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
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(*SOLD OUT*) Movie Meetup — The 400 Blows — Meet from 1 pm, film at 2 pm
Meet in the café / bar, Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX, GB"It's a cornerstone of the French New Wave, and one of the greatest movies about childhood, from anywhere, ever."
★★★★★ Anthony Quinn, Independent
We're going to see François Truffaut’s 1959 debut The 400 Blows.
This the first in a short season exploring the start of the French New Wave.
We'll meet in the Watershed cafe/bar from 1 pm, to say hello and chat. Afterwards, there will be time to stop and talk about the film.
Buy your own ticket from the box office or online.
** UPDATE ** The Watershed website now shows this screening as SOLD OUT. It is possible to join a waitlist.
ABOUT THE FILM
"An early classic of the French New Wave and possibly cinema’s defining masterpiece of disaffected youth, François Truffaut’s directorial debut The 400 Blows is the first in a cycle of four films that Truffaut eventually went on to direct that follow the life of Antoine Doinel.
"... 13-year-old Antoine (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is forever getting into trouble at school, misunderstood by his teachers and parents. The only way he can seek refuge from the daily grind is by skipping school, sneaking into the local cinema and hoping for the day he can leave the classroom behind."
— Watershed Summary
"Francois Truffaut's The 400 Blows is one of the most intensely touching stories ever made about a young adolescent."
★★★★★ Roger Ebert
"Distinguished by its naturalistic, quasi-documentary approach and an extraordinary central performance from the 12-year-old Jean-Pierre Léaud, this is a blisteringly authentic story."
★★★★★ Wendy Ide, The Times
"Jean-Pierre Léaud dazzles at the heart of an autobiographical opus that invites new waves of adulation with each viewing"
★★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
"‘The 400 Blows,’ is a Directing Debut That Still Astonishes"
★★★★★ J. Hoberman, The New York Times20 attendees
Movie Meetup — Marty Supreme — 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 Marty Supreme, the new Josh Safdie film staring Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Odessa A'zion.
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
Marty Supreme is a thrilling visual onslaught, a rattling cacophony of ideas and images so intense that for two and a half hours you barely have time to catch your breath. It’s utterly exhausting and I loved every jangling second.
★★★★★ Wendy Ide, The Observer
"Timothée Chalamet electrifies"
★★★★★ Danny Leigh, Financial Times
"It is unlike anything released this year, a riveting study of a man who fully believes it when he says, 'I have a purpose. You don’t. And if you think that’s some kind of blessing, it’s not.'"
★★★★★ Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert .com
"For its entire two and a half hours – which whips past in what feels like mere minutes – Safdie’s film had me vibrating like a tuning fork. It’s a joyous salute to life’s beautiful cacophony."
★★★★★ Robbie Collin, The Telegraph
"Marty Supreme is a stunning achievement, a breathless yet precisely controlled joyride full of vivid characters, hairpin turns and did-that-just-happen moments – and a modernist fairy tale about big ambitions colliding with grubby street-level realities and capitalism’s seedy imperatives. This is a film that’s built to last."
★★★★★ Phil de Semlyen, Time Out9 attendees
Past events
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