20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Indiana, 1940; nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift, a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action Air Rifle. But when his gruff dad and doting mom regularly respond with "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale hint-dropping, Santa begging campaign. A screwball festive comedy delightfully adapted from Jean Shepherd's book. find out more...

BARTON FINK (1991)

Certification15 Our Rating

It's 1941 and the golden days of Tinsel Town. Seriously earnest New York scriptwriter Barton Fink is lured to Hollywood with an offer to write a wrestling movie. Stricken by writer's cramp and seeking inspiration, Barton finds it in real life events. This witty drama was a Cannes Film Festival multi-award winner. find out more...

BIUTIFUL (2010)

Certification15 Our Rating

Uxbal is a criminal middleman, helping human traffickers and illicit street peddlers in Barcelona. But in the thick of his corrupt and compromised world, he indulges in small acts of kindness, particularly to his beloved children and, unusually, the recently deceased, with whom he can commune. When Uxbal discovers he has cancer the desire to leave something of worth becomes greater. It is this harrowing and heart rending journey to some form of redemption that is the main focus of 'Biutiful'. Ba find out more...

CARRINGTON (1994)

Certification18 Our Rating

The true story of Bloomsbury Set darling Dora Carrington and her doomed love for Lytton Strachey who, though charming, was quite obviously a screaming homosexual. Well crafted with a sumptuously authentic feel, this is a must for literary vultures. find out more...

CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1991)

CertificationU Our Rating

This is a stunning cinematic interpretation of the classic story of the big-nosed bard and his unrequited love for Roxanne. A riveting and powerful performance from Gerard Depardieu with such superb rhyming subtitles, by Anthony Burgess, one almost forgets the movie was made in French. The action is enthralling, the cinematography fantastic, the movie entertaining; a must see film if you enjoy poetry, romance, humor, action, suspense, period pieces, aesthetically pleasing images, theatre, Fre find out more...

DAYS OF GLORY (2006)

Certification15 Our Rating

This is the story of a group of North Africans who enlisted in the French Army to fight for the motherland, freedom and equality, and against Nazism. We follow their travails through France's first military defeat of Germany, by raw Arab conscripts, through to being the first French troops to fight their way into Alsace. Throughout they are treated as second rate people by French men, though oddly not always by the women, denied full rations, promotions or leave - they do and they die. As a war find out more...

HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 (2014)

Certification15 Our Rating

After enduring some trying experiences with their former bosses, Nick Hendricks, Kurt Buckman, and Dale Arbus, decide to go into business together with their invention of the 'Shower Buddy'. However, their investor pulls his funding and instead creates his own superior version of the product. Faced once again with their own ineptitude the trio decide the only course of action is to escalate the situation beyond their control and commit a kidnapping. A questionable sequel.

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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000)

CertificationPG Our Rating

It is 1962 and a young newspaper editor, Chow, is finding his marital partner is rarely around to share his life; Lonely and lost Chow finds friendship with his neighbour, Li-zhen, whose husband is as absent as his wife. Into this increasingly charged relationship comes a discovery that could release the two of them, but may ironically part them forever. In The Mood For Love is a breathtakingly beautiful film, visually and emotionally faultless. find out more...

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009)

Certification15 Our Rating

1941; a Jewish girl witnesses the murder of her family by a Nazi officer and a Jewish American guerrilla team roam Occupied France operating with a Geneva Accord breaking ferocity. find out more...

L'HUMANITE (1999)

Certification18 Our Rating

An 11-year-old girl has been raped and murdered in a small community in the Pas de Calais and the man assigned to hunt for the killer is anything but your average hard bitten detective; Pharaon De Winter is a painfully shy and reclusive individual, constantly horrified by humanity's inhumanity, and emotionally ill-equipped to deal with such a vicious case. L'Humanite is an incredibly striking film, eerily haunting and with a dark lingering power. find out more...