Bristol’s Week in film: June 25-July 1 2021

If the nation’s blokey-blokes can tear themselves away from the bloody football and/or the pub this week, they’ll find cinemas are also catering to their post-lockdown needs with saturation screenings of ludicrous car chases wrapped around a gossamer-thin ‘plot’. That’s right: Fast & Furious 9 is upon us.

Mercifully, other options are available. Harry Macqueen’s gay dementia drama Supernova is getting a wide release. Down at the Watershed, it’s screening with a couple of short films to launch this year’s Queer Vision – Bristol Pride’s film festival. Also at the Watershed, Sweat is a timely exploration of the empty life of an ‘influencer’.

On the event cinema front, there’s another chance to see the IDLES film Don’t Go Gentle, with a filmmaker Q&A, plus the world premiere of Nick Broomfield’s Suge Knight documentary Last Man Standing.

A brace of fine reissues arrive this week too: the evergreen Some Like It Hot and Shaft, the latter returning to the big screen at the Everyman to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

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