rise-and-fall epic turns the porn boom into a sour American Dream.
Swept from Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and Toto land in the magical world of Oz, gathering the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion to outwit the Wicked Witch and reach the Emerald City. This pioneering Technicolor classic remain a magical masterpiece.
Four friends set off to find a missing teenager’s body, hoping to become hometown heroes in this unforgettable coming-of-age odyssey. Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella is a funny, aching classic about friendship, back in cinemas for its 40th anniversary.
William Blake barely arrives in the lawless American West before violence forces him into hiding, guided by an outcast named Nobody on a spiritual odyssey. Jim Jarmusch’s existential western features a stacked cast of collaborators and a live-wire Neil Young score.
At the dawn of the 20th century, a Gullah family on South Carolina’s Sea Islands faces a difficult choice between preserving their cultural heritage and embracing an uncertain future. Julie Dash’s groundbreaking film is a visually stunning, deeply moving landmark of American cinema.
Alvin Straight learns his estranged brother has suffered a stroke and, unable to drive, sets off on an epic 260-mile journey across Iowa on his lawnmower. David Lynch’s sweet, spiritual true story stars an Oscar-nominated Richard Farnsworth, now beautifully restored in 4K.
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!