About us
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
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The Blue Caftan
Clifton Library, 13 Princess Victoria Street, Clifton, Bristol, GB“A hugely compassionate and emotionally satisfying movie.” The Guardian.
“.... a stunning portrayal of marital sacrifice and devotion.” – The Times.
“A work of handcrafted beauty.” – The Hollywood Reporter.
"The Blue Caftan tells the story of Halim and Mina, a couple who run a traditional caftan store in Morocco. Their lives are disrupted by Mina's illness and the arrival of a young apprentice named Youssef, which forces them to confront their hidden emotions and the complexities of their relationship, including Halim's homosexuality. The film explores themes of love, acceptance, and the delicate balance between tradition and modernity." - Foccal summary*
Tickets £5 bookable via: https://public.foccal.com/event/499
Doors and the bar open at 6.30 pm and the film starts promptly at 7.00 pm.
Parking in Clifton Village is difficult but, after 5.00 pm, there is free parking nearby in Worcester Road and most of College Road. Bus options on the TravelWest website. Bicycle stands in front of the library.
Meet by the Meetup sign on top of the bookcase just beyond the bar. I'll get there early to reserve seats for us.
After the film, maybe join us for a chat about it in the pub next door.
*Foccal is a group of volunteers which organises excellent free and paid for events to help keep the library open - forthcoming events: https://public.foccal.com/eventlist4 attendees
Movie Meetup — Nouvelle Vague — Meet from 7:15, film at 8:30
Meet in the café / bar, Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX, GBWe're going to see Richard Linklater's new film Nouvelle Vague, the story of making Breathless.
We'll meet in the Watershed cafe/bar from 7:15 pm, to say hello and chat. Afterwards, we will stop for a few minutes to talk about the film.
Buy your own ticket from the box office or online.
ABOUT THE FILM
"A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Richard Linklater reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave."
— Watershed summary"Sly, wry, adorable and deplorable, Guillaume Marbeck is priceless as the endlessly irritating and yet frustratingly charismatic Godard in one of the year’s brightest pictures ..."
★★★★★ Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal"Nouvelle Vague isn’t a portrait of Godard by Linklater but a feature-length thank-you note, from Richard to Jean-Luc, for freeing him to make films his own way."
★★★★ Richard Brody, The New Yorker6 attendees
NT Live — Arthur Miller's All My Sons — Meet from 7, starts at 8
Meet in the café / bar, Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX, GB" ...magnificent, shuddering production of Miller’s play..."
★★★★★ Arifa Akbar, The GuardianWe're going to see Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, directed by Ivo Van Hove, with Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu, Tom Glynn-Carney and Hayley Squires.
This an NT Live production, filmed at Wyndham’s Theatre.
We'll meet in the Watershed cafe/bar from 6 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.
**This is quite likely to sell out. Get a ticket early to make sure that you don't miss out**ABOUT THE PLAY
"A tremendous cast gives each exchange authenticity. Tom Glynn-Carney, as the explosive outsider, quivers memorably in his hoodie. Marianne Jean-Baptiste is remarkable: driven by sentimentality but never mushy, hardened by the need to blind herself to the truth. Bryan Cranston unravels and shrivels as the patriarch from bluff geniality through blazered spryness to gaunt agitation. Paapa Essiedu is superb. Lolloping, as if he is moving in water, gentle in speech, he has the sweet air of an idealist, but the complicated emotions of a hero. Here is acting and a production that takes Miller ... into essential truth-telling."
— Susannah Clapp, The Observer"The whole thing plays out symphonically, building to an astonishing crescendo. Right near the end, Joe finally says the play’s name, its meaning clear at last. When I’ve seen the play before, there’s been no special reaction. Here, the audience gasped."
★★★★★ Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out“an astonishing, deeply moving piece of theatre”
★★★★★ Nick Curtis, Evening Standard)7 attendees
Past events
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