Film / Animation
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Aardman's woolly mischief-maker befriends a cute burpy space alien
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A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Aardman's woolly mischief-maker befriends a cute burpy space alien
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Bristol Film Festival: The Woman in Black
Harry Potter has the willies scared out of him in this late-night screening at Arnos Vale Cemetery
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Der Golem + live musical accompaniment
4K restoration of this German expressionist masterpiece from 1920
It’s a big week for Aardman as A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon finally opens in cinemas nationwide. In other semi-local news, reclusive Chris Morris (a Bristol University zoology graduate, y’know) makes a rare public appearance for Q&As after two screenings of his new film The Day Shall Come at the Watershed on Friday. Grab your tickets now as the first one has slready sold out. (For details see the listing in Still Going Strong below)
Also likely to pack ’em in are Bristol Film Festival’s three spooky screenings at Arnos Vale cemetery on Thursday. Indeed, Ghostbusters has already sold out, but tickets are still available for the other two.
There are previews of Ken Loach’s new film Sorry We Missed You, with a satellite Q&A, at several local cinemas on Wednesday.
The Cities, Future Cities and Film season continues at the Watershed this week too, concluding on Monday with the pertinent What is Democracy? and a debate.
Follow the links below for further information on all these and more. Go here for our comprehensive film listings.
Film / Animation
Aardman's woolly mischief-maker befriends a cute burpy space alien
Film / Comedy
All the gang are back for this zombie comedy sequel
Film / Fantasy
Horny old Angelina Jolie returns in Disney's sequel to its adult reworking of Sleeping Beauty
Film / Drama
Keira Knightley stars in the true story of GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun
Film / Drama
A Huck Finn-esque feelgood buddy flick with a twist, starring Shia LaBeouf
Film / Art House
A very French gabfest of art, adultery and midlife crises from Olivier Assayas
Film / Fantasy
Horny old Angelina Jolie returns in Disney's sequel to its adult reworking of Sleeping Beauty
Film / Drama
Ken Loach puts the boot in to the 'gig economy'
Film / Action
Creaky old Arnie's back in a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Film / Comedy
Slyly subversive Addams Family sequel screened at Arnos Vale Cemetery
Film / Comedy
Murray, Aykroyd and Ramis battle those spooks in the biggest hit comedy of the 1980s
Film / Horror
Harry Potter has the willies scared out of him in this late-night screening at Arnos Vale Cemetery
Film / Documentary
The story of the failure of a utopian attempt to solve urban problems
Film / Documentary
A philosophical journey through democracy, spanning millennia and continents
Film / Documentary
A researcher returns to the UK to find that the housing stock is the most dilapidated in Europe
Film / Drama
Orwell adaptation returns in Cities, Future Cities and Film season
Film / Event Cinema
4K restoration of this German expressionist masterpiece from 1920
Film / Ballet
Hugely acclaimed contemporary dance reworking places R&J in the sinister 'Verona Institute'
Film / Documentary
Celebrating the creativity of emerging BAME filmmakers for Black History Month
Film / Documentary
Documentary about acclaimed war photographer Jesús Abad Colorado
Film / Event Cinema
Bryn Terfel leads the cast in this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama
Film / Event Cinema
Return of the hit comedy with a Tony Award winning performance by James Corden
Film / Horror
Controversial 1932 freakshow classic returns to accompany Sarah Houbolt's KooKoo the Birdgirl
Film / Comedy
Comedy with 1920s child star Jackie Coogan, plus live piano accompaniment
Film / Comedy
Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds holler in the precipitation for the BFI Musicals season
Film / Horror
Heeeeeere's Jack - back to cheer you up post-lockdown
Film / Documentary
Documentary about combat veterans turning to psychedelics for relief from PTSD
Film / Drama
Drug abuse, prostitution and infidelity among the 1920s Berlin bohemian set
Film / Drama
Jules Dassin's Oscar-winning, hugely influential noir
Film / Documentary
Documentary profile of the under-appreciated New York photographer
Film / Fantasy
The late David Bowie in his silliest film performance, screened in Redcliffe Caves
Film / Fantasy
Joaquin Phoenix slaps on the clown face in this darker take on the DC villain
Film / Drama
Much-acclaimed Cornish fishing village drama from Bristol-based Early Day Films
Film / Comedy
Chris Morris unloads both barrels at the absurdities of the 'war on terror'
Film / Animation
A teen girl escorts a yeti back to his mountain home in this DreamWorks animation
Film / Action
Will Smith is targeted by younger clone of himself in Ang Lee's Looper-style sci-fi action thriller
Film / Drama
Renée Zellweger is Judy Garland in twilight years biopic
Film / Drama
Julian Fellowes' toffs and forelock-tuggers invade the big screen
Film / Drama
J-Lo stars in a true-ish-life drama about a bunch of strippers who scam their wealthy clients
Film / Drama
Jon Favreau helms Disney's live action version of its 1994 animated hit
Film / Drama
Brad Pitt goes on a lengthy trundle through the solar system to find out what happened to his dad
Film / Horror
A new bride is obliged to play a deadly game of hide and seek
Film / Comedy
Python's brilliant satire on everything from organised religion to left-wing sects
Film / Drama
Timely, fact-based drama of gentrification
Film / Science Fiction
The first Tron movie plus a panel discussion hosted by the Bristol-based podcast
Film / Comedy
Hal Ashby's blackly comic, death-fixated unlikely romance - screened in a cemetery
Film / Art House
Acclaimed French girl gang coming-of-age drama
Film / Documentary
Documentary charting the lives of ordinary Gazans against the backdrop of conflict
Film / Comedy
The third Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers hoofing flick returns in BFI musicals season
Film / Drama
Robert Aldrich's noir classic, which was referenced so reverently in Pulp Fiction
Film / Documentary
A provocative meditation on the state of race relations in the USA
Film / Drama
Cracking 1959 heist flick with a nasty underbelly of racism
Film / Drama
A Kenyan village comes together to help realise a dying girl's dream of becoming a superhero
Film / Comedy
The greatest of all Dickens adaptations (possibly), screened in Bristol Old Vic's auditorium
Film / Drama
Splendid if overlooked Hitchcockian gothic mystery from 1945
Film / Documentary
A documentary about the relationship between art and madness
Film / Documentary
Documentary following a Libyan women's football team over five tumultuous years
Film / Fantasy
Judy Garland musical fantasy classic
Film / Comedy
Enduringly popular festive comedy with Will Ferrell as Santa's largest elf
Film / Art House
A South African coming of age story with a sexual identity twist
Film / Art House
Restoration of Julie Dash's acclaimed feature debut