A People's History of Music (Cert N/A)

Mississippi Records founder Eric Isaacson presents a global story of music under authoritarianism exploring how power tries to control music, and how people nimbly evade puritans, corporations and tech lords alike, drawing on Eric's own vivid experiences.

Arthur Christmas (U)

1h 37m

When one child is accidentally missed on Christmas Eve, Santa’s clumsy but big-hearted son Arthur launches a race against time to deliver the final present. A funny, festive adventure full of Christmas magic. Kino Kids Cinema Club tickets cost £7 Adults and £5 Children.

Babe (PG)

1h 32m

Meet Babe, a little pig with a big dream: becoming a sheepdog! With help from his unlikely friends and Farmer Hoggett, Babe discovers that believing in yourself can make anything possible. Kino Kids Cinema Club tickets cost £7 Adults and £5 Children.

By Design (15)

1h 31m

Camille envies a showroom chair so much that she swaps places with it, and finds out that everyone likes her better as a chair. Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please) directs this camp and darkly funny absurdist satire about desire, starring Juliette Lewis.

Carol (15)

1h 59m

Therese is working in a Manhattan department store when she meets Carol, an elegant woman trapped in a failing marriage. Their attraction deepens into a forbidden love affair. Todd Haynes’s romance stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in 1950s New York.

Case 137 (12A)

1h 56m French w/ English subtitles

Internal Affairs officer Stéphanie investigates a young man badly wounded at a Paris demonstration, and finds institutional resistance at every turn. Dominik Moll (Night of the 12th) directs, with an award-winning Léa Drucker performance.

Dead Souls (Cert-TBC)

1h 28m

Arizona, 1890: a stranger named Strindler asks a small town to pay for the names of dead Mexican labourers. A meditative political Western from cult director Alex Cox (Repo Man, Moviedrome) who joins us for a Q&A after this one-off screening.

Fargo (15)

1h 40m

A struggling car salesman hires two crooks to kidnap his wife so her wealthy father will pay the ransom. A routine traffic stop turns deadly, and Marge Gunderson takes the case. Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her role in the Coens’ snowbound black comedy.

Fatherland (12A)

1h 22m German w/ English subtitles

1949: Erika joins her father, Nobel-winning author Thomas Mann, on a literary tour of East and West Germany. Then tragedy strikes the family. From the director of Ida and Cold War, a post-war drama about guilt, love, and a divided country trying to heal.

Godzilla Minus Zero (15)

2h 15m Japanese w/ English subtitles

In 1949, Japan is rebuilding two years after Godzilla’s attack when a new danger emerges. Takashi Yamazaki follows his Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One with more kaiju terror, and a moving story of post-war resilience and love.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (PG)

2h

Separated from his family once again, Kevin lands alone in New York with his dad’s credit card. When the Wet Bandits turn up, he sets out to stop them robbing a toy store on Christmas Eve. Chris Columbus’s supersized sequel screens on nostalgic 35mm.

I Love Boosters (18)

1h 53m

An aspiring fashion designer leads a gang of shoplifters targeting the boutiques of Christie Smith, until Smith steals one of her designs. Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You) returns with an absurdist comedy starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, LaKeith Stanfield and Demi Moore.

It Was Just an Accident (12A)

1h 44m Persian w/ English subtitles

Azerbaijani mechanic Vahid suspects a customer is his former Iranian torturer. After years of censorship and a recent spell in jail, celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi returns with a thrilling tale of obsession, paranoia, and vengeance. Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

It's a Wonderful Life (U)

2h 10m

Beset with personal and professional problems, George finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve. But his guardian angel shows him what life would be life without him. Frank Capra's Christmas classic, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed.

Kamikaze Girls (12A)

1h 42m Japanese w/ English subtitles

Momoko dreams of escaping her countryside village for 18th-century Versailles. Then she meets Ichigo, a fierce biker, and the two misfits become inseparable. Adapted from Novala Takemoto’s cult novel, Kamikaze Girls is a frenetic, day-glo comedy about unlikely friendship.

La Bola Negra (15)

2h 39m Spanish w/ English subtitles

A young man awaits membership at his local casino, a nationalist soldier guards a prisoner, and a historian investigates his family history. A majestic emotional epic told across three generations, inspired by the legacy of poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.

Mauvais Sang (15)

1h 59m French w/ English subtitles

In a dystopian future, a deadly infection is taking grip across Paris. Made at a time of growing awareness of the HIV epidemic, Leos Carax (Holy Motors) offers a masterful take on the danger and beauty of modern love. Screening followed by a expert panel discussion and Q&A.

Mifune's Last Song (15)

1h 41m Danish w/ English subtitles

Kresten returns to his family’s ruined farm after his father’s death, with a suspicious wife, a brother in the garden and old enemies in the yard. Søren Kragh-Jacobsen’s Dogme 95 dark comedy won the Silver Bear (Special Jury Prize) at Berlin in 1999.

Miracle on 34th Street (U)

1h 36m

Stepping in for a drunk Santa at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Kris Kringle becomes an instant hit…until he insists he’s the real Santa Claus. Cue a court case to prove it. This 1947 comedy-fantasy won three Academy Awards and remains a Christmas favourite.

NAZA (15)

1h 17m Arabic & Hebrew w/ English subtitles

Filmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, NAZA investigates civilian deaths in Gaza and the systems behind Israel’s targeted killings of Palestinians. Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (No Other Land) premiered it at Venice, where it won the Special Jury Prize.

NTLive: Golden Boy (12A)

3hrs

Josh O’Connor leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic. Filmed live from the Almeida Theatre, Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates (Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success.

Oxide Ghosts: Brass Eye Tapes (18)

1h (+ 30m Q&A)

Thirty years after Brass Eye first scandalised British TV, its director Michael Cumming tours the film he built from hundreds of hours of unseen archive footage. Blessed by Chris Morris, this is a rare backstage pass to a comic genius at work. Followed by a Q&A with Michael.

Phenomena (Cert-TBC)

1h 26m

PlayTime (U)

2h 4m French w/ English subtitles

Tati's modernist comedy sends Monsieur Hulot and a party of American tourists through a glass-and-steel Paris of offices, shops and restaurants, gently mocking bureaucratic efficiency and consumer utopia while finding real human connection amid the chaos.

Possible Love (15)

2h 46m Korean w/ English subtitles

A documentary filmmaker follows a family hit by redundancies, but differences of class and background soon start to cause tension. Lee Chang-dong (Burning) directs this novelistic drama, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Venice.

Primetime (15)

1h 49m

In 2006, reality TV show To Catch a Predator becomes a hit. But when it moves to primetime, Chris Hansen and his team push their methods further to keep viewers. Robert Pattinson stars in Lance Oppenheim’s (You Can See Everything) narrative feature debut.

Raise the Red Lantern (12A)

2h 5m Mandarin w/ English subtitles

1920s China: a young woman is sold into marriage to the tyrannical Master Chen and finds herself competing with the other women in his household. Zhang Yimou’s landmark Silver Lion winner returns in a 4K restoration for its 35th anniversary.

Remember the Night (PG)

1h 34m

Shoplifter Lee Leander faces Christmas in jail until a New York prosecutor arranges her bail and offers her a lift home to her family. The road trip goes wrong, and romance follows. Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray’s first pairing, with a script by Preston Sturges.

Stewart Lee Live: Pea Green Boat (16+)

An owl wakes at sea in a pea green boat, with a cat, its natural predator. And some honey. Stewart Lee’s darkly comic take on Lear’s poem comes with live improvised music, a Q&A and book signing. Late-night shows raising funds for #SaveTheUPP.

TOITŪ: Visual Sovereignty (Cert-TBC)

1h 41m

Behind the scenes of the largest Māori art exhibition in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history, this documentary captures record-breaking success and the clash when Indigenous sovereignty meets institutional power. Plus Q&A with director Chelsea Winstanley and curator Nigel Borell.

The Big Heat (15)

1h 29m

Homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands to bring down a crime syndicate after a fellow cop’s suspicious suicide. Fritz Lang’s 1953 noir is lean, angry and fatalistic, and one of the hardest-boiled films of the era. 35mm Film On Film Presentation.

The Devils (18)

1h 54m

Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary masterpiece returns to the big screen fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction — the first publicly released version of the film as intended by the filmmaker.

The Five Obstructions (15)

1h 31m Danish w/ English subtitles

Lars von Trier challenges Jørgen Leth to remake his 1967 short The Perfect Human five times, each under stricter rules than the last. The result is part documentary, part game, and a sharp, funny portrait of two very different filmmakers.

The Goonies (12A)

1h 48m

A group of adventurous friends set off on a treasure hunt to save their homes, uncovering pirate secrets, booby traps and danger along the way. A thrilling, funny and endlessly quotable family adventure. Kino Kids Cinema Club tickets cost £7 Adults and £5 Children.

The Holiday (12A)

2h 16m

After bad breakups, two women swap homes for Christmas and each unexpectedly falls for a local. Nancy Meyers’s romcom stars Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black, and has become a festive comfort classic. Craft-a-long screening with Together We Make.

The HorMones: The Women Are Here (U)

40m

The HorMones are Oxford’s over-fifties women’s Punk sensation. Formed in 2023 when most of them couldn’t play their instruments, this nine-piece band - ranging in age from fifty-two to eighty - is now performing their own songs at festivals and attracting international attention.

The Muppet Christmas Carol (U)

1h 26m

Michael Caine plays a miserly Scrooge, haunted by three spirits on Christmas Eve, in the Muppets’ take on Dickens. Gonzo narrates, Kermit and Miss Piggy join the Cratchits, and the songs keep coming. Is it the best Dickens adaptation ever? We think so.

The Peanuts Movie (U)

1h 33m

Charlie Brown sets out to impress the new girl at school, while his loyal dog Snoopy takes to the skies on a daring adventure. A funny, heartwarming celebration of friendship and courage. Kino Kids Cinema Club tickets cost £7 Adults and £5 Children.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (12A)

1h 40m

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back for our annual Halloween extravaganza! Join Brad and Janet on an odyssey of self-awakening with a little help from Dr Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry) and his motley crew of groupies and fantastically freaky Transylvanians.

The Social Reckoning (15)

1h 52m

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen teams up with a Wall Street Journal reporter to expose the social network's darkest secrets. Aaron Sorkin follows up The Social Network with this true-story legal thriller, starring Jeremy Allen White, Mikey Madison and Jeremy Strong.

We the Hated (15)

1h 29m

Through the stories of Just Stop Oil activists, this documentary goes behind the headlines of one of the UK’s most polarising protest movements, exploring the climate crisis, civil disobedience, and the meaning of democracy. Followed by a Q&A with the director.

Whistle Down the Wind (PG)

1h 39m

Three Lancashire farm children find an injured fugitive in their barn and believe he is Jesus returned. They hide him from the sceptical adults. Bryan Forbes’s directorial debut stars Hayley Mills and Alan Bates. Introduced by BFI Film Classics author Dr Josephine Botting.

Wicker (15)

1h 45m

A cranky fisherwoman in a medieval town employs the local weaver to create a living husband made of wicker. But her newfound romance causes scandal. Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård star in this raunchy, feminist comedy.

Wild Horse Nine (15)

1h 57m

In 1973, two CIA agents are sent to Easter Island, where paranoia mounts and two rebellious women threaten the mission. A politically-charged dark comedy from Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin) starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, and Parker Posey.

Wildwood (12A)

2h 11m

When crows abduct her baby brother, teenager Prue follows them into an enchanted forest of bandits, talking animals and scheming rulers. The new stop-motion adventure from LAIKA (Coraline) is a breathtaking and emotional tale told on an epic scale.

You Can See Everything (Cert-TBC)

2h 54m

A month before Elizabeth Holmes goes to prison, she invites a film crew to follow her every move. What starts as a fly-on-the-wall documentary becomes a three-year journey where fact and fiction blur. From Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheimer (Primetime).