Cinema
Armageddon Time
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom1980, Queens New York City. Aspiring artist Jewish-American Paul, the youngest son of the Graff family, is on the cusp of adolescence. Struggling to fit in at school, he finds solace in his close relationship with his beloved grandfather (the wonderful Anthony Hopkins) and his budding friendship with Johnny, a sensitive and defiant African-American boy. … Continue reading Armageddon Time
Charlotte
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomBased on an expansive collection of a thousand autobiographical paintings found after the war - considered by some to be the first graphic novel - this stunningly beautiful, animated film sheds light on the life and work of Berlin-born artist Charlotte Salomon. Restricted and haunted by antisemitic laws, the immensely gifted Salomon was forced to … Continue reading Charlotte
Minyan
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomBased on a David Bezmozgis short story, Minyan is an absorbing coming-of-age tale set in 1980s Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The son of Russian immigrants, 17 year old David struggles under the weight of religious tradition, familial expectations and his own sexual identity. In order to secure a room for his grandfather in an old age … Continue reading Minyan
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomUSA 2023, 106 mins, English, Director Kelly Fremon Craig, featuring Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson This coming-of-age comedy drama film, written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Judy Blume. Eleven year old Margaret Simon moves with her family from New York City to a New … Continue reading Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomNetherlands/UK 2022, 69 mins, English, Polish, German, Yiddish; Director Bianca Stigter, narrated by Helen Bonham Carter Three Minutes: A Lengthening presents a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland and tries to postpone its ending. As long as we are watching, history is not over yet. The three … Continue reading Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Shipman and King Cinemas: a celebration of Jewish enterprise and family
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomIn this illustrated talk, Jenny King tells the remarkable story of her grandfather Sam King and his journey from an impoverished Jewish immigrant family to a cinema and property mogul. Together with his friend Alf Shipman, they fulfilled their dream of building a chain of magnificent Art Deco cinemas, starting in the First World War with … Continue reading Shipman and King Cinemas: a celebration of Jewish enterprise and family
Shadow of the Day
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomItaly 2022, 128 mins, Italian (with English subtitles); Director Giuseppe Piccione, featuring Riccardo Scarmarcio, Benedetta Porcaroli The film is set in 1938 Italy. Like the majority of his fellow Italians, decorated war veteran and restaurant manager Luciano is a staunch supporter of the country’s fascist regime. Shortly after the Italian racial laws are introduced, Anna, a … Continue reading Shadow of the Day
A Journey into the Mystical Aleph-Bet
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomMalkah is a child when her father tries to teach her to read Torah. But they don’t get very far. As Malkah studies, her questions multiply. She discovers an earlier, hidden story of creation within the Hebrew Aleph-Bet letters in the first line of Genesis. And a door opens. Thus starts the award-winning film, The … Continue reading A Journey into the Mystical Aleph-Bet
My Neighbor Adolf
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomIsrael, Poland, Columbia 2022, 96 mins, English sub-titles Director Leon Prudovsky, featuring David Hayman, Udo Kier Colombia, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbour is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears … Continue reading My Neighbor Adolf
Escape from Pretoria
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomAustralia, South Africa, UK 2020, 106 mins, English Director Francis Annan, featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, this is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa in the late 1970s. Two white South Africans, Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, are … Continue reading Escape from Pretoria
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