Film Showing
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomMax Lewkowicz’s richly detailed documentary celebrates the illustrious Broadway show Fiddler on the Roof, the evergreen shtetl-set musical first staged in 1964 with choreography and direction by Jerome Robbins and starring Zero Mostel as Teyve, the milkman. Contributions from a range of interviewees – including people attached to the original production, such as producer Hal … Continue reading Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Sarah’s Key
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomAdapted from Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel of the same name, Sarah’s Key is an account of research by a journalist into a shameful incident in French history which intertwines with a story of a young Jewish girl from that time period. ‘In Paris in 1942 the French police round up 10-year-old Sarah (Mélusine … Continue reading Sarah’s Key
A Call to Spy
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomA Call to Spy is an historical drama inspired by the true stories of women recruited into England’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Desperate for new recruits, the SOE, created in 1940 after the fall of France and before the US joined the war, decided to train women as spies as it … Continue reading A Call to Spy
Yentl
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomYentl is an American romantic musical drama film directed, co-written, co-produced, and starring American entertainer Barbra Streisand. It is based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story ‘Yentl the Yeshiva Boy’. The film incorporates humour and music to tell the story of an Ashkenazi Jewish girl in Poland who decides to dress and live like a boy so that she can receive an education in Talmudic Law after … Continue reading Yentl
Radio Days
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomDirector Woody Allen, featuring Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels Radio Days is an American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, who also narrates. The film looks back on an American family's life during the Golden Age of Radio using both music and memories to tell the story. It stars an ensemble cast. The film's soundtrack, which features songs from … Continue reading Radio Days
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
Standing Up, Falling
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomUSA 2019, 91 mins, English Director Matt Ratner, featuring Billy Crystal, Ben Schwartz, Eloise Mumford In this comedy drama, the unlikely friendship between a failing stand-up comedian and an alcoholic dermatologist give each other the confidence to face the failures in their lives. A familiar story entertainingly told, Standing Up, Falling Down is elevated by the warm … Continue reading Standing Up, Falling
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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