20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, manages to gain entry to the 1976 British Open Golf Championship qualification round despite being a complete novice. Underrated and overlooked passion project from Simon Farnaby.

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24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (2002)

Certification18 Our Rating

Factory Records, the Hacienda club, Tony Wilson, Happy Mondays, etc, etc. '24 Hour Party People' is an affectionate and humorous trip through Manchester's monster music scene in the 80s and 90s. The soundtrack as you'd expect is blinding and Steve Coogan's portrayal of Wilson is spooky. A film that stands on it's own as an excellent near tragi-comedy, but within its historical context... it's bloody mad!

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54 (1999)

Certification15 Our Rating

At last, a film about the disco scene that doesn't make you want to give up grooving! Mike Myers plays the infamous Steve Rubell who offered drugs, sex and barmen on rollerskates at his Studio 54 nightclub. Shane O'Shea is the young hopefull desperate to get his foot in the door and be a part of the glamour, but behind the gold painted cherubs and funky dancing he discovers there's a lot more to making it big than he thought. find out more...

AMERICAN GANGSTER (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

1970s; Harlem hood Frank Lucas has hijacked the New York heroin business by dealing directly with the Chinese growers in SE Asia and importing large amounts of the drug inside the caskets of soldiers killed in Vietnam. However his nemesis, flamboyant, tenacious and unbribable narcotics cop Richie Roberts, is on his tail and is determined to bring him down. find out more...

AND THE BAND PLAYED ON (1993)

Certification15 Our Rating

The story of the discovery of the AIDS virus, from the early days in 1978, when San Francisco gays began dying from unknown causes, to the identification of the HIV virus. Bigots spoke of a gay plague, scientists fought for the kudos of being first to identify the cause, and disagreements beset San Francisco's gays over the closure of the bathhouses. The film, quite rightly, deals with these issues. find out more...

ANY DAY NOW (2012)

Certification15 Our Rating

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AUTO FOCUS (2002)

Certification18 Our Rating

Bob Crane was the star of the hugely successful 1960s TV series "Hogan's Heroes", a man of fine upstanding character until he's befriended by a svengali-like video technician. Together the two men embark on an increasingly dark journey of sexual hedonism that leaves Crane increasingly estranged from reality and, ultimately, dead. Auto Focus is a fascinating film, visually atmospheric, superbly performed by the two leads and an utterly gripping account of one man's decent into addiction. find out more...

BALLOON (2018)

Certification12 Our Rating

East Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.

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BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS (2002)

Certification12 Our Rating

Set during the cultural revolution in China we follow two urbane young men after they are dismissed to a remote, but beautiful, mountainous corner of the country to re-learn the basic tenets of Chairman Mao's communist ideology. At first depressed by their predicament, the two lads soon perk up when they come across a hidden selection of western literature, a find they eagerly share with the curious and beguiling local seamstress. They also survive by telling stories, making music and pulling te find out more...

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BOARDWALK EMPIRE SEASON 2: DISC 5 (2011)

Certification15 Our Rating

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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