What’s On Week Ahead

Plainclothes
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Showing Wed 8 – Tue 14 Oct

The Ballad of Wallis Island

Until Thu 16 Oct

Eccentric lottery winner Charles (Tim Key) dreams of getting his favourite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan), back together.

One Battle After Another (Partially Subtitled)

Until Thu 16 Oct

When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.

Wed 8 Oct

11:20 (ends 14:17) AD

This is a Relaxed Visit

No trailers or adverts are shown and the film will start promptly at its advertised start time.

Our Relaxed Visits are designed to benefit our customers with additional needs (such as people living with dementia, autism, or other neurodivergent people and their personal assistants, friends and family) or anyone who wants to enjoy a film in a more relaxed, spacious environment. Everyone is welcome.

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Close notice

17:20 (ends 20:17) AD

Impulse: Playing with Reality

Impulse: Playing with Reality

Until Sun 2 Nov

Impulse opens a window into four distinct experiences of living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) — combining gameplay with first-hand lived experience. The result is an immersive encounter with minds that can be exhausting and exhilarating, chaotic, and creative, capturing both the struggles and the inventiveness that come with ADHD.

Wed 8 Oct

Thu 9 Oct

Fri 10 Oct

Sat 11 Oct

Sun 12 Oct

Mon 13 Oct

Tue 14 Oct

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Urchin

Until Thu 16 Oct

Featuring an outstanding performance from Frank Dillane, Urchin is the stunning directorial debut feature from Harris Dickinson.

A Portrait Without Borders

A Portrait Without Borders

Wed 8 - Sat 11 Oct

A team of wall-drawing robots will be drawing a mural of the public on the front of our building as part of the Bristol Festival of Tech, Creativity + Culture (BTF+).

Wed 8 Oct

12:00 (ends 20:00)

Thu 9 Oct

12:00 (ends 20:00)

Fri 10 Oct

12:00 (ends 20:00)

Sat 11 Oct

12:00 (ends 20:00)

Steve

Until Wed 15 Oct

Steve follows a pivotal day in the life of headteacher and his students, at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken them.

A House of Dynamite

Until Thu 16 Oct

When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

The Tue 7 Oct 17:00 screening will be followed by a Thought in Action discussion with panellists:

  • Lina Malagon Diaz (UWE Politics IR)
  • Miguel Prado Casanova (UWE Philosophy)
  • Suwita Hani Randhawa (UWE Politics IR)
  • Francesco Tava (UWE Philosophy)

Thought in Action is a film screening and discussion series co-organised by Watershed and UWE Philosophy, Politics, and International Relations.

Plainclothes

Fri 10 - Thu 16 Oct

Set in 90's NYC, a promising undercover officer assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target.

Please note: Plainclothes contains a sequence of flashing lights, which might affect viewers with photosensitive epilepsy.

Tuesday screenings are part of our Cinébites meal deal - Club Shed members get 30% off main dishes from our menu with a valid ticket.

Container Magazine: A Carrier Bag Theory of Publishing

part of Lunchtime Talks

Container Magazine: A Carrier Bag Theory of Publishing

In this Lunchtime Talk Container Magazine's editor Oma Keeling will present extracts from the magazine’s deep well of work to mark it's five year publishing run comes to a close,

Fri 10 Oct

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Tune in, wherever you are, online (no need to book). If you want to take part in person please book in advance.

Omar & Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

Fri 10 - Wed 15 Oct

A film that charts the artistic and personal relationship between two era-defining artists, Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In / The Mars Volta), told almost entirely through hundreds of hours of self-shot footage filmed by Omar over the last 40 years.

Preview: Bugonia

part of LFF 2025

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone are reunited for a fourth time in this gripping, darkly funny and satirical environmental comedy-thriller.

Please note: The feature presentation contains sequences of flashing images that may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities.

Deaf Conversations about Cinema: A House of Dynamite

Deaf Conversations about Cinema: A House of Dynamite

Join us at the 17:30 screening of A House of Dynamite on Mon 13 Oct which will feature Descriptive Subtitles and an introduction from a special guest, followed by a post-screening discussion in the Café & Bar. Featuring BSL interpretation.

Mon 13 Oct

19:30 (ends 20:30) BSL, Free
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