Now playing
Today (Tuesday 14th January)
17:30
20:30
Grand Theft Hamlet 15
Tomorrow (Wednesday 15th January)
15:15
How to Make Millions Before Gran 12A
2h 6m | Thai w/ English subtitles18:00
The Order 15
1h 56m20:30
Thursday 16th January
14:45
Howards End PG
2h 22m17:45
How to Make Millions Before Gran 12A
2h 6m | Thai w/ English subtitles20:30
The Order 15
1h 56mFriday 17th January
14:30
17:30
Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20m20:30
Nosferatu 15
2h 12mSaturday 18th January
14:30
Spirited Away PG
2h 5m | Japanese w/ English subtitles17:30
Nosferatu 15
2h 12m20:30
Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20mToday (Tuesday 14th January)
17:30
20:30
Grand Theft Hamlet 15
Tomorrow (Wednesday 15th January)
15:15
How to Make Millions Before Gran 12A
2h 6m | Thai w/ English subtitles18:00
The Order 15
1h 56m20:30
Thursday 16th January
14:45
Howards End PG
2h 22m17:45
How to Make Millions Before Gran 12A
2h 6m | Thai w/ English subtitles20:30
The Order 15
1h 56mFriday 17th January
14:30
17:30
Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20m20:30
Nosferatu 15
2h 12mSaturday 18th January
14:30
Spirited Away PG
2h 5m | Japanese w/ English subtitles17:30
Nosferatu 15
2h 12m20:30
Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20mSunday 19th January
13:30
The Remains of the Day U
2h 14m16:30
Spirited Away PG
2h 5m | Japanese w/ English subtitles19:30
Nosferatu 15
2h 12mMonday 20th January
17:30
The Remains of the Day U
2h 14m20:30
Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20mTuesday 21st January
17:30
Nosferatu 15
20:30
Spirited Away PG
Wednesday 22nd January
15:00
Nickel Boys 12A
18:00
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru Cert-TBC
2h 3m20:45
Nosferatu 15
2h 12mThursday 23rd January
12:30
Conclave 12A
15:00
The Remains of the Day U
2h 14m21:00
Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20mFriday 24th January
15:15
We Live in Time 15
1h 47m17:45
Nosferatu 15
2h 12m20:45
Better Man 15
2h 15mSaturday 25th January
14:00
Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20m17:00
We Live in Time 15
1h 47m19:30
True Stories PG
1h 29m21:15
Stop Making Sense PG
1h 28mSunday 26th January
17:00
Better Man 15
2h 15m20:00
Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20mMonday 27th January
18:00
We Live in Time 15
1h 47m20:30
Nosferatu 15
2h 12mTuesday 28th January
17:45
Better Man 15
20:45
We Live in Time 15
Wednesday 29th January
15:00
Better Man 15
2h 15m20:30
Nosferatu 15
2h 12mThursday 30th January
15:00
Nosferatu 15
18:00
Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20m21:00
We Live in Time 15
1h 47mSunday 2nd February
20:00
We Live in Time 15
1h 47mWednesday 5th February
17:30
We Live in Time 15
20:00
Hundreds of Beavers 12A
Thursday 6th February
12:30
We Live in Time 15
Friday 14th February
18:00
Ichiko Cert-TBC
18:00
JFTFP 2025 Season Pass Cert-TBC
| Japanese w/ English subtitlesWednesday 19th February
18:00
All the Long Nights Cert-TBC
1h 59m | Japanese w/ English subtitlesMonday 24th February
20:30
Let's Go Karaoke! Cert-TBC
1h 48m | Japanese w/ English subtitlesWednesday 5th March
18:00
In the Wake Cert-TBC
2h 15m | Japanese w/ English subtitlesHonouring Jean-Luc Godard( 18+)
Thursday 23rd January 2025 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
All the Long Nights( Cert-TBC)
Wednesday 19th February 2025 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Better Man( 15)
Pop icon Robbie Williams has experienced a fame-filled roller coaster like no other. Inventive and unexpectedly poignant retelling of his life exploring the highs and lows of stardom – with Robbie portrayed, intriguingly, as a chimpanzee.
Friday 24th January 2025 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 26th January 2025 : 5.00pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 28th January 2025 : 5.45pm £6 for Members / HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Wednesday 29th January 2025 : 3.00pm | Book tickets |
Byrne's Night Double Feature( PG)
Saturday 25th January 2025 : 7.30pm | Book tickets |
Conclave( 12A)
After the sudden death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is thrust into one of the world’s most secretive and ancient rituals: the selection of a new pontiff. A captivating political drama starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and Isabella Rossellini.
Thursday 23rd January 2025 : 12.30pm Parent + Baby Screening | Book tickets |
Grand Theft Hamlet( 15)
During the COVID lockdown, two unemployed actors, frustrated by theatre closures, staged Hamlet in the online world of Grand Theft Auto. This unique documentary captures their effort with unexpectedly moving results.
Tuesday 14th January 2025 : 8.30pm £6 for Members | Book tickets |
How to Make Millions Before Gran( 12A)
Driven by the promise of a multimillion-dollar inheritance, a young college dropout becomes the caretaker for his terminally ill grandmother. A moving intergenerational drama that became a box office sensation in Southeast Asia.
Wednesday 15th January 2025 : 3.15pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 16th January 2025 : 5.45pm | Book tickets |
Howards End( PG)
In Edwardian England, the lives of three families from different social classes and outlooks become intricately intertwined. Richly layered adaptation of E.M. Forster’s classic novel starring an Oscar-winning Emma Thompson performance.
Thursday 16th January 2025 : 2.45pm | Book tickets |
Hundreds of Beavers( 12A)
A drunken applejack salesman aspires to become the greatest fur trapper in North America. His only obstacle? Hundreds of gigantic, pesky beavers. This inventive slapstick comedy comes to the UPP for one night only plus a special guest Q&A.
Wednesday 5th February 2025 : 8.00pm + Q&A | Book tickets |
Ichiko( Cert-TBC)
Friday 14th February 2025 : 6.00pm + Director Intro | Book tickets |
In the Wake( Cert-TBC)
Wednesday 5th March 2025 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
JFTFP 2025 Season Pass( Cert-TBC)
Friday 14th February 2025 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Let's Go Karaoke!( Cert-TBC)
Monday 24th February 2025 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Nickel Boys( 12A)
In 1960s America, two young Black men form a friendship while in a corrupt reform school. Director RaMell Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as an immersive exploration of America’s buried history.
Friday 17th January 2025 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 18th January 2025 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Monday 20th January 2025 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 22nd January 2025 : 3.00pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Thursday 23rd January 2025 : 9.00pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 25th January 2025 : 2.00pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 26th January 2025 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 30th January 2025 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Nosferatu( 15)
Evil plagues a small town in 1830s Germany as sinister vampire Count Orlok becomes dangerously infatuated with a young local woman. Director Robert Eggers (The Witch) breathes new life into one of cinema’s most iconic monsters.
Friday 17th January 2025 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 18th January 2025 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 19th January 2025 : 7.30pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 21st January 2025 : 5.30pm £6 for Members | Book tickets |
Wednesday 22nd January 2025 : 8.45pm | Book tickets |
Friday 24th January 2025 : 5.45pm | Book tickets |
Monday 27th January 2025 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 29th January 2025 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 30th January 2025 : 3.00pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Queer( 18)
Daniel Craig stars as an American expatriate living a quiet life in 1960s Mexico, until a young student’s arrival turns his world upside down. Luca Guadagnino directs this sensual adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ cult novel.
Tuesday 14th January 2025 : 5.30pm Subtitled / £6 for Members | Book tickets |
Wednesday 15th January 2025 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
Friday 17th January 2025 : 2.30pm | Book tickets |
Spirited Away( PG)
A 10-year-old girl must find her way home after being swept into a magical world teeming with extraordinary spirits and enchanting creatures. Hayao Miyazaki’s stunning, Oscar-winning fantasy adventure returns to the big screen.
Saturday 18th January 2025 : 2.30pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 19th January 2025 : 4.30pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 21st January 2025 : 8.30pm £6 for Members | 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.
Saturday 25th January 2025 : 9.15pm | Book tickets |
The Order( 15)
A wave of bombings and bank robberies pulls a seasoned FBI agent (Jude Law) into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a domestic terrorist group in this gripping 1980s-set crime thriller inspired by true events.
Wednesday 15th January 2025 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 16th January 2025 : 8.30pm | Book tickets |
The Remains of the Day( U)
In 1930s Britain, the ordered life of a head butler is disrupted by the arrival of a housekeeper who develops feelings for him. Elegant adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize-winning novel starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
Sunday 19th January 2025 : 1.30pm | Book tickets |
Monday 20th January 2025 : 5.30pm | Book tickets |
Thursday 23rd January 2025 : 3.00pm | Book tickets |
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru( Cert-TBC)
In October 1942, a transport ship carrying over British POW's was torpedoed by an American submarine unaware of its human cargo. Preview screening of this poignant documentary shedding light on a forgotten chapter of World War II.
Wednesday 22nd January 2025 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
True Stories( PG)
Directed and hosted by a cowboy-hatted David Byrne, the frontman of Talking Heads, True Stories draws inspiration from tabloid headlines to create a postmodern tribute to the extraordinary nature of everyday American life.
Saturday 25th January 2025 : 7.30pm | Book tickets |
We Live in Time( 15)
Almut and Tobias meet in an unexpected encounter that forever alters their lives. But a challenging truth emerges that threatens to upend everything they’ve built. Uniquely structured rom-com starring Oscar nominees Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.
Friday 24th January 2025 : 3.15pm | Book tickets |
Saturday 25th January 2025 : 5.00pm | Book tickets |
Monday 27th January 2025 : 6.00pm | Book tickets |
Tuesday 28th January 2025 : 8.45pm £6 for Members | Book tickets |
Thursday 30th January 2025 : 9.00pm | Book tickets |
Sunday 2nd February 2025 : 8.00pm | Book tickets |
Wednesday 5th February 2025 : 5.30pm Deaf/HOH Subtitles | Book tickets |
Thursday 6th February 2025 : 12.30pm Parent + Baby Screening | Book tickets |
UPP News
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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!