Great films back on the big screen 📽️ Early Bird Passes on sale for #CineRedis25 23 - 27 July ‘25 Bristol, UK & touring… Find us on BlueSky & Instagram 📣
As we share the dates for Cinema Rediscovered 2025 (Wed 23 - Sun 27 July), look back at this summer c/o filmmaker @arthurcauty which captures what the festival is all about – bringing people together to celebrate the rediscovery and revival of great films on the big screen.
So long, Twitter/X - we're leaving 👋
It’s a sad end, but we have been asking ourselves how we can say we are a values-led organisation whilst using a platform that promotes irresponsible content and hateful behaviour.
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“I’s like pinning a medal on Everest for being the highest mountain.” Leonard Cohen, on hearing Dylan was to get the Nobel prize for literature.
Start 2025 w/ He’s Not Here @wshed a chance to explore some of that mountain of creativity brought to you by lifelong Bob cat @msc45
Jan and Feb will see us screen four trailblazing films from @CineRedis under the subtitle of Queer Cinema From The Eastern Bloc:
- Coming Out (Jan 12)
- Another Way (Jan 19)
- 100 Days Before The Command (Jan 26)
- Marble Ass (Feb 2)
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They didn't get enough votes to make the Top 5 Films of 2024 (according to the Film Hub South West members), but here's some 'special mentions' that you may need to check out...
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With NICKEL BOYS now in theaters, director RaMell Ross's acclaimed 2018 documentary HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING is available to stream globally and for free (until December 20) via @lecinemaclub. lecinemaclub.com/now-showing…
📣 Just four sleeps to go until Frank Capra's Dickensian classic It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) opens @wshed
A timeless story of redemption and hope that is an absolute treasure, returning to the big screen in a beautiful restoration…
It’s a time for sharing, so in a spirit of goodwill to all cinephiles, a dozen directors, including Guillermo del Toro, Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Luna Carmoon and Steven Soderbergh, choose their favourite Christmas films
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📰Hot off the press: our physical brochure for #SlapstickFest25 🗞️
Pick one up from our partner venues @wshed, @MegascreenBri and @Bristol_Beacon today!
Plan your schedule and get 🎟️ through the link in bio or the brochure’s QR code on the back.
✨The biggest stars of tinsel-town came out for the new Slapstick programme arriving at Watershed ✨
Join #Gilda and #Keanu by picking up a brochure and perusing the great lineup this February!
Link in bio or back-of-the-programme QR code for 🎟️
#slapstickfest25#silentfilm
ALT Photo of the Slapstick programme with a cardboard cutout of Rita Hayworth as Gilda
ALT Photo of the Slapstick programme with a cardboard cutout of Keanu Reeves
ALT Photo of the Slapstick programme being held in front of the word Watershed
Job Alert: we are hiring 2 x Postdocs for the 'Women's Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible' led by Helen Hanson, app by:20/01/25 Details below ⬇️
1) PDRA in Archives
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📣 One week to go until Frank Capra's Dickensian classic It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) opens @wshed
A timeless story of redemption and hope that is an absolute treasure, returning to the big screen in a beautiful restoration…
The schedule is up for MoMA's annual festival of film preservation, TO SAVE AND PROJECT. Organized by yours truly this year, with the invaluable help of Cindi Rowell. Starts Jan. 9 with our upgraded restoration of Frank Borzage's silent masterpiece, 7th HEAVEN. Link in replies.
✨Jarvis Cocker’s Closet Picks! ✨The musician and Pulp front man shares how films like BLUE VELVET and MEANTIME altered his view of cinema, talks about collaborating with Wes Anderson and Danny Boyle, and decides he’s finally ready to watch SALÒ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM.
@welovepulp
Breaking:
After fears about its future due to funding issues, Bristol's Encounters short film festival (@EncountersSFF) will return in 2025, with a new executive director.
Details and dates: screendaily.com/news/encount…