Phoenix Picturehouse

You'll find yourself in one of Oxford's best arguments for proper cinema-going on Walton Street, just north of the city centre. This is where you come when you've had enough of Marvel blockbusters and want to actually think about what you're watching. The Phoenix does arthouse, independent and international films with the kind of curatorial care that makes you feel like someone actually cares what ends up on screen. It's compact, it's local, and it treats cinema like something worth doing properly.