We have teamed up with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) for their Egypt Season – exploring the rich cultural, archaeological, artistic, and political history of Egypt.
Join us for two screenings of films by Egyptian filmmakers – Mohamed Diab’s searing 2016 political thriller Clash and Shadi Abdel Salam’s classic from 1969, The Night of Counting the Years – introduced by expert talks and live music by Oud performer Tarik Beshir (Oxford Maqam). We will also screen Universal’s influential horror, made 10 years after the discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Karl Freund’s The Mummy (1932), starring Boris Karloff.
Saturday 26 November
17:45 Clash
Sunday 27 November
15:30 The Night of Counting the Years
Saturday 3 December
16:15 The Mummy (1932)
Click on the film titles below to find out more information and to book your tickets.
Set almost entirely within the confines of a police truck, Mohamed Diab’s tense and disorienting political thriller looks at the 2013 street riots in Cairo. Event in partnership with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.
Shadi Abdel Salam’s drama about the looting of the tombs of the Pharaohs in Thebes, often regarding as one of the greatest Egyptian films of all time. Event in partnership with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.
Boris Karloff stars as the reanimated ancient Egyptian prince Imhotep in this Universal monster classic which terrified audiences in 1932 and became an influential horror film due to its eerie atmosphere.
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!