Film / Comedy
The Farewell
Awkwafina stars in this highly acclaimed true-life Chinese-American comedy drama
Film
Bristol Film Festival: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Sing in the rain with fine wines to celebrate the comedy western's 50th anniversary
Film
Luna Cinema: Bohemian Rhapsody
Al fresco screening at Ashton Court of the Oscar winning hit Queen flick
This week we’ve got Brad Pitt in space in Ad Astra, highly acclaimed Chinese-American drama The Farewell, powerful documentary Honeyland, and Elisabeth Moss as a mobster in The Kitchen.
If you feel the urge come over all al fresco in this unusually pleasant September weather, Luna Cinema brings three outdoor screenings to Ashton Court at the weekend. Elsewhere, the much-anticipated 25th annual Encounters short film festival launches on Tuesday and the Fleabag phenomenon continues with multiple hastily-added extra screenings of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s revived one-woman London stage show to keep up with demand.
Follow the links below for more details of all of these and more, including screening times. Go here for our comprehensive film listings.
Film / Comedy
Awkwafina stars in this highly acclaimed true-life Chinese-American comedy drama
Film / Drama
Brad Pitt goes on a lengthy trundle through the solar system to find out what happened to his dad
Film / Drama
Mobster molls take charge of the whackings and rackets in 1978 Hell's Kitchen
Film / Documentary
Heartbreaking parable about greed and sustainability in the world of wild beekeeping
Film / Action
Sly Stallone (73) returns to special forces pensioner whupass with his fifth Rambo flick
Film / Animation
Eight episodes of the kiddie cartoon phenomenon on the big screen
Film / Art House
Drama exploring the role of women in the development of electronic music
Film / Festival Screening
Bristol's world-renowned short film fest kicks off with a celebration of British comedy
Film / Festival Screening
The first full day of Encounters, with comedy, VR and skin-crawling horror
Film / Festival Screening
Encounters continues with sci-fi, a focus on Malta and the legendary Late Lounge
Film / Drama
Al fresco screening at Ashton Court of the Oscar winning hit Queen flick
Film / Family
Emily Blunt assumes creepy levitating sprog-wrangler duties under the stars
Film / Comedy
Hit Disney prostitution romcom screened under the stars
Film / Comedy
Sing in the rain with fine wines to celebrate the comedy western's 50th anniversary
Film / Event Cinema
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's one-woman play that inspired the hit TV series returns to the stage
Film / Event Cinema
Return of the hit comedy with a Tony Award winning performance by James Corden
Film / Event Cinema
Verdi's tragic opera performed for the first time on the Bregenz lake stage
Film / Horror
A new bride is obliged to play a deadly game of hide and seek
Film / Action
Indy whups dastardly Nazi ass in the first and best of the Indiana Jones flicks
Film / Drama
Cult David Fincher slugfest returns
Film / Drama
4K restoration of the only X-rated movie ever to win the Best Picture Oscar
Film / Drama
Rachel Weisz stars in an exploration of faith and sexuality in London's Orthodox Jewish community
Film / Drama
David Fincher's serial killer classic returns in late night cult classic season
Film / Science Fiction
Denis Villeneuve's sequel to Ridley Scott's sci-fi noir classic returns in Encounters Retrospective
Film / Musical
Archetypal lavish MGM musical, with Gershwin score and Gene Kelly hoofing
Film / Documentary
Return of Bristol's longest running open screen short film night
Film / Drama
Julian Fellowes' toffs and forelock-tuggers invade the big screen
Film / Horror
Pennywise the dancing clown returns to menace the adult Losers in second part of the hit horror
Film / Drama
Much-acclaimed Cornish fishing village drama from Bristol-based Early Day Films
Film / Drama
J-Lo stars in a true-ish-life drama about a bunch of strippers who scam their wealthy clients
Film / Comedy
DiCaprio and Pitt tangle with the Manson cult in Tarantino's bloody, multi-stranded comedy-drama
Film / Drama
Jon Favreau helms Disney's live action version of its 1994 animated hit
Film / Documentary
A candid documentary offering an extraordinary insight into one woman's experience of war
Film / Art House
Period drama about a morally compromised lawyer in 1970s Argentina
Film / Action
Further cheesy terrorsploitation from the people behind Olympus Has Fallen & London Has Fallen
Film / Drama
Nickelodeon's popular animated TV series Dora the Explorer gets the live-action movie treatment
Film / Animation
All the gang are back for Pixar's follow-up to the magnificent Toy Story 3
Film / Action
Petrolhead action spin-off with Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson and Idris Elba
Film / Comedy
Guy Ritchie helms Disney's live-action remake of its 1992 animation with Will Smith as the genie
Film / Action
A hurricane alligator horror? We're in!
Film / Comedy
A trio of pre-teens get invited to a 'kissing party' in raunchy, Superbad-esque comedy
Film / Horror
Guillermo del Toro teams up with the director of Trollhunter for a folklore-derived horror
Film / Action
Spidey and Mysterio take on the dastardly extradimensional Elementals
Film / Drama
Timothy Spall daubs again in this drama about the artist's relationship with his monstrous mother
Film / Documentary
Documentary about the trailblazing rocker + in-person Q&A by Ms. Quatro herself
Film / Horror
Controversial 1932 freakshow classic returns to accompany Sarah Houbolt's KooKoo the Birdgirl
Film / Drama
Emma Rice's much-acclaimed Angela Carter adaptation, captured live at the York Theatre Royal
Film / Documentary
Documentary exploring humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet
Film / Event Cinema
The one tenor celebrates half a century of bellowing
Film / Documentary
Celebrating the creativity of emerging BAME filmmakers for Black History Month
Film / Documentary
Black History month screening of new documentary about the great Nicaraguan poet
Film / Comedy
Chris Morris unloads both barrels at the absurdities of the 'war on terror'
Film / Drama
Nicole Kidman stars in an adaptation of Donna Tartt's lengthy Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller
Film / Comedy
Comedy with 1920s child star Jackie Coogan, plus live piano accompaniment
Film / Documentary
Documentary about acclaimed war photographer Jesús Abad Colorado
Film / Animation
Aardman's woolly mischief-maker befriends a cute burpy space alien
Film / Comedy
Entitled brat shares a house with a reclusive author in low-key indie comedy-drama
Film / Art House
Three single people look for love in a city that does little to embrace them
Film / Drama
Hard-hitting autobiographical drama about a Nigerian immigrant drawn into a racist skinhead gang
Film / Documentary
Documentary about combat veterans turning to psychedelics for relief from PTSD
Film / Horror
Robert Wise's classic original supernatural horror flick returns for Halloween
Film / Drama
Liza Minnelli hoofs it up in thirties Berlin
Film / Music
A mix of film clips and live music at Totterdown's Old Picture House
Film / Drama
Silent Soviet Commie classic fantasy from 1924, soundtracked by Mike Cooper
Film / Documentary
Female-led short films from the worlds of mountain biking, motorbiking and skateboarding
Film / Drama
An authentic portrait of female friendship from the director of Suffragette
Film / Drama
A fabulously lurid and erotic tale of addiction screened in Weimar Sundays season
Film / Drama
A Huck Finn-esque feelgood buddy flick with a twist, starring Shia LaBeouf
Film / Documentary
A philosophical journey through democracy, spanning millennia and continents