Bristol’s Week in Film: October 2-8 2020

After last week’s paucity of new releases, we’re now getting a deluge of ’em. The biggie is kiddieflick threequel Cats and Dogs 3: Paws Unite!, which turns up a full decade after the previous instalment. Arthouse audiences get the lauded Miss Juneteenth, which arrives at the Watershed a week after its national release

But the most interesting films are a brace of quality releases that you’ll have to scrurry to catch on the big screen before they wind up on those damn streaming services: Aaron Sorkin’s all-star, Netflix-bound The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks, which reunites her with Lost in Translation star Bill Murray and is heading for Apple TV+.

If you want to get in ahead of the (socially distanced) teeming hordes, we also have a trio of previews. The Everyman is showing Brit arthouse horror Saint Maud on Tuesday – courtesy of Massive Cinema, who’ll be dishing out free Tote Bags. Down at the Watershed on Wednesday, there’s a free screening of Steve McQueen’s true-life courtroom drama Mangrove, which kicks off a programme of films hot from the BFI London Film Festival. This is followed on Thursday by Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself

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