Now playing
Today (Thursday 28th September)
16:00
And Then Come the Nightjars 15
1h 21m20:30
Past Lives 12A
1h 46m | Korean w/ English subtitlesTomorrow (Friday 29th September)
15:45
Past Lives 12A
1h 46m | Korean w/ English subtitles18:15
Once Upon a Time in Uganda 15
1h 34m20:30
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitlesSaturday 30th September
15:00
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitles18:00
Cli-Fi: Everything is Connected 12A
21:00
Serpico 15
2h 10mSunday 1st October
11:00
Tiny Ideas Festival:The Gruffalo U
12:30
Tiny Ideas Festival: Zog U
14:30
Serpico 15
2h 10m17:15
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitles20:00
Once Upon a Time in Uganda 15
1h 34mMonday 2nd October
18:00
Serpico 15
2h 10m20:45
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitlesToday (Thursday 28th September)
16:00
And Then Come the Nightjars 15
1h 21m20:30
Past Lives 12A
1h 46m | Korean w/ English subtitlesTomorrow (Friday 29th September)
15:45
Past Lives 12A
1h 46m | Korean w/ English subtitles18:15
Once Upon a Time in Uganda 15
1h 34m20:30
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitlesSaturday 30th September
15:00
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitles18:00
Cli-Fi: Everything is Connected 12A
21:00
Serpico 15
2h 10mSunday 1st October
11:00
Tiny Ideas Festival:The Gruffalo U
12:30
Tiny Ideas Festival: Zog U
14:30
Serpico 15
2h 10m17:15
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitles20:00
Once Upon a Time in Uganda 15
1h 34mMonday 2nd October
18:00
Serpico 15
2h 10m20:45
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitlesTuesday 3rd October
18:15
Once Upon a Time in Uganda 15
1h 34m20:30
Past Lives 12A
1h 46m | Korean w/ English subtitlesWednesday 4th October
15:00
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitlesThursday 5th October
12:30
Past Lives 12A
15:45
Once Upon a Time in Uganda 15
1h 34m18:00
Past Lives 12A
1h 46m | Korean w/ English subtitles20:30
Love Life 12A
2h 3m | Japanese & Korean w/ English subtitlesFriday 6th October
15:15
18:15
Fremont 12A
1h 32mSaturday 7th October
14:45
The First Slam Dunk 12A
2h 5m | Japanese w/ English & Chinese subtitles17:30
20:30
Uptight 18
1h 44mSunday 8th October
17:45
Fremont 12A
1h 32m20:00
Monday 9th October
18:00
Uptight 18
1h 44m20:30
Tuesday 10th October
18:00
21:00
Fremont 12A
Wednesday 11th October
18:05
The First Slam Dunk 12A
2h 5m | Japanese w/ English & Chinese subtitles20:45
Thursday 12th October
15:15
18:15
20:30
Fremont 12A
1h 32mFriday 13th October
20:45
Stop Making Sense PG
1h 28mSaturday 14th October
18:30
Stop Making Sense PG
1h 28mSunday 15th October
14:30
Ikiru PG
2h 23m | Japanese w/ English subtitlesMonday 16th October
18:00
Ikiru PG
2h 23m | Japanese w/ English subtitles21:00
Stop Making Sense PG
1h 28mWednesday 18th October
20:45
Stop Making Sense PG
1h 28mSunday 22nd October
14:15
Tokyo Story U
2h 16m | Japanese/English subsMonday 23rd October
18:00
Tokyo Story U
2h 16m | Japanese/English subsSunday 29th October
15:00
Sansho the Bailiff PG
1h 57m | Japanese w/ English subtitlesMonday 30th October
20:30
Sansho the Bailiff PG
1h 57m | Japanese w/ English subtitlesSunday 5th November
14:45
Floating Clouds 12A
2h 4m | Japanese w/ English subtitlesMonday 6th November
18:00
Floating Clouds 12A
2h 4m | Japanese w/ English subtitlesTuesday 7th November
And Then Come the Nightjars( 15)
Adapted from Bea Roberts’ award-winning stage play, this moving drama tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a Devon farmer and the vet assigned to cull his herd.
Thursday 28th September 2023 : 4.00pm | Book tickets |
Birth( 15)
Kicking the Bucket Festival presents a screening of Jonathan Glazer’s under-appreciated metaphysical masterpiece starring Nicola Kidman as a widow whose dead husband returns reincarnated as a young boy.
Thursday 12th October 2023 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Cli-Fi: Everything is Connected( 12A)
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities presents a screening of two films from the Experimental Film and Media and Art school at Berlin University of the Arts. Followed by post-screening conversation.
Saturday 30th September 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Floating Clouds( 12A)
Two lovers who meet in Indochina during World War Two return to Tokyo and strive to keep their affair alive in Mikio Naruse's poignant drama exploring love and resilience in post-war Japan.
Sunday 5th November 2023 : 2.45pm | Book tickets |
Monday 6th November 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Fremont( 12A)
Heartfelt monochrome indie drama about an Afghan refugee who is torn between the desire to rebuild her life in America and the guilt she carries within.
Friday 6th October 2023 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 8th October 2023 : 5.45pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 10th October 2023 : 9.00pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Thursday 12th October 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Ikiru( PG)
The life of a middle-aged bureaucrat is turned upside down when he discovers that he has a terminal illness in Akira Kurosawa's compassionate portrayal of one man's quest for meaning.
Sunday 15th October 2023 : 2.30pm | Book tickets |
Monday 16th October 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Love Life( 12A)
An intricately plotted domestic drama following a Japanese couple whose marriage is thrown into question following a sequence of fateful events. Directed by the award-winning filmmaker Kôji Fukada.
Friday 29th September 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 30th September 2023 : 3.00pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 1st October 2023 : 5.15pm | Book tickets |
Monday 2nd October 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 4th October 2023 : 3.00pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 5th October 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Once Upon a Time in Uganda( 15)
Playful documentary looking at the world of “Wakaliwood”, Uganda's own DIY action movie industry, and the creative endeavours of bricklayer-turned-filmmaker, Isaac Nabwana.
Friday 29th September 2023 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 1st October 2023 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 3rd October 2023 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 5th October 2023 : 3.45pm | Book tickets |
Past Lives( 12A)
Celine Song's critically-acclaimed and deeply romantic feature debut about two childhood friends from South Korea who reunite for one week in New York after two decades spent apart.
Thursday 28th September 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Friday 29th September 2023 : 3.45pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 3rd October 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 5th October 2023 : 12.30pm Parent + Baby Screening | Book tickets |
Thursday 5th October 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
R.M.N.( 15)
Award-winning director Cristian Mungiu (4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days) returns with a gripping portrait of modern Romania, where tensions simmer in a remote Transylvanian mountain village.
Friday 6th October 2023 : 3.15pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 7th October 2023 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 8th October 2023 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Monday 9th October 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 10th October 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 11th October 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 12th October 2023 : 3.15pm | Book tickets |
Sansho the Bailiff( PG)
A brother and sister sold into slavery in medieval Japan seek to escape from their controlling master and reunite with their long-lost mother in Kenji Mizoguchi's heartrending exploration of empathy.
Sunday 29th October 2023 : 3.00pm | Book tickets |
Monday 30th October 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Serpico( 15)
Al Pacino stars in this gripping crime drama based on the true story of Frank Serpico, the NYPD police officer who risked his life to expose corruption within the police department.
Saturday 30th September 2023 : 9.00pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 1st October 2023 : 2.30pm | Book tickets |
Monday 2nd October 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Stop Making Sense( PG)
Big songs. Even bigger suit. Filmmaker Jonathan Demme captures the intoxicating experience of New York art-rockers Talking Heads performing live at the peak of their powers in 1983.
Friday 13th October 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 14th October 2023 : 6.30pm | Book tickets |
Monday 16th October 2023 : 9.00pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 18th October 2023 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
The First Slam Dunk( 12A)
Thrilling Japanese anime, adapted from a best-selling manga series, following the highs and lows of a group of basketball underdogs. Winner of the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.
Saturday 7th October 2023 : 2.45pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 11th October 2023 : 6.05pm | Book tickets |
Tiny Ideas Festival: Zog( U)
Bring the family along for a relaxed Sunday morning screening of animation Zog with an accompanying themed craft activity to take away or do during the screening.
Sunday 1st October 2023 : 12.30pm | Book tickets |
Tiny Ideas Festival:The Gruffalo( U)
Bring the family along for a relaxed Sunday morning screening of animation The Gruffalo with an accompanying themed craft activity to take away or do during the screening.
Sunday 1st October 2023 : 11.00am | Book tickets |
Tokyo Story( U)
The greatest film by one of Japan's greatest ever filmmakers, Yasujirō Ozu's timeless and emotional masterpiece about an ageing couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown-up children.
Sunday 22nd October 2023 : 2.15pm | Book tickets |
Monday 23rd October 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Twice Colonized( 18)
Tuesday 7th November 2023 : 6.15pm | Book tickets |
Uptight( 18)
Socially charged drama set during the civil rights era, depicting the tumultuous journey of an African American activist who becomes entangled in a web of political and personal conflicts.
Saturday 7th October 2023 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Monday 9th October 2023 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
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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!