Director’s Cuts is a new series inviting filmmakers we admire to curate a screening of their own work alongside films that have shaped, inspired, or simply delighted them, past and present.
French filmmaker and screenwriter Lucile Hadžihalilović presents a selection of personal favourites alongside a screening of her 2021 film Earwig on Saturday 30th May (5.30pm) for which Lucile Hadžihalilović will be in attendance for an exclusive post-screening Q&A alongside screenwriter Geoff Cox.
“These are just a few films from my personal pantheon that have inspired me to make films, and that lead me to believe that cinema is the most ecstatic art form of all. I’m very happy to be able to share them on the big screen.” – Lucile Hadžihalilović
Screenings take place between Saturday 30th May and Wednesday 14th June. Use the film links below for more info and to book tickets.
In a claustrophobic post-war apartment, a man cares for a girl whose fragile condition is managed through ritual and control. An austere blend of European art cinema and psychological horror. Screening followed by an in-person director Q&A with Lucile Hadzihalilovic.
In a surreal coming-of-age journey, a girl navigates a dreamlike world of vampires, shifting identities, and religious imagery. A key Czech New Wave classic, it is celebrated for its baroque visual style and influential fusion of horror, folklore, and psychoanalysis.
In a mysterious wasteland known as the Zone, a guide leads a writer and scientist toward a room where their dreams will come true. A towering work of world cinema, Tarkovsky’s classic is revered for its philosophical depth, slow cinema style, and spiritual ambiguity.
The 75th anniversary of an undisputed masterpiece of British cinema. Powell and Pressburger’s visually ravishing fantasia about a young ballerina caught between her desire to dance and her yearning for love.
In a small Spanish village under early Franco rule, a child’s fascination with Frankenstein blurs imagination and reality. Victor Erice’s celebrated classic is a landmark of Spanish cinema, revered for its poetic depiction of childhood and political shadowed history.
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!