20th Century Flicks, Bristol

One of Hollywood's saddest heartbreakers with the emotional Garland, fast approaching her final crack-up, superb as the fast rising young star leaving behind her true love, Mason in one of his greatest performances, on the slippery road to failure. The DVD version includes important excised footage, many scenes admirably filling gaps in the original, rediscovered in archives. find out more...

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957)

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An enduring and endearing romance with Grant and Kerr as two people who inadvertently fall in love aboard ship, despite both being already involved elsewhere. They vow to meet again, but things don't work out as planned. Romantic. find out more...

AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (1966)

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Taking man's inhumanity to man as its central theme, 'Au Hasard Balthazar' traces the life of a donkey, christened Balthazar by a group of young children, from birth to death. Balthazar's story begins on a small farm in a rural district of France. Throughout his life he is owned by many of the locals, returning to some of them more than once, and is set various tasks, from drawing a carriage to performing in a circus, turning a grindstone to acting as a smuggler's means of transport. Some owners find out more...

BAMBI (1942)

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Bambi is a beautiful baby deer, (doe, to grown-ups), born in the forest and brought up amongst friends like Thumper the rabbit and Flower, the funky skunk. The animation stands up to anything contemporary and the animals are just so darn cute! A real winner. find out more...

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BRIEF ENCOUNTER (HOWARD/JOHNSON) (1945)

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This movie shocked audiences back when it was first released, a sympathetic portrayal of two strangers who meet in a train station and have a non-consumated extramarital affair, was too strong for the times. Written by the equally shocking Noel Coward, this is a classic British melodrama. find out more...

CASABLANCA (1942)

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Nothing more can be said about this classic melodrama from the peak of the Hollywood studio-film era. Hardened cynic Bogart softens when he meets old flame Bergman who is now a refugee in neutral wartime Casablanca. Together they outwit the Germans... and of course there's that famous song. Watch this classic or some day you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow... find out more...

CATHY COME HOME (1966)

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A revelation for television drama this early work, a 'Wednesday Play', by Ken Loach is everything we've come to expect from one of Britain's finest directors. This tells the bleak tale of Cathy, who loses her home, husband and, eventually, her child through the inflexibility of the welfare state, and is a searing attack on the said state and an incredibly humane observation of those at the sharp end. The DVD also has a commentary by Loach and extracts from the writer Jeremy Sandford's memoirs. T find out more...

CHARLOTTE'S WEB (1973)

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A delightful animated adaptation of the classic children's book, with the kind natured spider who can weave words and the farmyard pig who becomes her best friend. I loved the book, I loved the film, though I'll grant you.....that was a couple more than a couple of years ago. find out more...

DARK VICTORY (1939)

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Wonderful weepie with the incomparable Bette Davis as the spoilt, sniffy socialite who discovers compassion, and love when she's told she has only months to live. A tear-jerking tragedy with an excellent performance by George Brent as the doctor who brings her some happiness. Nominated for 3 Oscars. find out more...

DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (1962)

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Joe and Kirsten are high rollers and fast livers, but when their "social" drinking becomes an addiction the couple descend into a world of depression and recrimination. Days of Wine And Roses was nominated for 5 Oscars on its release in 1962 and it remains a powerful and unsettling portrait of alcoholism to this day. find out more...