20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Based on Eric Fenby's 1936 memoir 'Delius As I Knew Him', we follow the last five years of the composer, by now blind, paralysed, embittered and at war with the world, as Fenby helps him formulate into music the compositions he still has whirling around his mind. 'Delius - Song of Summer' is a powerful and moving story. find out more...

FIGHTER IN THE WIND (2007)

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Based on the comic-book adventure detailing the events in the life of legendary Korean martial artist Choi Bae-dal. find out more...

GANDHI (1982)

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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...

HITLER: THE RISE OF EVIL (2003)

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The somewhat sensationalist title belies what is at heart an earnest attempt to realistically portray the descent of Hitler into madness, paranoia and megalomania. While the recently made �Max' focused on the young Hitler from a �What Could've Been' angle, �Hitler: The Rise of Evil' tries admirably to stick to the facts as it traces his career in politics (as a rising star, darling of both the poor and the powered gentry), to his self-destructive end. While the film portrays a truncated view of find out more...

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (2012)

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In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor host the King and Queen of England for a weekend in New York; the first ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities find out more...

J. EDGAR (2011)

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Scott Donaldson says: "It’s all secrets and lies here as Clint Eastwood presents us with J Edgar Hoover – the man who made the FBI. Leonardo DiCaprio certainly gives it all he’s got as Hoover, whether he’s the old man recounting his escapades from behind a desk, or the young go-getter making powerful enemies while shooting at gangsters and schmoozing the stars. But still, with a subject as tricksy as Hoover, don&r find out more...

JINNAH (1998)

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It is in 1947, India has been given its independence from British rule and the Islamic partition that would become Pakistan has been painfully born. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan realizes this great ambition and a year later succumbs to the illness through which he has willed himself to live. As his life begins to ebb away Jinnah relives the dilemmas and triumphs of his life, the drama of his ideals, his romance, his happiness and the tragedy of the death of his wife. It takes the find out more...

KUNDUN (1998)

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Forget that this is a Scorsese movie, 'cos there's not a gangster or a grifter in sight. Stunningly shot, this is the visually breathtaking account of the early life of the 14th Dalai Lama, starting with his discovery by Buddhist monks in the northern Tibet of 1935. Meticulously detailed but well-paced, it's a rich, riveting movie with a powerfully haunting soundtrack from Philip Glass. find out more...

LION OF THE DESERT (1980)

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A stirring and star-studded account of the Bedouin resistance against Mussolini's mechanised army in the deserts of North Africa during the 1920s. Epic in scope and length, The Lion Of The Desert focuses on Bedouin leader Omar Mukhtar, teacher turned guerrilla and willing martyr for the cause of his people. find out more...