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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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ movie: Fatherland — meet from 4:00, film at 5:10
Meet in the café / bar, Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX, GB⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kevin Mayer, The Times
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ '.... an elegant, engrossing film; chilly at times, but also poignant as repressed feelings finally bubble to the surface.' - Time Out.
'Fatherland centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) - actress, writer and rally driver.
In the summer of 1949, father and daughter embark on a challenging and emotional road trip across a Germany in ruins - from US dominated Frankfurt to Soviet controlled Weimar. Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann has to face not only a divided fatherland, but also a deep fracture within his own family.' - Watershed summary.
Photograph: Agata Grzybowska/AP.
Please purchase your own ticket for the 17.10 screening from the box office or https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/14337/fatherland
We'll meet 4.00 pm onwards at Table 18 in the Watershed cafe/bar. Table 18 is the first table on the left as you enter the area where the bar is, and there will be a Meetup sign on our table.
After the film finishes, (at around 6.47 pm), members are very welcome to join us for a chat about it back at Table 18. For those wanting to eat, Watershed serves food until 8.00 pm on Sundays.4 attendees
Movie Meetup — NAZA — Meet from 5:30, film at 6:10
Meet in the café / bar, Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX, GBWe're going to see NAZA, from Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the award winning directors of No Other Land.
- "We made this film out of a sense of obligation to use our position as Israelis to examine the systems behind the mass killing of Palestinian civilians for which our country is responsible.
The film lets us explore something deeper than we could in our investigative journalism alone: not only the words being said but also those that are not said, the silence. It is up to all of us to break that silence."
— Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
We'll meet in the Watershed cafe/bar from 5:30 pm, to say hello and chat.
This screening will be introduced by Bristol Doc Club. There will be a Doc Club discussion afterwards – everyone welcome.
Purchase your own ticket from the box office or online.
ABOUT THE FILM
"In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them."
— Watershed Summary"Brutally hard viewing."
— Danny Leigh, The Financial Times"I've watched NAZA twice now, both times in a state of quiet horror and fury -- and with enormous admiration for Abraham and Szor's courage in holding their government to account. My admiration extends to the unerring precision of their filmmaking."
— Justin Chang, NPR"It's also a reminder of the singular power of eyewitness testimony and how the act of speaking about our lives is one way we collectively try to make sense of the past, present and future. We speak, and hope that others listen."
— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times"As a work of cinema, it is exemplary. As a work of journalism, it is inarguable. As a document, it is an indictment."
— John Bleasdale, Time Out"NAZA is meant to be intolerable, but it’s also meant to state a truth many still do not wish to acknowledge, especially in our divided and fact-impaired times."
— Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter4 attendees- "We made this film out of a sense of obligation to use our position as Israelis to examine the systems behind the mass killing of Palestinian civilians for which our country is responsible.
Movie Meetup — Possible Love — Meet from 7:15 pm, film at 8:10
Meet in the café / bar, Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX, GB"... his insights into emotional lives and social conditions are unparalleled"
★★★★★ David Rooney, Hollywood ReporterWe're going to see Lee Chang-dong’s acclaimed new film, Possible Love.
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
"Lee Chang-dong’s masterfully directed follow-up to Burning finds four strangers’ lives entwined by hidden desires and repressed emotions.
"A chance meeting introduces filmmaker Ye-ji to Mi-ok’s family, whose lives have been affected by her husband’s unemployment. They’re perfect subjects for her documentary on workers who have been made redundant, leading them to spend more time in Ye-ji and her husband’s world."
— Watershed summary"Possible Love ... unfolds with surprise and inevitability held in such perfect balance that each moment feels like it’s telling you something you’ve always known, but have just never thought of before."
★★★★★ Jessica Kiang, Variety... in its exploration of the subtler issues of class, the thorny realms of desire and freedom that most films ignore, it’s one for the ages"
★★★★★ Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine"Possible Love is as dense as our best literature, filled with rich character beats that feel of a piece with what came before and where these characters are going next. It leaves these people not with a period but an ellipsis. Some have probably been changed by this brief chapter in their lives, while others might barely remember it. You won’t forget it."
★★★★★ Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert. com7 attendees
Past events
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