20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Meet Tony (Sinatra), a wannabe big shot who's constantly broke. While the carefree widower may not have money, he is rich in one respect; he's got the unconditional love of his adoring young son Ally (Eddie Hodges). find out more...

A KIND OF LOVING (1962)

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A young draughtsman is forced into a shotgun marriage. A landmark in English cinema in terms of social realism, dealing with the lives of ordinary people set against a grim Northern backdrop, it remains keenly observant in detail and rather moving in its very unpretentiousness. find out more...

A KISS BEFORE DYING (1955) (1955)

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Bud Corliss, a handsome college boy is so obsessed with wealth that he'll do anything to get it. When his rich girlfriend Dorothy gets pregnant and is threatened with disinheritance, Bud stages her suicide, sending her plummeting from the roof of a high-rise. It's the perfect crime; until Dorothy's sister Ellen begins to unravel Bud's deadly scheme. A classic �hommefatale', that's still tense and creepy over half a century after its original release. find out more...

A MAN CALLED HORSE (1970)

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Harris plays a 19th Century English aristocrat who is captured by the Sioux Indians and integrated into their culture. Strong on period detail, the film contains the now famous scenes of the Sun Row initiation sequence. find out more...

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966)

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A respectable, sincere film of Robert Bolt's literate play, with Scofield as Sir Thomas More, endorsing the divine right of the Pope over and above his King, Henry VIII, who wishes to divorce Katherine Of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Watch out for Orson Welles in a marvellous cameo as Cardinal Wolsey. The film won 6 Oscars. find out more...

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946)

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As a young pilot returns home in May 1945, a relationship is formed as he desperately contacts a radio operator before bailing out of the sky. He lives, evading his celestial escort, meets the aforementioned operator and falls in love. But he must face a heavenly court to decide if he should live or die. Amazing.

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A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)

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The Marx Brothers in one of their classics as they storm New York society, creating a near riot on their ship on the way, a scandal in New York and an evening of insanity in in the concert hall that the opera world will never forget. Superb anarchic comic mayhem. find out more...

A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA (1946)

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The Marx Bros penultimate film and much better than other later stuff.Cop: "Are you holding up that building?"Harpo leans away... building collapses.Watch out for the Bros delaying the baddie's getaway by unpacking his trunks as fast as he loads them. A classic. find out more...

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958)

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A British made, 1950s epic charting the sinking of the unsinkable. On April 10th 1912, the luxury liner Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage. Four days later, it sank in just 2 hours 40 minutes, needlessly claiming the lives of 1,500 passengers and crew. Infinitely less glamourous than the contemporary Hollywood version, what it lacks in gloss it makes up for with no-nonsense, straightforward storytelling. Truth is, the hard facts are far more shocking than anything Tinseltown could come up wit find out more...

A NOUS LA LIBERTE! (1931)

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A famous left-wing satirical comedy about two ex-convicts, one of whom escaped jail and then worked his way up from salesman to factory owner, where he over find out more...