20th Century Flicks, Bristol

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...

CEMENT GARDEN (1993)

Certification18 Our Rating

A haunting, twisted adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel of bizarre family dysfunction. Robertson and Gainsbourg are incredibly convincing as siblings left to look after their family after their parents die. Their relationship metamorphasises into a bizarre parody of marriage. Superbly weird and moving find out more...

CHINATOWN (1974)

Certification18 Our Rating

Polanski has a go at the film noir detective thriller, very bleak, very twisted and very menacing it is to. Nicholson plays a private-eye in pre-war LA who is hired to pursue an adultery case, but finds himself embroiled in a complicated murder investigation. find out more...

CLOSE MY EYES (1991)

Certification18 Our Rating

Richard and Natalie are a brother and sister who have never been close, but now grown up and facing thirty-something type stresses they meet up again, and start an incestuous relationship. Things start to get complicated when she has to cover up from her husband. First class Brit-flick. find out more...

CLOSE MY EYES (1991)

Certification18 Our Rating

A tale of sibling lust and betrayal with Saskia Reeves and Clive Owen playing a brother and sister who fall passionately in love after a long separation and Alan Rickman as the husband caught in the middle. Beautifully acted and sensitively handled, this British drama is an incestual little gem. find out more...

DOGTOOTH (2009)

Certification18 Our Rating

Three teenagers have been raised in isolation by their parents and taught fear of an unknown outside world of which they nothing. The family develops with its own set of rules, but a burgeoning sexuality and curiosity lead to the downfall of this curious arrangement.
A critically acclaimed movie which, though not the easiest to watch, well repays the effort. find out more...

EXCALIBUR (1981)

CertificationPG Our Rating

An epic telling of the Morte D'Arthur, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, which manages to be bloody realistic, mystical and Wagnerian. find out more...

FESTEN (1998)

Certification15 Our Rating

A family reunion is the setting for this dark and inventive film from Denmark. When the eldest son gives a speech for his father, Helge's sixtieth birthday, Helge and the guests are taken aback by what they hear. There's also a missing daughter and a party of revellers keen to pretend the speech never happened! The fantastic cinematography from Lars von Triers as well as the richly textured plot makes this a unique film. Highly recommended. find out more...

FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC (1991)

Certification15 Our Rating

Based on V.C. Andrews's best-selling novel, Flowers In The Attic is a dark tale of family. Bizarre and grim it's a flawed if still disturbing retelling of the book. find out more...

FOOL FOR LOVE (1986)

Certification15 Our Rating

May, hounded by cowboy drifter and half-brother Eddie, tries to hide from him in a seedy out-of-the-way neon-lit New Mexican motel, but he finds her. The film explores the history of their relationship, mainly from their childhoods, that has led them to this point. It's very easy to feel sympathy for the characters and to understand that their complex and passionate dysfunctional relationship is a result of past events out of their control. We mainly watch them fight, make up, fight, make up and find out more...