20th Century Flicks, Bristol

A wonderfully adapted film based round the exploits of Cicero, aka Elyesa Bazna, the Albanian born valet (Mason at his best) of the British ambassador to Turkey, who sold secrets to the Germans during 1944. The valet's gentlemanly pretensions are put to the test in this tale of espionage and romantic intrigue. Ace.

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A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (2004)

Certification15 Our Rating

Mathilde and Manech are teenagers in love, unfortunately their feelings have find out more...

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1984)

Certification15 Our Rating

A little Reaganite romance about a dashing fighter pilot and a simple girl from the town. It's tough trying to make it at pilot training school, but then Richi is just so hunky.... find out more...

ANGELS AND INSECTS (1995)

Certification18 Our Rating

Atmospheric gothic thriller which delves beneath the genteel surface of the Victorian aristocracy to reveal the depraved decadence lurking below. A penniless young man marries a young heiress, but discovers that the uneasy life "upstairs" conceals a shocking web of subterfuge and sexual perversion. find out more...

ANYTHING FOR HER (2008)

Certification15 Our Rating

Lisa and Julien are a blissfully married couple, leading an idyllic life together with their young son Oscar. Tragically, as is so often the case with these celluloid nirvana' s, Lisa is wrongfully arrested for a brutal murder and sentenced to 20 years behind bars. Julien may only be a humble teacher but he is a driven man; to gain his wife her freedom whatever it takes and regardless of the potential consequences. Anything for her is a slick stylish thriller that snorts loudly in the face of pl find out more...

BROKEN EMBRACES (2009)

Certification18 Our Rating

A man writes and loves in darkness. Fourteen years ago he was in a car crash where he lost not only his sight but also Lena, the love of his life. He had two names; Harry Caine, a pseudonym with which he still signs his written works, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he signed the film he directed. After the accident, the only way Harry could cope with not being able to make films was to imagine that Mateo died along with his beloved Lena. One night, in conversation with his friend an find out more...

BROTHERS BLOOM (2009)

Certification12 Our Rating

'The Brothers Bloom' are the best conmen in the world, swindling millionaires with immensely complex and labyrinth scenarios, but the younger Bloom has become disillusioned by the game and it is with difficulty that his brother persuades him to take on one last continent hoping con, with a naive and lonely heiress as the mark.
'The Brothers Bloom' is a beautifully shot, knowingly contrived and idiosyncratic adventure, and while flawed it�s still a gloriously refreshing slice of escapism. 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...

CRUEL INTENTIONS (1999)

Certification15 Our Rating

A preppie version of "Dangerous Liaisons", with the decadence, deception and double-dealings taking place in upmarket Manhattan. High school's breaking up for summer and revoltingly rich romeo Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe) is challenged by spiteful step-sister Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who's been dumped by her society boyfriend, to seduce the ridiculously naive Cecile, who's replaced her. Sebastian, however, is far more interested in copping off with the new headmaster's daughter, An find out more...