20th Century Flicks, Bristol

No-nonsense Macy's executive Doris Walker is in desperate need of a new store Santa, luckily Kris Kringle is on-hand to help out. There's only one problem with this jolly old man, he thinks he actually is Santa Claus. Is Kris who he say's he is, or is he a certifiable nut case? Doris's six-year-old daughter seems convinced, but can Kris persuade a grand jury? A wonderful, magical film - this is what Christmas is all about!!! find out more...

MURDER! (1930)

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Herbert Marshall (in his first sound film) plays a gentleman and famous actor, Sir John Menier, who has second thoughts about the guilt of a young actress Diana Baring (Norah Baring), whom as a jury member he'd helped convict of murder. So, before she's to be executed for the crime, he works tirelessly to prove her innocence by finding the real guilty party. A memorable scene with Marshall thinking while shaving. find out more...

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)

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The first, and many would argue the best, of Hollywood's interpretations of the infamous mutiny aboard HMS Bounty in the South Pacific in 1789, an historic battle of wills between Fletcher Christian and Captain Bligh. This version virtually deserts Christian after the mutiny, concentrating on Bligh's amazing 4,000 mile open boat voyage and the subsequent court-martial. find out more...

PATHS OF GLORY (1957)

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One of Stanley Kubrick's earliest films, Paths of Glory is a seminal anti-war movie. Set during the First World War, the French general staff give the order for Colonel Dax (Douglas) and his men to attack a particularly well fortified German position. The order is little more than authorised suicide and when the remanants of Dax's men return, the high command, looking for something to distact from their murderous incompetence, decide to court-martial three of the surviving soldiers. The outra find out more...

PEYTON PLACE (1957)

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Alison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of Pearl Harbour. Beneath the town's placid God-fearing exterior lay any number of dark secrets involving sexual attraction and repression, illegitimacy, rape, gossip, intolerance, and class snobbery. No wonder Allison had moved to a quiet place like New York. Peyton Place had the dubious distinction of 9 Oscar nominations, but not one winner. find out more...

THE FORTUNE COOKIE (1966)

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AKA "Meet Whiplash Willie", this film is a real delight with Matthau as a crooked attorney who convinces injured Lemmon to fake partial paralysis in order to claim huge damages. A brilliantly funny veneer covers up a deep-seated cynicism in probably Wilder's finest, though not best known, film.

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THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1943)

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Two drifters are passing through a Western town when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The townspeople, joined by the drifters, form a posse to catch the perpetrators. They find three men in possession of the cattle, and are determined to see justice done on the spot. Superlative western with a timeless message, echoed in another Henry Fonda classic: 12 Angry Men. find out more...

THE PARADINE CASE (1947)

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This was one Hitchcock movie that flopped on release, hard to see why now, because although it's not one of his best it's by no means a bad movie. A wealthy and succesful barrister's world falls apart when he falls in love with his client, who may well be a cunning murderess! find out more...

THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928)

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The sufferings of a martyr, Jeanne D'Arc (1412-1431). Jeanne appears in court where Cauchon questions her and d'Estivet spits on her. She predicts her rescue, is taken to her cell, and judges forge evidence against her. In her cell, priests interrogate her and judges deny her the Mass. Threatened first in a torture chamber and then offered communion if she will recant, she refuses. At a cemetery, in front of a crowd, a priest and supporters urge her to recant; she does, and Cauchon announces find out more...

THE TRIAL (WELLES) (1962)

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The nightmare begins when Joseph K awakes to realise that a police inspector is at the foot of his bed. So it begins, but where will it end? A superb allegory for the life of modern Man, as K tries desperately to justify his existence to an uncaring judiciary. From the novel by Kafka by way of that well known late sherry merchant, Orson Welles. "Like a dog..." find out more...