In a retro-futuristic world, a low-level bureaucrat (Jonathan Pryce) tries to escape from the drudgery of his everyday life in Terry Gilliam’s surreal sci-fi satire of bureaucratic chaos.
Brazil
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Kafkaesque Klassics
This October, we have programmed a season of screenings and events linked with Oxford University’s city-wide project ‘Kafka’s Transformative Communities’ marking the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death, including this season of classic films influenced by the works of Kafka.
Brazil
Friday 4th October 8.30pm
Monday 7th October 6pm
After Hours + K
Saturday 12th October 6.15pm
Monday 14th October 9pm
Naked Lunch + Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor
Monday 21st October 6.15pm
Thursday 25th October 8.45pm
Eraserhead
Saturday 26th October 9pm
Monday 28th October 6.30pm
Thursday 31st October 8.45pm
“What does the term “Kafkaesque” mean? An experience marked out by a nightmarish, phantasmagorical quality, a fruitless grappling with arbitrary and immovable social forces … and waking up one morning to find that you’ve turned into a giant insect. Perhaps more than any other art forms, film has taken up and responded to Kafka’s visions – no doubt responding to the very concrete nature of Kafka’s visions, however outlandish their nature.” Andrew Pulver, the Guardian
Use the film links underneath to find out more information and to book tickets.
The season is a collaborative effort between Professor Carolin Duttlinger (Professor of German Literature and Culture at Wadham College, Oxford University, co-director of the Oxford Kafka Research Centre and principal investigator on Kafka’s Transformative Communities), Andrew Pulver (film journalist at The Guardian), and the Ultimate Picture Palace.
After Hours
Legendary American director Martin Scorsese’s frantic screwball comedy following an uptight office worker’s late-night odyssey on the streets of New York as he tries to get home with no money.
Naked Lunch
David Cronenberg’s (The Fly) adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novel about a bug exterminator who enters a bizarre underworld filled with government conspiracies and talking insects.
Eraserhead
A head floating through the cosmos. A lady who lives in a radiator. A baby that won’t stop crying. David Lynch’s visionary debut that became a cult sensation on the midnight movie circuit is here for Halloween.
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!