Bristol’s week in film: October 23-29 2020

The busters of blocks continue to run scared of the plague, but there’s an unexpected dividend in the form of mountains of new releases, many of which wouldn’t otherwise get to see the inside of a cinema. Naturally, one might suspect this is because they’re crap. And there’s more than a smidgen of truth to that. But there are also some gems among this week’s eleven (count ’em!) new releases, which are led by Irish thriller Pixie (pictured) and the latest Liam Neeson vengeance flick, Honest Thief. Classy bromance The Climb went down a treat at Sundance, documentary One Man and His Shoes takes a fascinating look at the marketing of Air Jordans (top marks to whoever is first to use the phrase “commodification of black culture”), beautiful hand-drawn animation Wolfwalkers completes Tomm Moore’s Irish folklore trilogy, and A Call to Spy tells the stories of a trio of ‘lady spies’ working for the SOE during WWII.

It probably hasn’t escaped your attention that this is Halloween week. The Adventure Drive-In’s horror season at Filton Airfield kicks off on Tuesday. We’ve also helpfully gathered together all the horror flicks showing at mainstream cinemas this week. These include a preview on Thursday of Japanese-Australian director Natalie Erika James‘s much-acclaimed feature debut Relic, which comes with a recorded intro from the director herself.

Oh, and in recognition of the fact that it’s half-term week, we’ve also corralled all the kidflicks that are available to keep the little bleeders quiet for a couple of hours. That’s OK, parents – no need to thank us.

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