Bristol’s week in film: August 7-13 2020

So do you really want to wear a mask while watching a film? Or will it make you feel safer about returning to cinemas? We’re about to find out whether this will prove off-putting or reassuring, as face coverings belatedly become mandatory from Saturday. Locally, we still have only three cinemas to choose from anyway – the Everyman, Orpheus and Showcase Cinema de Lux – as the local Vues, Cineworld, Odeon and Showcase Avonmeads remain closed, alongside arthouse venues the Watershed and Cube.

This week’s new releases include a classy new Italian version of Pinocchio, marital bust-up drama Hope Gap and Seth Rogan comedy An American Pickle. The Everyman has picked up the new 40th anniversary 4K restoration of the enjoyably preposterous Flash Gordon. Also on the reissue front, Christopher Nolan’s brilliant Inception returns to cinemas from Wednesday to celebrate its tenth anniversary and whet our appetites for his new one, Tenet – if it ever shows up.

Oh, and if Elvis is your bag, the Burger King is back on cinema screens on Thursday in the reissued film of his Las Vegas comeback, Elvis: That’s the Way It Is.

Follow the links below for more information and screening times. Go here for our comprehensive film listings.