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20th Century Flicks
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Your friendly local video store. We have over 20,000 films and 2 small cinemas. Find us on Christmas Steps, Bristol! www.20thcenturyflicks.co.uk
In 1989, Aardman Animations was commissioned by Channel 4 to make a series of short films based on interviews with the general public. “War Story” featured WWII veteran Bill Perry recounting his memories of Bristol in the Blitz. This touching, very funny film was the result youtu.be/ps0hy1j4g3s?...
Lip Synch: War Story - Aardman Animations (Short Film)
YouTube video by Aardman
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Share with someone who has a bit of money, and is opposed to wealth taxes on the super rich.
If the seas so great why do they want to be out of it so badly
🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦@joycomes.bsky.social · 3mo agoOcean lovers this is beautiful. This video captured: Blue whales, Stingray,Dolphins, flying fish.
I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! 😂😂😂😂😂 Best with volume up.
A month to go until our #SergioLeone Weekend with @20thcflicks.bsky.social which includes The Dollars Trilogy, My Name is Nobody and a #SilentFilm directed by his father. We have 2 special recorded intros by filmmaker Alex Cox who has already sent them to us. Passes available here: hdfst.uk/e145608
Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.
Join us and @20thcflicks.bsky.social for our Sergio Leone Weekend in #Bristol. Special intros by Leone biographer Sir Christopher and two recorded ones by filmmaker Alex Cox! More info and passes here: hdfst.uk/e145608
More wonderful Bristolian indie documentary cinema... THE BIG PICTURE (2025) is now streaming online - a cinematic love letter to the film community that revived the Bristol Megascreen, including @20thcflicks.bsky.social @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social and many more 💌📽️🎞️ kinema.com/films/the-bi...
The Big Picture
Host a screening of The Big Picture
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Wow! We only have a handful of early bird passes left for our Sergio Leone weekend in April; we strongly recommend getting one sooner rather than later! Come and join us and @20thcflicks.bsky.social on 18th and 19th for some great fun #Bristol! Passes available here: hdfst.uk/e145608
Happy to say that the new 4K of Sunset Boulevard (1950) looked incredible on the Megascreen in #Bristol yesterday. #FilmNoir Our thanks, as always, to @20thcflicks.bsky.social and @filmhubsw.bsky.social.
South West Silents@swsilents.bsky.social · 10mo agoGloria Swanson in all her Technicolor glory for the opening screening of Swanson Melodrama double bill. Next up, #FilmNoir classic Sunset Boulevard (1950) around the 1:30pm. #SilentFilm with thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social! #Bristol #Melodrama
Gloria Swanson in all her Technicolor glory for the opening screening of Swanson Melodrama double bill. Next up, #FilmNoir classic Sunset Boulevard (1950) around the 1:30pm. #SilentFilm with thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social! #Bristol #Melodrama
Ellen E Jones writing in The Nerve is such a blessed thing www.thenerve.news/p/new-genera...
Is the current generation of leading men our best ever?
No longer dreaming of playing Bond, today’s group of young British and Irish actors are fun, reflective and helping to redefine masculinity. I'm all for it, says Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones
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Big business has had enough of your money. This Black Friday, we have an alternative...🧵
Big thank you to everyone who attended our The Battle of the Somme (1916) and Paths of Glory (1957) double bill. We will be back in two weeks time for our Gloria Swanson double bill on Saturday 6th December, 12pm: ti.to/film-noir-uk... Thanks to @20thcflicks.bsky.social & @filmhubsw.bsky.social.
South West Silents@swsilents.bsky.social · 10mo agoA couple of pics taking during our screening of #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne. Our thanks to the Imperial War Muesum. Next up, Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957). Thanks also to @filmhubsw.bsky.social @20thcflicks.bsky.social.
Join us this Sat, 12PM, for our special #WW1 double bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) on #Bristol’s biggest cinema screen: ti.to/film-noir-uk... Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
“I’ll trouble you for a light, friend” That was a dream come true. Johnny Guitar on an IMAX screen. Such lust! So corduroy! And that Lie to Me scene is surely one of the top 5 in cinema
Film Noir UK@filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 11mo agoBig thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday. Here’s a couple of pics of us testing the films before we opened the doors… gives you a good sense how impressive the Megascreen is. Thank you to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social. We are back next weekend: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Big thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday. Here’s a couple of pics of us testing the films before we opened the doors… gives you a good sense how impressive the Megascreen is. Thank you to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social. We are back next weekend: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
It’s a #FilmNoir Joan Crawford day for us. See you all at #Bristol Megascreen from 12pm for a special double bill of Mildred Pierce (1945) + Johnny Guitar (1964) (both the recent 4K restorations). Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social #Melodrama tickets: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
For anyone in Bristol at a loose end this evening, I'll be doing a TedX talk! On human creativity in the age of AI (spoiler: GenAI gets trashed) tickets here 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/tedxb...
Buy Now – TEDxBristol 2025 - Session 3 – We The Curious
TEDxBristol 2025 - Session 3 – We The Curious, Sat 8 Nov 2025 - Join us at the world famous science museum We The Curious for the opening session of incredible talks at TEDx2025!
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Had such a great time with @bristoluni.bsky.social today showing Back to the Future on the big and beautiful Megascreen today. I've seen it a hundred times and it's never looked or sounded better. Such a treat!
a man sitting at a table with a box of cheerios on it
ALT: a man sitting at a table with a box of cheerios on it
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Happy 60th birthday to the incredible stunt performer/actor/director/action choreographer/talk show host/current president of the Hong Kong Stuntman Association: Chin Kar-Lok! (Yes, he’s still alive after all these hard hits and falls he took in his teens and twenties)
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.