20th Century Flicks, Bristol

A dramatisation of the spy Guy Burgess's school days at Eton, showing the cruel and rigid system that educated the leaders of the day. Extremely convincing in its detailing, including Everett's portrayal of the young, exuberant, homosexual Guy Burgess. A modern British cinema classic. 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...

GANDHI (1982)

Certification12 Our Rating

The object of this massive tribute died as he had always lived, without wealth, without property, without official title or office. Mahatma Gandhi was not the commander of armies, nor the ruler of vast lands, he could not boast any scientific achievement or artistic gift, yet men, governments, dignitaries from all over the world, have joined hands today to pay homage to the little brown man in the loin cloth who led his country to freedom. This quote is from his funeral, one of the greatest s find out more...

GREY OWL (2000)

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Ojibway Indian, Grey Owl, is a trapper and adventurer, keen to exploit the wilderness for his own profit, but when he meets Mohawk Indian Pony he is shown the beauty and harmony of nature. Writing and lecturing to the world on the fragility of earth's environment Grey Owl is a transformed man, but he hides an astounding secret, a past that is about to resurface and haunt him. Grey Owl is based on a true story set in the 1930s, it's directed by Richard Attenborough and as you might expect is a lu find out more...

INDOCHINE (1991)

Certification15 Our Rating

A large rubber-tree plantation is owned by a French colonist in 1930s Vietnam. Eliane is a proud but imprudent woman, who lives with her father and her native adopted daughter Camille.

Camille runs off with mum's lover, gets married to another guy and goes on a long journey across the country to find the man she really loves. In between she discovers her Vietnamese identity and becomes an independent person.

Shot in stunning locations, a seductive romantic epic!

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KING KONG (2005) (2005)

Certification12 Our Rating

A movie in which a lovelorn supersize gorilla and lonely human belle make heavy eyes at each other, not Lord of the Rings here, but Beauty and the Beast! The film is in three chapters; a movie producer sets sail with cast and crew for the legendary Skull Island; where they are attacked by human sacrificing natives, ravenous dinosaurs, cockroaches as big as beer barrels and scorpions the size of cars, to name but a few; what's left of our less than heroic crew return to New York with the greates find out more...

LUST CAUTION (2007)

Certification18 Our Rating

China in the turmoil of Japanese occupation is the evocative setting for this unusual and visually stunning tale. Recruited before she is truly aware of her purpose, a young woman is groomed to become an irresistible siren, an icon of contemporary eroticism to ensnare a collaborator who has wreaked havoc amongst her people. Ang Lee's stunning follow up to "Broke Back Mountain" is in essence a thriller but as with all his films it is the richness and depth of the characters that really drive the find out more...

MANON DES SOURCES (1987)

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The sequel to Jean De Florette (which should be seen first). Jean's daughter remains in the hills to herd goats and to finally serve the tight-lipped villagers with their just desserts. This part is less tragic but even more heartwrenching than the first, and the two must be seen! find out more...

MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART (1993)

Certification15 Our Rating

An acclaimed and gloriously visual epic that follows the life of Avik, a young half-Eskimo boy, in his search for love and identity. It takes him across continents, through the hell of war, and into a painful reunion with Aubertine, his childhood sweet-heart. Moving, beautiful and superbly filmed. find out more...

NORTH FACE (2008)

Certification12 Our Rating

In 1936 the North Face of the Eiger was the holy grail for European climbers. This is an account of how two poorly equipped Bavarian pioneers, Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser, came to try the ascent up the terrible face itself, where they were joined by two Austrian climbers, and the girl they left behind. It is also a story that inspired thousands, including Joe Simpson, whose retracing of the tragic events can be found in the film 'The Beckoning Silence'. This is a thrilling story, with a find out more...