Film / Comedy
The Sisters Brothers
A blackly comic Old West hitman drama shot in Spain and Romania by a French director
Film
National Theatre Encore: All About Eve
Gillian Anderson & Lily James star in a new production of the classic tale of jealousy and ambition
Horror remake Pet Sematary slugs it out with superhero movie Shazam! and kiddie cartoon Missing Link this week, with Happy as Lazarro and The Sisters Brothers being your arthouse choices. Kubrick’s classic A Clockwork Orange makes a welcome return to cinemas too.
There are previews of the Hellboy remake from Thursday and yet another kiddie cartoon, Wonder Park, from Monday – plus further previews of Wild Rose.
On the event cinema front, South West Silents presents the UK premiere of the new restoration of King of Kings at – where else? – Bristol Cathedral, while the NT’s new production of All About Eve with Gillian Anderson and Lily James is beamed live to cinemas.
Parents with nippers to entertain during the Easter holidays will be overjoyed to find that we’ve gathered together all the family-friendly films on release into a handy guide below. This week also sees the climax of the ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival 2019 Tour at the Watershed.
Follow the links for more information and screening times and go here for our comprehensive film listings.
Film / Comedy
A blackly comic Old West hitman drama shot in Spain and Romania by a French director
Film / Art House
Cannes award-winning arthouse magical realist fable from Alice Rohrwacher
Film / Action
DC flick about a kid who transforms himself into an adult superhero
Film / Horror
Remake of the 1989 Stephen King adaptation about a spooky Indian burial ground
Film / Drama
Biopic of WWII Nazi POW Bert Trautmann, who became a celebrated Manchester City goalie
Film / Animation
An explorer tracks down a mythical beast in the fifth film from stop-motion animation studio Laika
Film / Animation
Fifteenth anniversary programme of puddle-jumping porcine fun for tots
Film / Drama
4K restoration of Kubrick's 'ultraviolent' cause celebre
Film / Action
DC flick about a kid who transforms himself into an adult superhero
Film / Action
'Reboot' of the comicbook adaptation series, partly shot on location in Bristol
Film / Drama
Jessie Buckley shines in a musical crowd-pleaser about an aspiring country singer from Glasgow
Film / Animation
Family animation about a little girl who dreams up a fantastical amusement park
Film / Drama
UK premiere of the new restoration of Cecil B. DeMille's Biblical epic in Bristol Cathedral
Film / Event Cinema
Gillian Anderson & Lily James star in a new production of the classic tale of jealousy and ambition
Film / Drama
Anglo-Polish thriller in which a young journalist uncovers the truth about the Katyn massacre
Film / Ballet
Shostakovich's hoofing satire on the roaring '20s
Film / Documentary
Return of the popular EOS doc to mark the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt's death.
Film / Event Cinema
Emmylou Harris, James Taylor, Graham Nash and chums celebrate Joni Mitchell's 75th birthday
Film / Event Cinema
Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann lead a star-studded cast in Verdi's epic opera
Film / Horror
Your mother sucks cocks in hell (at the drive-in)
Film / Documentary
Outdoor screening of doc charting a year in the life of a fella who lives in a horsedrawn wagon
Film / Documentary
Much acclaimed documentary about skateboarding and friendship, filmed over 12 years
Film / Comedy
Hitchcock's final film launches John Williams score season as part of Filmic 19
Film / Comedy
John Hughes's very '80s teencom returns
Film / Art House
Family secrets tumble out when a woman sets out to track down her biological father
Film / Art House
Devoted fan helps amnesiac singer recover in this twisted tale of fame, duplicity and identity
Film / Art House
Award winning drama charting a few days in the life of a Buenos Aires prostitute
Film / Animation
An explorer tracks down a mythical beast in the fifth film from stop-motion animation studio Laika
Film / Animation
Fifteenth anniversary programme of puddle-jumping porcine fun for tots
Film / Animation
Family animation about a little girl who dreams up a fantastical amusement park
Film / Family
Big-eared heffalump is latest recipient of Disney live-action treatment in Tim Burton makeover
Film / Family
Big-eared heffalump is latest recipient of Disney live-action treatment in Tim Burton makeover
Film / Animation
Five years on from the first movie, everything is no longer awesome
Film / Animation
Five years on from the first movie, everything is no longer awesome
Film / Animation
Hiccup and Toothless face a new villain in animated fantasy threequel
Film / Drama
Mutt goes on very long walkies indeed in poochy sequel to A Dog's Purpose
Film / Action
Franchise spin-off animation with a half-Puerto Rican, half-African-American Spider-Man
Film / Animation
Ralph and chums escape to worlds filled with other Disney properties in animated sequel
Film / Animation
Family animation in which a yeti scientist becomes convinced that mythical humans actually exist
Film / Family
Big-eared heffalump is latest recipient of Disney live-action treatment in Tim Burton makeover
Film / Action
Brie Larson gets to wear the costume in Marvel's very first female-driven superhero movie
Film / Horror
Jordan Peele's brilliant follow-up to Get Out
Film / Drama
Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe plays Van Gogh in this immersive final years biopic
Film / Drama
Ralph Fiennes directs a drama centred on Rudolf Nureyev's dramatic defection to the west
Film / Comedy
Outdoor screening of this true-life Britcom about a bunch of sea shanty singing fishermen
Film / Comedy
That gender-flipped verison of What Women Want that you've been waiting 18 years for
Film / Comedy
Bristol's Stephen Merchant directs a true-life comedy about a female wrestler
Film / Family
Big-eared heffalump is latest recipient of Disney live-action treatment in Tim Burton makeover
Film / Animation
Five years on from the first movie, everything is no longer awesome
Film / Drama
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie put the mandatory feminist spin on the rival monarchs
Film / Drama
Barry Jenkins follows the Oscar winning Moonlight with this adaptation of James Baldwin's novel
Film / Music
Live performance of Górecki’s Symphony No.3 featuring Portishead's Beth Gibbons
Film / Action
A Kaiju double bill to celebrate Godzilla's 65th birthday
Film / Drama
The return of Jamaica's first - and arguably best - feature film in era-defining soundtracks season
Film / Drama
A ground-breaking Kenyan lesbian love story
Film / Art House
Quirky Icelandic drama about an eco-activist waging a one-woman campaign against an aluminium plant
Film / Drama
Natalie Portman stars in a pop star satire scored by the late Scott Walker
Film / Drama
Al fresco screening at Ashton Court of the Oscar winning hit Queen flick
Film / Art House
Timely ethical dilemma drama about a sailor who encounters a sinking boat full of refugees
Film / Comedy
Bo Burnham updates the teen anxiety flick for the vlogging era
Film / Comedy
Brit comedy-drama about a fishing expedition in search of a giant carp
Film / Animation
Pixar's Day of the Dead animation screened at Arnos Vale Cemetery