HEAVY TRIP at The Station
Roll over Spinal Tap - prepare to meet Impaled Rektum…
We’ve got special permission to screen Finnish cult comedy Heavy Trip, for a celebration of all things heavy metal. Expect a pop-up record shop, great beer, head-banging pre-film soundtrack, then enjoy this hilarious & affectionate satire on the metal genre, with a recorded intro from some of the cast and crew. Brought to you in collaboration with Bristol’s own metal pub The Gryphon!
PAN'S LABYRINTH at Redcliffe Caves
Open the door to another world with this adult gothic fairytale masterpiece
The Underground Cinema series concludes with the dark fairytale masterpiece – and firm festival favourite – Pan’s Labyrinth. Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece seamlessly blends a surreal and sinister mythical realm with the harsh realities of the Spanish Civil War’s immediate aftermath.
GODZILLA (1954) at Redcliffe Caves
Seventy years since the King of the Monsters first roared
Saturday’s matinee screening at the Underground Cinema is Ishirō Honda’s original Godzilla film. Almost 40 films and seven decades later, the franchise is as unstoppable as the kaiju itself - join us for this special opportunity to view its very first screen outing in an HD restoration of the original Japanese masterpiece.
AMÉLIE at Averys Wine Cellars
This magical realist misadventure is the ideal rom-com
Due to massive demand on Valentine’s Day, we’ve added an extra screening Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s delightful romantic comedy Amélie this June. More than two decades since its release, it’s lost none of its charm and joie de vivre - and of course, we will be pairing it with some suitably splendid French wines!
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES at Averys Wine Cellars
The Oscar-winning road trip biopic, paired with wines from along the route
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of The Motorcycle Diaries, the critically acclaimed biopic recounting Ernesto ‘Che’ Guavara’s fateful and formative road trip that set the young medical student on the path to becoming one of the most famous figures of the century. We’ll be pairing the film with wines from some of the countries and regions that Che and his friend Alberto visit on their journey through South America.
AMÉLIE at Averys Wine Cellars
This magical realist misadventure is the perfect Valentine’s date night
Due to massive demand in 2023, we’ve added an extra screening Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s delightful romantic comedy Amélie for Valentine’s Day. More than two decades since its release, it’s lost none of its charm and joie de vivre - and of course, we will be pairing it with some suitably splendid French wines!
BICYCLE THIEVES at Screening Room
A powerful and influential masterwork of world cinema
Our final three Screening Room events of the year are Saturday matinee screenings, making them a perfect way to spend an autumn afternoon. September’s screening is a special 75th anniversary showing of Bicycle Thieves, the poignant post-war Italian drama that is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made, influencing everyone from Ken Loach to Martin Scorsese.
AMÉLIE at Averys Wine Cellars
This isn’t your standard romcom; this is a magical realist misadventure
Our Vintage Screenings continue with Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s delightful romantic comedy Amélie. More than two decades since its release, it’s lost none of its charm and joie de vivre - and of course, we will be pairing it with some suitably splendid French wines!
PAN'S LABYRINTH at Arnos Vale Cemetery
Revisit the haunting beauty and raw power of del Toro’s finest creation
Our March screenings at Arnos Vale conclude with a late screening of the dark fairytale – and firm festival favourite – Pan’s Labyrinth. Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning masterpiece is both hauntingly beautiful and brutally ugly, in its seamless blending of its surreal and sinister mythical realm with the harsh realities of the Spanish Civil War’s immediate aftermath.
PARASITE at Screening Room
This scathing South Korean social satire is a modern masterpiece
Our Screening Room Series is back at Averys for 2023! Starting the year is Parasite, the first non English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Bong Joon-Ho’s savage social satire wowed audiences upon its release in late 2019. Darkly hilarious, deeply unsettling and full of shocking twists and turns, it’s a must-see highlight of 21st Century filmmaking that will leave you on the edge of your seat…
PAN'S LABYRINTH at Redcliffe Caves
Open the door to another world with this adult gothic fairytale masterpiece
Our 2022 Underground Cinema series concludes as always with the dark fairytale masterpiece – and firm festival favourite – Pan’s Labyrinth.
RUN LOLA RUN at Redcliffe Caves
If you’ve ever left £100,000 on a train, you’ll sympathise with Lola’s boyfriend
As we move into Saturday evening at the Underground Cinema, we’re screening the mind-bending and heart-pounding action thriller Run Lola Run. This masterpiece of modern German cinema will leave you as breathless as its eponymous heroine-on-a-mission - if it’s your first time watching, then hang on tight!
DIVA @ Screening Room Series
Our second Screening Room selection is Jean-Jacques Beineix’s beautifully shot thriller Diva. This pioneer of the cinéma du look movement eschews the gritty realism of 1970s French filmmaking in favour of gorgeous visuals and cinematography; it also features stunning music courtesy of the film’s soprano star Wilhemenia Fernandez and one of the most iconic chase sequences in European cinema history!
PAN'S LABYRINTH in Redcliffe Caves
Our 2022 Underground Cinema series concludes with the dark fairytale masterpiece – and firm festival favourite – Pan’s Labyrinth.
RUN LOLA RUN in Redcliffe Caves
As we move into Saturday evening at the Underground Cinema, we present the mind-bending and heart-pounding action thriller Run Lola Run.