The Ultimate Picture Palace
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Oxford’s home of independent cinema. Founded in 1911, community-owned since 2022.
After 17(!) teams battled it out at the inaugural UPP Film Quiz last month, we’re back for another round in just a week's time. You might say it's, ahem, one battle after another (sorry not sorry). Join us next Thursday 1 October at Big Society, next door to UPP, for another night of film trivia.
Big thanks to The Big Orange M and Cowley Road Carnival for including our Save the UPP campaign in the gorgeous new mural on the corner of Stockmore Street and Cowley Road.
Choose the big screen. Choose a 4K restoration. Choose an iconic soundtrack. Choose unforgettable characters. Choose 90s nostalgia. Choose a film that changed British cinema. Choose UPP. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show/trainsp...
Our new programme is out today. Swipe to read 👉 & grab your copy next time you’re passing!
🎞️ ALMODÓVAR ON 35MM 🎞️ Pedro Almodóvar’s All About My Mother is a vivid, funny and deeply moving celebration of female resilience, motherhood, friendship and the extraordinary ways we care for one another. Showing this Saturday in glorious 35mm. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show/all-abo...
❤️ We were given this gorgeous drawing yesterday by Moeri, along with the sweetest note. As a Japanese exchange student spending a short time in Oxford, they wrote about finding a warm welcome at UPP, a place they felt comfortable, and an atmosphere that reminds them of home.
UPP must be the place to see Spike Lee's transcendent document of David Byrne's American Utopia - a glorious concert movie that'll put a smile on any face. Screening from Friday. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show/david-b...
Our American Odysseys season reaches the end of the road with the David Lynch classic, The Straight Story, screening this Sunday and Monday. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show_type/am...
This Saturday morning, join brilliant local historian Liz Woolley and the Oxford Civic Society for a fascinating talk about the history of the UPP and early cinema in Oxford. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show/history...
Missed A Private Life over the weekend? Good news - after some packed screenings, you've still got two chances to catch Rebecca Zlotowski's twisty French mystery starring Jodie Foster in a terrific French-language performance. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show/a-priva...
POV: your office is a cinema. Today's to-do list: ☕ Make tea. 💻 Answer emails. 🎞️ Get excited about films. 🍿 Open the doors and share them with everyone else.
This weekend, our American Odysseys season brings Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas to UPP. Tender, funny, devastating and endlessly beautiful, it's one of the all time greats - and the kind of film that reminds you why cinema matters. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show/paris-t...
A packed house, powerful conversations, and a community coming together. ❤️ Thanks to Oxford Stand Up To Racism for filling UPP with solidarity and hope at last night's screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street.
Won't somebody please think of the children('s milk delivered in dirty bottles)... our favourite slide from yesterday's fascinating talk by local historian Liz Wooley about the Penultimate Picture Palace in the 1970s.
Every journey tells a story. To celebrate the release of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, we're hitting the road with a season of films that search for the American soul. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show_type/am...
A little snapshot of the talented makers (and their makes!) from tonight's Together We Make craft-a-long screening of Lady Bird. So much creativity in one room! 🎬🧵
We're thrilled to be featured by the Financial Times in its World's Most Breathtaking Cinemas article today 🥳 Being recognised alongside a handful of the world's most spectacular cinemas is an incredible honour. 👀 www.ft.com/content/df51...
New programme just dropped! 👉 Swipe for everything coming up over the next four weeks, from The Odyssey, Toy Story 5 and The Invite to beloved favourites like Interstellar, Boogie Nights, Stand By Me, The Wizard of Oz and plenty more.
➡️ Swipe for a sneak peak at three upcoming classics seasons... 🎟️ More info and tickets via the Seasons & Strands tab on our website.
Next Tuesday, experience the rise of one of rock’s greatest bands at UPP - and hear from the films director and producer after in a live Q&A hosted by The Guardian's Andrew Pulver. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show/becomin...
This one really hit us hard. A beautiful and tender movie, Familiar Touch comes with the UPP seal of approval and is not to be missed. 🎟️ uppcinema.com/show/familia...
