Film / Animation
Frozen II Singalong screening
Warble along with Disney's inevitable sequel to its 2013 global mega-hit
Film
Steel is Real But Carbon is Quicker
Premiere of this Bristol-made documentary about the UK grassroots cycling scene
Film
UK Jewish Film Festival on Tour: Solomon and Gaenor + Q&A
20th anniversary screening of the Oscar nominated Welsh/Yiddish romantic drama
Disney sequel Frozen II is this week’s big new release (in 2D and 3D), while action enthusiasts get 21 Bridges and arthouse audiences can enjoy Judy & Punch and/or the latest lauded Netflix flick Marriage Story.
From Wednesday, many cinemas have previews of Rian Johnson’s much-acclaimed Agatha Christie-style murder mystery, Knives Out.
And we’ve got just the one film festival this week: the UK Jewish Film Festival on Tour, which arrives at the Watershed with two screenings.
Follow the links below for further details and screening times and go here for our comprehensive film listings.
Film / Animation
Warble along with Disney's inevitable sequel to its 2013 global mega-hit
Film / Drama
Quirky, darkly comic feminist reworking of domestic violence-themed seaside entertainment
Film / Drama
Biopic of 19th century slave-turned-abolitionist and political activist Harriet Tubman
Film / Comedy
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star in Noah Baumbach's divorce drama
Film / Thriller
Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman gets his own cop thriller vehicle
Film / Animation
All the gang are back in Disney's inevitable sequel to its 2013 global mega-hit
Film / Drama
Topical British 'postcode war' gang violence drama directed by Rapman
Film / Drama
Olivia Colman joins a bonkers Appalachian sect of Pentecostalist serpent handlers
Film / Animation
Revoiced Norwegian animation about a calf who dreams of becoming a pop star
Film / Documentary
Locally made documentary about world record breaking paralympian Mel Nicholls
Film / Documentary
Premiere of this Bristol-made documentary about the UK grassroots cycling scene
Film / Event Cinema
Phelim McDermott‘s Olivier Award-winning production of Philip Glass‘s Egyptian opera
Film / Event Cinema
Synthpoppers captured live in concert by regular collaborator Anton Corbijn
Film / Event Cinema
1991 Wembley Stadium concert restored to 4K
Film / Event Cinema
Bonnie Langford stars in the glitzy musical, recorded live at the Theatre Royal
Film / Drama
A Tory minister and his wife go to war in Simon Woods' searing new play
Film / Event Cinema
The Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical
Film / Documentary
Return of Bristol's longest running open screen short film night
Film / Drama
20th anniversary screening of the Oscar nominated Welsh/Yiddish romantic drama
Film / Drama
A Jewish-Norwegian teen disguises herself as a boy to evade the Nazis
Film / Drama
Rian Johnson's knowing, intricately plotted homage to the Agatha Christie-style murder-mystery
Film / Drama
E.A. Dupont's lavish 1928 silent drama set in and around the dancehalls of Paris
Film / Comedy
4K restoration of Billy Wilder's comedy classic
Film / Action
The first and best Weapon returns to the big screen
Film / Comedy
Julie Andrews pretends to be a bloke who pretends to be a woman in this 1982 musical comedy
Film / Animation
Anime feature boasting giant robots and OTT firefights
Film / Comedy
Matthew McConaughey stars in Harmony Korine's acquired-taste stoner comedy
Film / Science Fiction
Ridley Scott's definitive version of his classic sci fi returns to the big screen
Film / Documentary
Holocaust documentary in which a group of Jewish bikers re-trace their forebears' footsteps
Film / Drama
Liza Minnelli hoofs it up in thirties Berlin
Film / Art House
Colombia's official Oscar entry: 'Apocalypse Now on shrooms'
Film / Comedy
A festive romcom with a dash of Elf and plenty of Wham!
Film / Drama
A brief opportunity to see Scorsese's Netflix gangster epic on the big screen
Film / Drama
Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in the story of the battle between Ford and Ferrari
Film / Fantasy
Joaquin Phoenix slaps on the clown face in this darker take on the DC villain
Film / Fantasy
Horny old Angelina Jolie returns in Disney's sequel to its adult reworking of Sleeping Beauty
Film / Animation
Charles Addams's spooky creation gets an animated update for the Instagram era
Film / Drama
Career conman Ian McKellen meets his match in the form of Helen Mirren
Film / Animation
A teen girl escorts a yeti back to his mountain home in this DreamWorks animation
Film / Action
CGI-laden reworking of the war in the Pacific flick from the director of Independence Day
Film / Animation
Aardman's woolly mischief-maker befriends a cute burpy space alien
Film / Action
Creaky old Arnie's back in a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Film / Documentary
Unconventional, impressionistic film about the creation of cult musician PJ Harvey's 2016 album
Film / Drama
Period hot air balloon adventure romp with Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones
Film / Comedy
All the gang are back for this zombie comedy sequel
Film / Horror
Killer app targets smartphone users in this latest variation on the techno-horror template
Film / Drama
Keira Knightley stars in the true story of GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun
Film / Drama
Renée Zellweger is Judy Garland in twilight years biopic
Film / Event Cinema
Live broadcast of the record breaking hit musical from the Gielgud Theatre
Film / Art House
Provocative German drama about a traumatised nine-year-old girl
Film / Documentary
Gentrification, austerity, a deepening social divide - the forces that shaped Brexit in microcosm
Film / Animation
Festive tot animation, not the deceased crooner
Film / Event Cinema
Ken Branagh and Judi Dench star in the Bard's tragicomedy
Film / Documentary
Documentary about a couple who flee the rat race to farm in harmony with nature
Film / Event Cinema
New production of Puccini's melodramatic opera of passion, terror, torture and ropy plot contrivance
Film / Comedy
The least festive movie ever made returns for Christmas
Film / Drama
Epic period vengeance thriller from the director of The Babadook
Film / Documentary
Free screening of award-winning doc about four female Democrats who ran for Congress in 2018
Film / Comedy
Odd-couple Popey comedy-drama with Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce
Film / Comedy
Start of a fan-milking three-part 25th anniversary event, with four episodes in 4K
Film / Comedy
Get nostalgically festive with Bing and Danny in BFI Musicals season
Film / Science Fiction
The first Tron movie plus a panel discussion hosted by the Bristol-based podcast
Film / Art House
The great Catherine Deneuve stars in Cédric Kahn's family meltdown comedy
Film / Comedy
Return of the frothy, whimsical Cary Grant comedy for Christmas
Film / Drama
James Stewart stars in festive family classic
Film / Ballet
Tchaikovsky's festive ballet recorded live in Moscow
Film / Ballet
If it's December, it must be The Nutcracker
Film / Action
Epic nerdfest climaxing with the first screening of The Rise of Skywalker