A selection of highlights from this year’s Cinema Rediscovered festival, the UK’s leading festival of newly restored, rarely screened or recently re-found cinematic gems.
Killer of Sheep (1977)
Sunday 26 October 2.15pm
Monday 27 October 6pm
I, The Worst of All (1990)
Sunday 30 November 3pm (plus intro)
Tuesday 2 December 6pm
Deprisa, Deprisa (1981)
Tuesday 9 December 8.30pm
Wednesday 10 December 6pm
Kalamita (Calamity) (1982)
Monday 15 December 8.45pm
Tuesday 16 December 6.15pm
Use the film links underneath to find out more information and to book your tickets.
In South Central Los Angeles, a weary slaughterhouse worker struggles to find dignity and tenderness amid hardship. Charles Burnett’s landmark 1977 debut remains a poetic, groundbreaking portrait of Black American life and quiet resilience.
In 17th-century Mexico, brilliant nun-poet Sor Juana defies patriarchal rule and religious persecution. María Luisa Bemberg’s luminous masterpiece, newly restored, depicts a woman’s fight for intellect and autonomy amid the oppressive forces of the Inquisition.
A waitress falls for a young criminal and joins his reckless gang in a fast-paced tale of love and rebellion. Carlos Saura’s gritty post-Franco drama captures a restless generation chasing freedom at any cost.
A drifting student becomes a train conductor and the object of multiple affections in Věra Chytilová’s witty, subversive satire. Beneath the playful humour lies a sharp critique of Czechoslovakia’s bureaucratic absurdities.
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!