20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Juliane is a true Arian mother while Maria is a politically and socially staunch Jewess, the two unlikely friends become lovers, a striking mismatch of ideologies even today but this takes place at the height of Nazi Germany, and the consequences of their affair coming to light will cause an outrage that will cost them their lives. Aimee and Jaguar is a deeply moving and beautifully performed drama, which deservedly won a number of awards at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival. find out more...

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ALAN BENNETT: TELLING TALES (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

Alan Bennett reminisces about his early years as a schoolboy, growing up in Leeds, and on to undergraduate life at Oxford University. find out more...

ALL THE KING'S MEN (2006)

Certification12 Our Rating

An intense observation of an idealistic man's descent into temptation and corruption adapted from Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, loosely based round the career of populist Louisiana governor Huey Long, and with a selection of pretty much the best actors Hollywood has to offer. Perhaps on occasion just too worthy, All The Kings Men is a still a powerful dramatic tragedy. find out more...

ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (2000)

Certification15 Our Rating

John Grady Cole and his friend Lacey Rawlins are two young men in search of adventure, heading south into Mexico the two men find work as horse wranglers, but, when John begins an affair with the ranch owner's daughter, events take a dark and potentially tragic turn. All The Pretty Horses is a fine and, at heart, old fashioned tale, directed by Billy Bob Thornton and taken from Cormac McCarthy's bestselling novel. find out more...

ALONE IN BERLIN (2016)

Certification12 Our Rating

In 1940, German soldier Hans Quangel is killed in action during the French campaign. His parents, Otto and Anna, are devastated by the loss and their bereavement is unmollified by the joyful hysteria at Germany's victory. Deciding that Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime are responsible for this tragedy and much more, Otto cannot stand by any longer. As such, Otto begins to create handwritten cards denouncing the regime's abuses and lies, which he secretly deposits throughout Berlin while find out more...

AMEN (2002)

Certification15 Our Rating

When newly-commissioned SS Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur) witnesses the chemical disinfectant he's helped perfect being used to systematically murder interred Jews, he has no choice but to act. The only sympathetic ear Gerstein is able to find is that of young Father Riccardo (Mathieu Kassovitz), a priest with deep ties to the Vatican. While Riccardo takes on the obstructive Vatican hierarchy, Gerstein must walk a tightrope between documenting and enabling the atrocities his fellow SS o find out more...

AMERICAN ME (1992)

Certification18 Our Rating

Powerful drama exploring the underlying erosion of stability in American society by following three generations of a Hispanic American family from the 1940's to the mid 70's. This story illustrates the roots of gang culture in LA, and digs beneath the surface. Excellently directed. find out more...

ASHES AND DIAMONDS (1958)

Certification12 Our Rating

The last of Wajda's famous trilogy, the one that signifies despair, has Cybulski, the 'Polish James Dean', as a young fighter no longer killing Germans but instructed to assassinate a recently appointed communist official. His deepening love affair with a hotel barmaid has him starting to question the value of his struggle. Superb. find out more...

ASSEMBLY (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

A Chinese soldier's tale; Guzidi was a child of poverty who became a successful guerrilla soldier and then officer in the Liberation Army. After a fierce battle with the KMT Guzidi and his remaining 46 troops are sent to a front line defensive position, where they are abandoned by the main army corps to a fight to the death. After a heroic act in the Korean War Guzidi, riddled with guilt and loss of meaningful identity, fights a long battle to atone for the loss of his company by gaining recogni find out more...

ATONEMENT (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

During a hot and sultry 1935 summer an embryonic relationship between rich Cambridge graduate Celia (Knightly) and the housekeeper's son Robbie (McEvoy) is left in tatters when Celia's precocious sister falsely accuses James of molesting another young girl. The accusation, based on the misperceptions and childish hurts of a fevered imagination, leads to James's arrest and imprisonment. As the movie progresses, from an English manor house to the war-ravaged wastes of northern France and to bli find out more...