20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Set during the 1930's on the Amalfi coast, a chosen summer haunt for the rich and the beautiful, rarely is the air not thick with gossip, but on this occasion Robert Windemere and his beautiful young wife are the focus of discussion. Rumour has it Robert provides an allowance Mrs Erlynne, a woman with a reputation to be well avoided, while his wife is not as dismissive of other men's attentions as it is felt she ought. Adapted from Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's fan, A Good Woman is a lushly vi find out more...

A HANDFUL OF DUST (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

The seemingly happy marriage of Tony and Brenda, a rich and socially-connected country couple, is shattered by the arrival of penniless bounder John and the death of their beloved only son. A tale with a sinister twist in its tail. find out more...

ASK THE DUST (2006)

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Arturo Bandini is a would-be writer seeking fame, fortune and a blue-eyed blonde in 1930s Los Angeles. Instead he finds Mexican barmaid Camilla, who hopes to blend into Anglo society by marrying a wealthy blue-blood. Stunning photography and direction by Academy Award winner Robert Towne make 'Ask The Dust' an intriguing, if not entirely successful, tale of two cast-offs in a struggle between their ambitions and the passion that arises between them. find out more...

ATONEMENT (2007)

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During a hot and sultry 1935 summer an embryonic relationship between rich Cambridge graduate Celia (Knightly) and the housekeeper's son Robbie (McEvoy) is left in tatters when Celia's precocious sister falsely accuses James of molesting another young girl. The accusation, based on the misperceptions and childish hurts of a fevered imagination, leads to James's arrest and imprisonment. As the movie progresses, from an English manor house to the war-ravaged wastes of northern France and to bli find out more...

BAARIA (2009)

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Giuseppe Tornatore directed this grand-scale portrait of life and love over several decades in the small town in Sicily where he was born. We see a number of important historical events through the eyes of young Peppino, watching the fortunes of his town and his family rise and fall. While open to accusations of nostalgia, superficiality and indulgence the film is something of a feast for the senses.
A rambunctious family saga the kind they don't, and probably shouldn't, make any more. find out more...

BELLE EPOQUE (1993)

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Winner of the '94 foreign film Oscar, this is a delightfully lightweight, witty Spanish romance set at the birth of the second Republic. Fernando, a deserter from the army, lands on his feet with the elderly Manolo, who takes pity on him, and who has 4 gorgeous (and available!) daughters. Superb! find out more...

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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (2008) (2008)

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Narrated via the memoirs of Captain Charles Ryder while stationed at the Brideshead Castle during WWII, we follow his increasingly intense, confused relationship with the aristocratic Flyte family and in particular brother and sister Sebastian and Julia. An impressive if slightly pointless cinematic adaptation of Waugh's classic much better done in the epic television drama. find out more...

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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED EPS 8-11 (2007)

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The final episodes (the episodes on our VHS tapes are numbered from 1-15 but contain exacltly the same material) 8 to 11; Brideshead Deserted, Orphans Of The Storm, A Twitch Upon The Thread, Brideshead Revisited. The years pass Charles becomes an artist and loses contact for 10 yrs. Following a change meeting, Charles and Julia start a long suppressed affair, but she won't marry him. Lady Marchmain is dying and asks Charles, who is painting in Paris, to help find Seb. Rex and Julia are having pr find out more...

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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED VOLUME 3 (1981)

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Episodes 8 to 11; Brideshead Deserted, Orphans Of The Storm, A Twitch Upon The Thread, Brideshead Revisited. The years pass Charles becomes an artist and loses contact for 10 yrs. Following a change meeting, Charles and Julia start a long suppressed affair, but she won't marry him. Lady Marchmain is dying and asks Charles, who is painting in Paris, to help find Seb. Rex and Julia are having problems getting married because she is Catholic and he is Protestant. Meanwhile Charles finds Seb impover find out more...

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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED VOLUME 4 (1981)

Certification15 Our Rating

Episodes 12 to 15. Lady Marchmain is dying and asks Charles, who is painting in Paris, to help find Seb. Rex and Julia are having problems getting married because she is Catholic and he is Protestant. Meanwhile Charles finds Seb impoverished and dying of drink in North Africa. find out more...