20th Century Flicks, Bristol

A delightful and highly acclaimed drama that tenderly depicts the plight of a small group of Italian soldiers marooned on an idyllic and isolated Greek Island during WW2. They all become entranced by its beauty and people, as the War rolls on without them. Superbly filmed, lighthearted and romantic. find out more...

MEPHISTO (1982)

Certification18 Our Rating

An actor most famous for his portrayl of Mephisto, the man who sold his soul to the devil, sells out to the Nazi regime. His ambition over-rides all other concerns as he climbs his way to the top. A brilliantly made study of ruthless egotism. find out more...

MON ONCLE (1956)

CertificationU Our Rating

Tati's first colour film, a contrast between the glorious awfulness of the Arpels' automated modernistic house and Hulot's chaotic Bohemianism. Insane gadgets slam and roar, and heels click like metronomes in this wonderfully observed comedy. find out more...

NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1956)

CertificationPG Our Rating

Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar back in 1957, this early Fellini drama also bagged a Best Actress award at Cannes for Giulietta Masina, and was the inspiration for the hit musical "Sweet Charity". Cabiria (Masina) is the archetypal tart with a heart, a street prostitute who never loses her smile or her faith in human nature, despite being rejected and ripped off by the various men in her life. Digitally remastered from a newly restored print which contains a seven-minute scene not seen sin find out more...

NO MAN'S LAND (2002)

Certification15 Our Rating

Three men are trapped in between their lines, two Bosnian and one Serb, while the beaurocracy of the UN peacekeeping force and the world's media rages around them. Tanovic's 'No Man's Land' is a masterfully dark satire on the absurdity of war, a film that manages to be genuinely funny and painfully sad while also allowing us an insight into the basic humanity but also idiocy and ingrained bigotry of those who hold the weapons. find out more...

NOWHERE IN AFRICA (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

This justifiably acclaimed epic tells the fascinating story of a well-heeled German Jewish family, Jettel, Walter and 5-year-old Regina, who fled the Nazis in the late 1930s and settled as farmers in Kenya. Here they, as German citizens, eventually face internment, separation, Walter joining the British army, and a detioration in their marriage. find out more...

PELLE THE CONQUEROR (1989)

Certification15 Our Rating

The winner of the 1989 Oscar for best foreign film. The thoroughly compelling story of a young boy who emigrates to Sweden with his father who believes it to be a land of milk and honey, and his process of growing up amongst the quirks of a foreign culture. Should be seen! find out more...

RASHOMON (1950)

Certification12 Our Rating

Set in medieval Kyoto, this is an engrossing tale of rape and murder in which contradictory accounts of events are later related from the perspectives of four of those involved. A film which awakened the West to the richness of Japanese cinema. find out more...

THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (2003)

Certification18 Our Rating

Remy is not a well man, a life of hedonism has finally caught up with him and his time in this world is slowly ebbing away. His estranged wife calls his even more estranged, financial wizard son back from London to make up and help ensure dad gets the best treatment. Barely able to conceal his contempt for his father's unrepentant selfishness and womanising, the son nevertheless asks old friends to gather at the deathbed and lighten R�my's final days. Cue much bilious reflection on changing time find out more...

THE COUNTERFEITERS (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters and lives a sweet life of cards, booze and women. Eventually Salomon's luck runs out when he's arrested and thrown into a Nazi concentration camp, but it's not long before his exceptional skills are spotted and he is coerced into a counterfeit operation on a gargantuan scale; a plan to help finance the war effort and flood the British and American economies with fake currency. For the first time in his life Salomon finds himself in a mo find out more...