20th Century Flicks, Bristol

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)

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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...

2046 (2004)

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Chow Mo Wan is a man whose painful past has left him wary of love. Now committed only to a lack of commitment, Chow embarks on a series of affairs that promise to fulfil little more than his carnal desire. The majority of Chow's passion is devoted to his Science Fiction novel, a tale of characters travelling on a train to the future in order to reclaim their past. Set in the 1960s and following on from Wong Kar-Wai's passionate but ephemeral �In The Mood For Love', 2046 is a ravishing tale of lo find out more...

3 IRON (2004)

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Tae-suk is never short of a place to stay, and every place provides a revelation, none more so than the house of a rich business man. Tae-suk enters the homes of strangers while they are away, stays for a short time, leaves the place immaculate and then moves on, but in this house he discovers Sun-hwa, the abused wife of its owner and in a break from his solitary existence Tae-suk decides to take her with him. 3 Iron is a ravishing tale of romance in both its execution and imagery. Tender, restr find out more...

360 (2012)

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360 is a kaleidoscope of interconnected relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a tale of romantic life in the 21st century. Starting in Vienna, the film sumptuously weaves through Paris, London, Bratislava, Rio, Denver and Phoenix into a single narrative. Directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener), from a screenplay by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Quee find out more...

45 YEARS (2015)

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5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND (2007)

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Told in three chapters we follow the young dreamer Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology silence and finally adult obligations and responsibility converge to dissipate his idealism and dreams. Beginning with the lyrical image of cherry blossoms falling at five centimetres a second, Makoto Shinkai paints a breathtakingly vivid tableau of you find out more...

5 FINGERS (1952)

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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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5 X 2 (2004)

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From the director of �Swimming Pool' and �8 Women' this tale follows the disintegration of a thoroughly modern couple's marriage..but in reverse, beginning with the divorce and ending with their first meeting. A cleverly executed and intriguing premise, 5 Times 2, despite its generous critical acclaim, left me cold, perhaps a homage to French new wave cinema that my simple mind has always failed to fully grasp. find out more...

500 DAYS OF SUMMER (2009)

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Tom falls in love with 'manic pixie dream girl' Summer, but she suddenly calls a halt to the affair and announces she just wants to be good friends. Tom is torn asunder by her decision, but as we wander back through their relationship it becomes clear Tom may have presumed more than Summer ever actually offered. '500 Days of Summer' is a clever, original, witty and perceptive indie flick about the painful vagaries of love and our eternal, most likely pointless, struggle to understand it. find out more...