Stepping in for a drunk Santa at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Kris Kringle becomes an instant hit…until he insists he’s the real Santa Claus. Cue a court case to prove it. This 1947 comedy-fantasy won three Academy Awards and remains a Christmas favourite.
Separated from his family once again, Kevin lands alone in New York with his dad’s credit card. When the Wet Bandits turn up, he sets out to stop them robbing a toy store on Christmas Eve. Chris Columbus’s supersized sequel screens on nostalgic 35mm.
Therese is working in a Manhattan department store when she meets Carol, an elegant woman trapped in a failing marriage. Their attraction deepens into a forbidden love affair. Todd Haynes’s romance stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in 1950s New York.
After bad breakups, two women swap homes for Christmas and each unexpectedly falls for a local. Nancy Meyers’s romcom stars Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black, and has become a festive comfort classic. Craft-a-long screening with Together We Make.
Three Lancashire farm children find an injured fugitive in their barn and believe he is Jesus returned. They hide him from the sceptical adults. Bryan Forbes’s directorial debut stars Hayley Mills and Alan Bates. Introduced by BFI Film Classics author Dr Josephine Botting.
Shoplifter Lee Leander faces Christmas in jail until a New York prosecutor arranges her bail and offers her a lift home to her family. The road trip goes wrong, and romance follows. Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray’s first pairing, with a script by Preston Sturges.
A struggling car salesman hires two crooks to kidnap his wife so her wealthy father will pay the ransom. A routine traffic stop turns deadly, and Marge Gunderson takes the case. Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her role in the Coens’ snowbound black comedy.
Michael Caine plays a miserly Scrooge, haunted by three spirits on Christmas Eve, in the Muppets’ take on Dickens. Gonzo narrates, Kermit and Miss Piggy join the Cratchits, and the songs keep coming. Is it the best Dickens adaptation ever? We think so.
Beset with personal and professional problems, George finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve. But his guardian angel shows him what life would be life without him. Frank Capra’s Christmas classic, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed.
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!