20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Lilya is a young teenager living in the harsh reality of the new Russia, her mother has already emigrated to America and Lilya awaits patiently for the word to join her. As time passes it becomes apparent there will be no call and Lilya realises she is alone with only her dreams of a better life. Her only true friend is Volodya, a suicidal 13-year-old suffering at the fists of his father, her only asset is her looks and it's taken for granted she will cash in sooner or later. Then she meets Andr find out more...

MAIDEN (2018)

CertificationE Our Rating

The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. This is a film that doesn't leave you: the images of gigantic waves and ice bergs and superhuman levels of courage and endurance are hard to process. If it were a work of fiction you would dismiss it as Hollywood hype: but it's not, find out more...

NAKED (1993)

Certification18 Our Rating

David Thewlis delivers an incredible performance as the clever and sarcastic Johnny. On the run from reality he turns up at his old girlfriend's house in London, where he proceeds to cause havoc. An inspired mix of script and improvisation with masterful direction, Leigh has taken a dark and inward look at life on Britain's bottom rung. Superb. find out more...

NINE QUEENS (2001)

Certification15 Our Rating

Everything takes place over the course of just 24 hours in the hive of hustle and bustle that is Buenos Aires. A young con artist is spotted and recruited by a master of the game and together they set in motion a crime of fantastical audacity; But for two men who've made their living from the art of deception the temptation for a double cross is almost too much to bear. Nine Queens is an incredibly sharp thriller that just gives you enough time to grasp what's happening before making another wil find out more...

NUTS IN MAY (1980)

CertificationPG Our Rating

A brilliant film the by same director as 'Abigail's Party'. Keith Pratt is the last of the Boy Scouts and with his equally ridiculous wife Candice Marie, they set out on the wilds of a Dorset campsite for their hols, but their health food and knitted way of life don't quite fit in. Darkly funny and eminently quotable, it's a home grown joy of unparalleled quality. find out more...

PARIS TEXAS (1983)

Certification15 Our Rating

Winner of the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. A story of one man's harrowing odyssey to return his seven-year-old son to the woman he once loved and lost. A brilliantly atmospheric and emotional movie with a great soundtrack by Ry Cooder. find out more...

POPCORN (1991)

Certification15 Our Rating

A 'Leatherface' type murderer who wears other people's faces, kills at an all-night horror-thon at an old theatre put on by a bunch of film students. Maggie, the lead character, believes it's really Lanyard Gates, a crazed film maker who killed his family live on stage fifteen years ago. And now he's back to kill his daughter, Sara, who is believed to really be Maggie.

Superlative horror that blends great diy special effects, cinephilia and frights with aplomb. AN find out more...

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SPITTING IMAGE: FIRST SERIES (1984)

Certification12 Our Rating

All twelve episodes from the first series of the classic satirical puppet show. No target was safe from the series' gunsights: Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, the opposition, the Liberals, Ronald Reagan, the Pope and the Royal Family could all find themselves up for a painful ribbing on any given programme. The series was worked around the current week's news stories and featured a number of famous impressionists, including Chris Barrie, Rory Bremner, Phil Cornwell, Steve Coogan, John Culs find out more...

THE BIG SLEEP (1946)

CertificationPG Our Rating

The original and best version of the detective thriller classic. Philip Marlowe is hired to investigate the gambling debts of a rich man's daughter, but is plunged into a twilight world of intrigue, blackmail and violence. Stylish and gripping. find out more...

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY (2014)

Certification18 Our Rating

In an unnamed European town, in an unspecified era, live Cynthia and Evelyn. Every day Evelyn cycles to Cynthia’s chateau to work as a lowly maid and every day the cruel, vindictive Cynthia inflicts countless sad find out more...