What we’re about
We go and see the best and most interesting films around.
We usually meet for a while before the film to eat or drink, chat about what's been happening, and to discuss the films we've already seen.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- (Wednesday) Movie Meetup — Highest 2 Lowest — Meet from 7:15, film at 8:40Meet in the café / bar, Watershed, Bristol, BS1 5TX
"... a sprawling NYC panorama in the vintage Lee style ..."
We're going to see Spike Lee's new film Highest 2 Lowest.
We'll meet in the Watershed cafe/bar from 7:15 pm, to say hello and chat. After the film, we will stop for a while to share thoughts and reactions.
Buy your own ticket from the box office or online.
ABOUT THE FILM
"Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for the 5th film in their long working relationship for a reinterpretation of the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller High and Low, now played out on the streets of modern day New York City."
— Watershed summary"Spike Lee has made a brash, bold, big-city movie with this pulsing New York adventure that doubles as a love letter to NYC’s sports and its music. It is a remake (or maybe cover version) of Akira Kurosawa’s classic downbeat noir High and Low from 1963, transplanting the action from Yokohama to New York."
★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian"Titled like a sequel, plotted like a remake, and shot with enough of its own singular verve to ensure that most people never think of it as either of those things, Spike Lee’s deliriously entertaining — if jarringly upbeat — Highest 2 Lowest modernizes the post-war anxieties of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low” for the age of parasocial relationships."
★★★★ David Ehrlich, IndieWire"... Lee isn’t setting out to copy what was great before. He is using the past as a starting point to launch into what may be the final phase of his career. He is wielding a plethora of inspirations—musical, cinematic, and historical—to reunite with an old friend. He is making a Spike Lee joint. And it’s exceptional."
★★★★ Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com - (September) National Theatre Live — Inter Alia — Meet from 6:15, starts at 7:30Meet in the café / bar, Watershed, Bristol, BS1 5TX
We're going to see the Nation Theatre Live performance of Inter Alia, the new play by Suzzie Miller, directed by Justin Martin.
We'll meet in the Watershed cafe/bar from 6:15 pm, to say hello and chat. After the film, we will stop for a while to share thoughts and reactions.
Buy your own ticket from the box office or online.
ABOUT THE PLAY
"Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?
"Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity."
— Watershed Summary"Rosamund Pike rules in searing legal drama from Prima Facie team"
★★★★ Emma John, The Guardian"Rosamund Pike commands the stage for over two hours in Suzie Miller’s play about toxic masculinity inside and outside the courtroom."
★★★★ Nick Curtis, The Evening Standard"It’s a breathless performance from Pike, who crests and surges from neuroticism to icy confidence. It’s draining: there’s barely room for us or her to breathe... of course she’s posh, but she’s earthy, likeable, open, vulnerable, somewhat demystifying of her profession."
★★★★ Andrzej Lukowski, TimeOut"Inter Alia’s impact builds and builds until it’s almost unbearable. That’s a testament to Martin's production... But most of all, it's down to Pike’s immaculately judged performance"
★★★★ Alice Saville, The Independent
