20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Himir lives at 101 Reykjavik and though fast approaching thirty he has yet to leave the comfort of his mothers home or indeed the ease of social security, but the arrival of his mother's lesbian lover and impending fatherhood are about to put a sizable spanner in his hopes for eternal slackerdom. 101 Reykjavik is a quirky and hipply hedonistic black comedy, driven along by some pretty twisted premises and a central character who is an irredeemable and apathetic git pretty much to the end. find out more...

11:14:00 (2003)

Certification15 Our Rating

At 11:14 the lives of five initially unrelated characters collide with murderous consequences, an unfortunate meeting that unleashes a labyrinth trip for all concerned. 11:14 is a darkly comic and twisted thriller reminiscent of pre- �Jackie Brown' Tarantino. find out more...

12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST (2006)

Certification15 Our Rating

22 December 1989 heralded Ceausescu's fall from power in Romania. Sixteen years on, a provincial TV talk show decides to commemorate the event by asking local heroes to reminisce about their own contributions to the revolution. But securing suitable guests proves an unexpected challenge and the producer is left with two less than ideal participants; a drink addled history teacher and a lonely sometime Santa Claus grateful for the company. In the farcical show that follows, the mens' fanciful boa find out more...

17 AGAIN (2009)

Certification15 Our Rating

Mike O'Donnell threw away the chance of a college basketball scholarship for a marriage to his high school sweetheart, Scarlett, based on love and teen pregnancy. Stereotypically, upon reaching his mid-life crisis, Mike finds himself pretty much alone and miserable, passed over for the big job promotion, kicked out by his wife, for moaning their lives away, and his prospects look bleak. That is until one night when a little reminiscing and a mysterious janitor lead to a magical transformation re find out more...

2 DAYS IN NEW YORK (2012)

Certification12 Our Rating

Marion has settled in NYC with public-radio host named Mingus but once again her charming if dysfunctional family tumble into her life, compounding marion’s anxiety during the imminent launch of her exhibition. Like its prequel, ‘2 Days in Paris’, ‘2 Days In New York’ is a love letter to the work of Woody Allen; a c find out more...

2012 (BBC) (2012)

Certification15 Our Rating

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20TH CENTURY WOMEN (2016)

Certification15 Our Rating

Set in Santa Barbara, 20th Century Women follows Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), a determined single mother, raising her adolescent son Jamie (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann, in a breakout performance) at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women in Jamie's upbringing - Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in find out more...

24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (2002)

Certification18 Our Rating

Factory Records, the Hacienda club, Tony Wilson, Happy Mondays, etc, etc. '24 Hour Party People' is an affectionate and humorous trip through Manchester's monster music scene in the 80s and 90s. The soundtrack as you'd expect is blinding and Steve Coogan's portrayal of Wilson is spooky. A film that stands on it's own as an excellent near tragi-comedy, but within its historical context... it's bloody mad!

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2LDK (2007)

Certification18 Our Rating

Two struggling actresses share a Tokyo apartment. As they compete for the same film role and the same boyfriend their petty squabbles soon turn into all-out war and, when they break out the power tools and electrocution devices, you know these two ladies have forfeited more than their security deposit. Twisted and skilfully paced, Yukihiko Tsutsumi's '2LDK' (2-Bedroom, Living Room, Dining Room & Kitchen) deftly combines pitch black farce with the sort of graphic violence we've come to expect fro find out more...

3 WOMEN (1977)

CertificationPG Our Rating

In a dusty, under-populated California resort town, Pinky Rose, a na�ve and impressionable Southern waif, begins her life as a nursing home attendant. There, Pinky finds her role model in fellow nurse "Thoroughly Modern" Millie Lammoreaux, a misguided would-be sophisticate and hopeless devotee of Cosmopolitan and Woman's Day magazines. When Millie accepts Pinky into her home at the Purple Sage singles' complex, Pinky's hero-worship evolves into something far stranger and more sinister than eithe find out more...