20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Sellers' last film is his masterpiece. A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington DC house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider. It's find out more...

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (2002)

Certification12 Our Rating

Jess is a Sikh teenager with a passion for football, something that her traditionalist parents, who want her to grow up as a nice Asian girl with an arranged marriage and cooking Aloo Gobi, are horrified by. After making friends with white girl Jules she is introduced to the local womens' team, for whom she must play without her parents' knowiledge, and where she develops a forbidden love interest with the coach. Poor girl, her parents find out everything she does, and imagine worse. A witty find out more...

BHAJI ON THE BEACH (1993)

Certification15 Our Rating

Well directed comic drama that follows an impromptu day trip to Blackpool by a group of Asian women. Their day out becomes an exploration of the problems and prejudices facing them in every day life, as well as an examination of conflicting cultures and generations. Touching, warm and funny. find out more...

BLAME IT ON FIDEL (2007)

Certification12 Our Rating

It is 1970 and nine-year old Anna is not amused. Seemingly overnight her bourgeois family have decided to abandon their middle class life and transform into leftist radicals. Gone is the grand family pad, gone are the new clothes and, humiliatingly, gone are Anna's beloved religious lessons. In their place is a cramped apartment filled with bearded revolutionaries, demonstrations and refugee nannies with strange cooking habits. But Anna is no wilting flower and before you can regurgitate the fir find out more...

BLUE IN THE FACE (1995)

Certification15 Our Rating

The makers of "Smoke" still had plenty of plot-threads left over and so they put together this improvised companion piece in just one week. It focuses on the corner cigar shop, under threat of closure, which gives a motley assortment of locals the chance to talk till they're, well, blue in the face! find out more...

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BOARDWALK EMPIRE SEASON 2: DISC 3 (2011)

Certification15 Our Rating

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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BOB ROBERTS (1992)

Certification15 Our Rating

Tim Robbins wrote, directed and stars in a film that exposes very cleverly the underbelly of US politics. He plays the charismatic Roberts, a right-wing "protest" singer, whose views begin to capture the nation's interest. Sinister machinations abound behind the scenes, and the documentary style works well. Funny too!

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BULWORTH (1999)

Certification18 Our Rating

Subversive satire with Warren Beatty as the burnt-out, soon-to-be-exposed senator who takes out a contract on his own life. But, after a Paul-on-the-road-to-Damascus-style transformation, he decides to do the unthinkable and tell the truth for a change, whilst trying to win the heart of inner-city militant miss Halle Berry. There's just one obstacle - the hitman who's got a bullet with Bulworth's name on it. Flawed but fun. find out more...

C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)

Certification15 Our Rating

Eight-year-old Zachary has, so far, enjoyed life as his father's favourite son, as the possessor of a gift for healing and as younger sibling to a tearaway, a jock and a bookworm, but this relatively idyllic childhood in Qu�bec is cast under the shadow of his dad's suspicions when he is discovered wearing a dress. Seven years on it's 1975 and Zac is in thrall to Ziggy Stardust and his cousin's boyfriend, a confusing situation for him, made more complicated by a history of trying to satisfy his d find out more...

CARAMEL (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

Six women seek love marriage and companionship in this sweet-natured tale set round a beauty salon in Beirut. Beautiful young Nisrine is engaged to headstrong Bassam, but is worried about not being the virgin she's supposed to be. Divorced, middle-aged, part-time model Jamale fears the process of ageing. Quiet Rima seems more attracted by other girls, particularly Siham, a client who flirts with her. Thirtysomething Layale is having an affair with a married man, but has caught the eye of the goo find out more...