Classic Season: Surveillance

The Truman Show

The Truman Show

Jim Carrey plays an insurance salesman unknowingly living in a reality TV show. Peter Weir’s award-winning drama humorously and thoughtfully examines technological intrusion and media manipulation before reality TV’s rise.

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Blow Out

Blow Out

A sound technician records evidence of a political assassination while working on a horror film and becomes entangled in a deadly conspiracy. De Palma’s thriller reflects on paranoid politics and the art of filmmaking.

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Caché (35mm Presentation)

Caché (35mm Presentation)

A Parisian couple receives anonymous videos suggesting they are being stalked. Michael Haneke’s Cannes-winning psychological drama explores colonial violence and surveillance in a paranoid, guilt-ridden drama.

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THX 1138

THX 1138

In a dystopian future where emotions are controlled by a totalitarian state, THX 1138 rebels for freedom. George Lucas’ debut showcases dehumanization and resistance, highlighting Lucas’s early brilliance.

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The Conversation

The Conversation

A surveillance expert is hired to follow a couple and becomes obsessed with their cryptic conversations in Coppola’s neo-noir thriller exploring technology and privacy. Palme d’Or winner, now restored in 4K for its 50th anniversary.

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Plan 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 don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!