20th Century Flicks, Bristol

The first and best of the Italian "Mexi-Westerns", on a par with Leone's and with a haunting soundtrack. An American mercenary teams up with a bandit on the fringes of the revolutionaries in order to assinate their leader. A violent political film from the same pen as The Battle Of Algiers. find out more...

CARRIERS (2009)

Certification15 Our Rating

In this post-pandemic road movie four twenty-somethings drive across the desert toward a Mexican beach where the two males (brothers) spent idyllic childhood summer days. On this barren road to Eden they encounter desperate straggling survivors, the diseased and must make life or death decisions. find out more...

CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (2014)

Certification15 Our Rating

At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...

DAFT PUNK'S ELECTROMA (2006)

Certification15 Our Rating

The boys behind Daft Punk move into experimental art house cinema with this their directorial debut about two robots (oh yes) on a quest to become human. An intriguing, though perhaps not entirely successful, labour of love that, though with a frustratingly small amount of their own fine music, boasts an excellent soundtrack from Mayfield, Eno, Haydn and Chopin. A cinematographically beautiful midnight movie. find out more...

DJANGO (1965)

Certification18 Our Rating

One of the finest Spaghetti's in the west! Banned for 25 years, it has lost nothing of its hard-edged impact. The gringos are bad and the law are worse! The hero, Django, dispenses justice from a smoking Gatling gun, and sounds like a dubbed Clint Eastwood. Absolutely superb! find out more...

DOM HEMINGWAY (2013)

Certification15 Our Rating

Cockney safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is released from prison after serving a 12-year sentence for refusing to snitch. Eager to collect his reward from suave, psychotic mob boss Mr Fontaine, Dom heads to southern France with his only friend and accomplice Dickie. Dom is a drug fuelled, sex obsessed, self-regarding, over compensating sociopath…all good, but find out more...

DON'T COME KNOCKING (2005)

Certification15 Our Rating

Sam Shepard stars as a jaded Hollywood star, Howard Spence, who walks out of his latest movie to visit his mother who he last saw 30 years before, but his visit brings back more than old memories when he is told that he has a son, the product of a brief affair he had had with a waitress. A sweet romantic drama from the guys that brought you the wonderful 'Paris, Texas' that manages to warm your heart without being over-sentimental. find out more...

DUEL IN THE SUN (1946)

CertificationPG Our Rating

Somewhat derisively known as 'Lust In The Dust' this film is shot in beautiful scenery and tells the story of two brothers, Cain and Abel, fighting over a steamy half-breed sexpot while their father broods over his crumbling empire. The climatic shoot-out has an absurdist magnificance that defies criticism. find out more...

DUNE (1985)

Certification15 Our Rating

Lynch has toiled to condense Frank Herbert's mammoth SF novel into two hours twenty: 10000 years in the future the life-and-death struggle between the Atreides and Harkonnens for the vital spice Melange, which is vital for space travel and is guarded by giant mile-long worms, takes place on a third planet - Arrakis, the desert planet, home to the Fremen, dune dwellers with vivid blue eyes. Fremen legend tells of a Messiah who will be able to drink the water of life, previous tasters having tried find out more...