Cinema Rediscovered 2016 Programme

For his second feature Tarkovsky turned back the clock to the 15th Century life and times of Russia’s greatest icon painter – Andrei Rublev, resulting in an extraordinary ode to the power of art that featured some of the most poetic scenes in the history of cinema.

A housewife's life is torn apart by the appearance of an old flame, now a convict on the run. Set within the ruins of post-war London, this incredible film by Ealing Studios is an intense, compelling, atmospheric drama with a nail biting conclusion.

With his adaptation of the novel by Stanislaw Lem, Tarkovsky created a brilliantly original science-fiction epic and brought a new compassion and artistic sensitivity to the genre. A spiritual odyssey retains its mysterious authority and continues to challenge our conceptions about love, truth, and humanity itself.

A young couple inherit a run-down cinema and must turn it around with the help of the eccentric staff. Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford co-star in this funny but very much forgotten classic of British Cinema.

One of the most beautifully constructed films ever created, Andrei Tarkovsky’s semi-autobiographical and mesmerising composition of a dying man’s dreams and recollections really does make this masterpiece feel like something created from the bottom of his soul.

Adapted from a short story by Robin Maugham, Joseph Losey’s first collaboration with Harold Pinter is an incredible psychological class war drama starring Dirk Bogarde and James Fox, with BAFTA-award winning cinematography by Slocombe.

Considered by many to be Tarkovsky’s magnum opus, this genre-defying evocation of a decayed post-industrial society is a brooding muse on human desires and the ambition we employ in order to achieve them.

Shot mainly on location in Somerset (with the odd sequences actually filmed at Bristol Temple Meads); the delightful and funny tale of community spirit where locals try to save their local railway from closure is an Ealing Studios gem.

Join us for the world premiere of this new restoration of the ultimate dysfunctional family drama The Lion In Winter, the centrepiece of Cinema Rediscovered's tribute to the late cinematographer Douglas Slocombe.

One of the first fictional features written and directed by a black female American director, now digitally restored, Losing Ground is an insightful and often hilarious portrait of a romance at the crossroads of a New York summer.

Waterside 1, Watershed

Revisit Mark Cousins’ epic journey through film history, spanning over 600 films and 15 hours, by taking the chance to drop in and out of this brilliant visual essay whenever you like. A free event over three days including some Conversations about Cinema sessions hosted by the team behind Cinema Rediscovered.

Out the back of Watershed

Discover the magic of cinema at one of the oldest running cinema venues in the UK. Visit Curzon Cinema & Arts in Clevedon for a special screening, guided tour, Christie organ demonstration and lunch. Travel from Bristol to Clevedon included, spaces limited.

Christopher Harris’s love of cinema shines through this stylish, thought-provoking melancholic film. Using grainy 16mm he picks over fragments from the remnants of urban decay in his hometown of St Louis.

A historic programme of striking short films curated by the Cinema Ritrovato festival and restored by L'Immagine Ritrovata labs. This collection showcases the Pochoir colour technique, which employed elaborate stencils to add precise colour detail to two-tone Kinemacolor prints.

John Schlesinger's (Midnight Cowboy) tender story of a frustrated relationship and marriage between a young couple (Alan Bates and June Ritchie) set against the backdrop of a Lancashire town.

Stanley Kubrick's breathtaking exploration of Wiliam Makepeace Thackeray's novel sees his 18th century Irish adventurer meet his share of women, take part in the Seven Years' War, get recruited as a spy and marry into the English aristocracy, inventing new stories about himself at every turn of the road.

Racial and sexual tensions mount between a black man and a white woman as they ride on the New York subway. Based on LeRoi Jones's award-winning 1964 play, this rarely seen two-hander by Lion In Winter director Anthony Harvey still has the power to shock.

Café & Bar, Watershed

To get you in the mood, Hellfire DJs will be spinning their mind-bending musical delights in a specially curated Cinema Rediscovered playlist of deranged vinyl and cinematic soundscapes to match the moods of the movies.

A genuine one-off. Made in 1973, at a time when Blaxploitation was in vogue, writer and director Bill Gunn used the vampire genre to smuggle in politically charged cultural themes of black identity, sexuality, religion and addiction under the guise of a horror movie.

Highly cerebral, beautifully realised, and symbolically obscure, Tarkovsky’s first film directed outside of his home country stands as a testament to his own conflicting thoughts regarding Russia as he considered a self-proclaimed exile while aware of the pining for his homeland that this would inevitably inflict.

Watershed teams up with Check the Gate to bring you this late night 35mm treat as selected by director Richard Ayoade (Submarine, The Double). Nicolas Roeg’s and Donald Cammell’s explicit and experimental thriller about a hunted gangster taking refuge with a reclusive rock star is a classic of British cinema.

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After the latest DVDs, Blu-rays, film journals and books?! Then take a stroll through Cinema Rediscovered’s dedicated Film Fair; plus, a chance to meet some of the people behind some of the key labels and publishers in the UK.

Unlocking secrets of an imperial past through personal history, Miranda Pennell shares seven things she knows about Iranian Oil in The Host. Followed by short films about love, infidelity, time and identity from Women Amateur Filmmakers in Britain, and panel discussion.

Apparently more people have seen The Wizard of Oz than any other film. Known for its pioneering use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling and musical score, Cinema Rediscovered brings it to the big screen in 3D for a truly dazzling experience.

Waterside 3 Event Space, Watershed

Drop in and find out how cinema got started! Make your own illusions and re-create the magic of cinema with replica praxinoscopes and more at this free drop-in children's workshop. An expert will be on hand - perfect for ages 6-12.

What happens when the leaders of your country set out to destroy your film culture and history? This award winning documentary follows Ibrahim Arify’s journey rebuilding Afghanistan’s film history and culture, after years trying to protect it from the Taliban.

Cinema screens may be flat but the images they show are bursting with life. Beyond colour and concept lies texture and materiality. Join programmer and critic Tara Judah for an illustrated journey through the tantalising textures of five short films.

A darkly humoured send-up by one of Italy’s most prolific directors, The Birds, the Bees and the Italians brilliantly captures the conflicts and contradictions of "the ladies and gentlemen" of the Italian title.

40 years ago, punk tore up the rule book. At the heart of the filth and the fury was one infamous band: The Sex Pistols. In Sid & Nancy cult British director Alex Cox (Repo Man, Walker) gives us one of the most notorious chapters in their history: the self-destructive, drug-fuelled ride that was the relationship between Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious.

Conflicting cultural imperatives and repressions between East and West collide in Nagisa Oshima’s enthralling World War II drama, which sees a war of wills - and unspoken erotic attraction - unfold between David Bowie's rebellious prisoner and a Japanese POW camp commander.

One of the largest archive collections of amateur film shot in the British Empire and Commonwealth is held here in Bristol. Archivist Nicky Sugar will introduce a selection of these ‘unofficial’ private family films, from Africa, India and the Middle East.

Norman Jewison’s action packed dystopian science fiction sports film is one of those films for the senses. James Caan takes on a Corporation who wishes to suppress his achievements in the only way he can - by playing Rollerball! The future is now...

I Pugni in Tasca (Fist in the Pocket) made in 1965 was a striking debut feature film by the 26 year old Marco Bellocchio and this restoration affords an opportunity to approach this this important classic of Italian cinema anew.

A six-time Oscar®-winner lauded for its ensemble performances and sumptuous period recreation, this is the story of Sir Thomas More's conflict with Henry VIII.

Hailed by the Guardian as "some of the most emotionally devastating filmmaking ever created in the UK, a film that genuinely changed British cinema for ever", Room at The Top sees an ambitious young man cheat his way into two relationships, with tragic consequences.

Café & Bar, Watershed

For one night only, the infamous 20th Century Flicks Film Quiz comes to Watershed. Test your knowledge across a wide range of film geekery with hosts Dave "Herzog" Taylor and Mr Bags as they rediscover movie trivia in the bar.

Set in the final hours before a nuclear war threatens to wipe out humanity, Tarkovsky’s visionary final film, was a visually breathtaking meditation on existential terror and a melancholic swansong from one of cinema’s true auteurs.