Becky Hallsmith bought the cinema in 2011 and made many significant improvements. Sadly, Becky passed away in 2018 and, shortly after, a group of friends and family set about realising her dream of making the UPP into a community-owned cinema.
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π YAS SNOW QUEEN! Marion Cotillard slays in The Ice Tower, a dark and woozy modern masterpiece screening at UPP from Friday.
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πΆ Next up at Baby Club is The Choral, screening this Thursday. Keep your eyes on our listings for further parent and baby screenings as they're announced.
Rev up for Deprisa, Deprisa (Fatser, Faster), Carlos Sauraβs electric portrait of Madridβs youth on the edge. Featuring non-actors, real locations, and a punk-raw heartbeat that still feels dangerously alive.
π₯ Screening on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Looking for a gift that fits every stocking, Secret Santa, and βOh no, I forgot to buy something!β moment? Give them the magic of the movies. Give them a UPP Gift Voucher.
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We love our community. Oxford, OX4, East Oxford, Cowley Road - this board is yours. Got something to share? Drop a flyer or poster at the box office and weβll put it up. β€οΈ
Howβs this for a week at the movies - six films, six worlds, all waiting for you at Oxford's favourite indie cinema.
π The Running Man
π¦ The Thing With Feathers
π΅ The Choral
πͺ Fiume O Morte!
π« Deprisa Deprisa
β¨ The Great Beauty
#UPPhistory We've been through some tough times in the last 114 years - including periods of disuse, and even a time functioning as a furniture showroom. In this picture we're looking a little worse for wear. Date unknown.
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Fiume O Morte! is the true story of a renegade poet who went full-tilt fascist and basically LARPed his way into running a city for three chaotic years. A bonkers tale, delivered through a brilliant and inventive documentary.
π½οΈ Sat 6th Dec at UPP.
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π€ Melodrama, witchcraft, femme fatales: Georgia Humphreys explores the wicked lineage from Leave Her to Heaven to Gone Girl in our latest blog, adapted from her live introduction at our recent double-bill.
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We're showing 23 different films this December - despite being closed for a week for Christmas! Check out our full listings online or in our printed program, available at the cinema.
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