20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Episode 17: Cutbacks. Liz is willing to do anything to avoid cutbacks at T.G.S., while Jack is forced to fire his personal assistant and hire Kenneth as his part-time assistant.
Episode 18: Jackie Jormp-Jomp. Jack tries to turn an accidental obituary for Jenna into a marketing opportunity for her Janis Joplin-based biopic. Meanwhile Liz makes friends with a group of single women while away from work for sexual harassment.
Episode 19: The Ones. Jack has second thoughts about marrying find out more...

A FIELD IN ENGLAND (2013)

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Fleeing from a battle in the English Civil War a small group of deserters are captured by an Alchemist and forced to aid him in his search for treasure he believes is buried in a nearby field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their find out more...

A TALE OF TWO SISTERS (2003)

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Two sisters, Su-mi and Su-yeon, return from a stay in a psychiatric hospital to the home they share with their father and wicked stepmother. Disturbing and inexplicable events soon begin to occur, strange noises, hallucinations, disembodied footsteps on the stairs all combine to stretch tensions within this already volatile family unit to breaking point. Are these phenomena a product of the sisters' disturbed minds, is it their stepmother cruelly tormenting them or could there be something more find out more...

APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR (2014)

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In the immediate aftermath of her break up from Maxine, Persian, Bisexual Shirin refuses to accept their relationship is irrecoverable and sets about trying to win her back, with varying degrees of failure, whilst navigating the sociopolitical landscape that her life inhabits. Superbly written and directed by Desiree Akhavan - who also plays Shirin, well, superbly. So, all round superb, in my best Brooklyn accent. (Brett Atkinson)

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BENNY'S VIDEO (1992)

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With videotapes serving as his surrogate parents, a misguided teenager gains the attention he desires through the act of murder. Thematically similar to Haneke's other, better known works and very chilling. find out more...

CAT PEOPLE (1982)

Certification18 Our Rating

A remarkable remake of the 1942 classic. Kinski is electric as the virgin sex-kitten/femme fatale who develops serious claws when sexually aroused and is caught between her racial duty to mate with her cat person brother and her more normal desire for a local zoo-keeper. Seductively exotic erotica. Brilliant. find out more...

COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984)

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A rich fantasy and extraordinary visual film based on Angela Carter's novels (changing traditional fairytales to dark tales of sexuality and seduction). A young girl dreams of a magical world where she confronts her fears of sex and death, and is pursued by a handsome werewolf. Convincing and excellently done. find out more...

CONSPIRATORS OF PLEASURE (1997)

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A shop clerk fixates on a TV news reader while constructing a machine to masturbate himself, the newsreader has her own sexual fantasy involving a large carp, another woman makes dough balls, which she grotesquely ingests before bed, need we go on? A strange and cerebral outing for those that really should get out more, did we say out, perhaps stay in would be a better idea. This said there is plenty of material here to discuss with friends and psychiatrists. Oh, did I mention the voodoo-chicken find out more...

CRONOS (1994)

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An inquisitive antiques dealer becomes obsessed with an amulet which he finds that holds the key to eternal life, the Cronos device. As he turns younger a ruthless millionaire comes looking for the elixir, but both find that there are higher authorities to answer to in the bloody climax. An original and intriguing variation on the vampire myth. find out more...

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DER GOLEM WIE ER IN DIE WELT KAM (1920)

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This classic piece of early silent cinema is noted not merely for its dramatic camerawork and cast of thousands but also for its contribution as a cinematic template, particularly in the genre of horror. Set in 16th Century Prague, a monstrous creature of Jewish myth is unleashed by a Rabbi to save his people from anti-Semitic legislation; unfortunately for all concerned The Golem's taste for destruction is not sated by the demands of his master, and so begins an unstoppable rampage. find out more...