THREE
Welcome to Season 3
“What is saved in the cinema when it achieves art is a spontaneous continuity with all individuals. It is not an art of the princes or the bourgeoisie. It is popular and vagrant. In the sky of the cinema, people learn what they might have been and discover what belongs to them apart from their single lives.” John Berger
As we progress and grow into Season 3, we would like to thank everyone who has supported us and stepped into the Curzon’s red velvet embrace at any time but especially during the last two seasons. Our aim has been to be ‘more than just a cinema’; creating events and experiences that enable on-screen narratives to come alive allowing communities to get involved and become part of a dynamic conversation.
As ever, we continue to screen the latest mainstream and independent films which are added to our weekly listings: what you will find in the pages that follow are our curated strands of one-off events that you can book further in advance. It may be sunny as I write this, but we are already planning Christmas outings to create nostalgic memories. Think Snowman with added snow, Frozen with added song and Elf with added Elf-iness.
This season we’re thrilled that Classic & Cuppa screenings are all part of Cinema Rediscovered. Sound & Vision is back to remind us just how key soundtracks are as live musicians and DJs bring the venue, and films, to life. Outdoor Adventures contains uplifting stories of resilience in the face of adversity. Colour & Light delves into the visual arts from Basquiat to Van Gogh with live animation from Paper Cinema for all the family. Connections provides space to delve into issues that are as pressing locally as they are globally, with our Live Comedy nights giving much needed respite through laughter. Event cinema is a proper event at the Curzon with live opera to serenade you outside the bar. Lastly, you’ll find this season’s immersive screening, another collaboration with the one and only DJ Cheeba, as we go dark, for The Lost Boys...
Dive in, dig deep, book up.
Petra Mansour, Head of Programme
Feature Films
Yes! We still screen Feature Films!
Sign up to the newsletter, check the website and follow us on socials as we add new films to the programme every week. The films listed below give you a taste of some of the blockbusters to look out for this Autumn...
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3
THE CRITIC
MUFASA: THE LION KING
Homegrown Shorts
THE OUTRUN
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
TRANSFORMERS ONE THE WILD ROBOT
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE LEE
PADDINGTON IN PERU WICKED GLADIATOR II MOANA 2
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF ROHIRRIM
Our annual celebration of the film-making talent of the South West, ‘Homegrown Shorts’, returns on 22nd March 2025. The call for entries is now open. If you’ve got a short inspired by, shot in, or made by a team in or from the South-West, we want to see it! Send submissions to badgerclubproductions@gmail.com by midnight on the 30th November 2023.
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
Seize The Summit
Shaqayeq, Adnan, Safa and Tania are not ordinary adventurers, they are all survivors of war from different countries. Safa has never even been on an airplane; Adnan has been bound to a wheelchair ever since he was shot at age 14; Shaqayeq takes the bus to go to a supermarket that is 10 minutes walking distance from her house; Tania only just managed to escape Ukraine. Seize the Summit is the story of their thrilling journey to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa.
Sun 15 Sep 7pm TBC
Younger +Q&A
In a quiet corner, far removed from big money, celebrity status and drug scandals lies the true value of sport. This is a film about friendship and purpose in masters athletics, a place where every five years, getting older means becoming the youngest.
We are joined after the film for a live Q&A with the film’s directors Danielle Sellwood and Alex Rotas. Sat 19 Oct 7pm PG
The Mountain Within Me
After suffering a catastrophic and almost fatal spinal cord injury, professional rugby player Ed Jackson’s world changed forever. The film follows his determined recovery journey as he achieves the mental and physical heights of Snowdonia, the Alps and Himalayas whilst coping with the life-altering challenges closer to home. From multi-award-winning director, Polly Steele and BAFTA and Emmy nominated producer, George Chignell, The Mountain Within Me is an inspiring, thought-provoking documentary about unexpected change, hope and finding renewed purpose in life.
Sun 17 Nov 7pm 12A
CURZON COMEDY LIVE
Fri 06 Sep 7pm
Andy Robinson
Darius Davies
Josh Weller + TBC
This season we have two Curzon Comedy specials plus ‘Fresh From The Fringe’ curated by the one and only Mark Watson.
Fresh From The Fringe
Mark Watson’s production company, Impatient, present two of the best-received debut shows from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, hand-picked by the gangly ‘Taskmaster’ star himself. Sharptongued, fast-rising Canadian star Zoe Brownstone has been dating since before we had apps, but still doesn’t know how love works, if you can believe it. She’s joined by one fast-witted compere and another of the hottest-tipped new stars from the world’s biggest comedy festival: act TBC, check our website for updates...
Fri 04 Oct 7pm 15
Fri 01 Nov 7pm 15
Barry Castognola
Eleri Morgan
Julia Stenton
Mike Cox
CONNECTIONS
Strike: An Uncivil War + Q&A with Bristol Radical History Group
The Battle of Orgreave, was the most violent confrontation between miners and police during the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike in Britain. The year-long Strike was the most divisive and violent industrial dispute that Britain has ever witnessed. Using powerful personal testimony, previously hidden government documents and a treasure trove of never-before-seen archive material, STRIKE: AN UNCIVIL WAR follows the events at Orgreave, which took place on 18th June 1984.
Thu 17 Oct 7pm 15
La Haine + Q&A + DJ Ngaio
The 1995, the Cannes- winning, coup de cinema quickly achieved a cult status that it’s held onto almost 3 decades later. La Haine blew up the film scene like few other films have done, uniting audiences and catapulting a marginalised conversation into the mainstream. It set the bar high and continues to resonate, sadly growing in relevance rather than being consigned to history. It’s visual style, killer soundtrack, and social commentary will be celebrated and explored in this big screen outing with added extras.
Witness at first hand the stories and recollections of the people on the front lines of this incredible moment in time, which split communities and the nation in two, and which has ripples that still resonate to this very day.
Thu 5 Sep 7pm 15
Bristol Palestine Film Festival pre-launch
Art For The Struggle, Struggle For The Art Film, Q&A, exhibition and nibbles in the bar. This event screening of short films from the revolutionary period of Palestinian cinema that began in 1968 explores the importance of archive film in social and cultural documentation. Curated by Saeed Taji Farouky, filmmaker and artist who creates films around themes of conflict, human rights and colonialism, was originally for Safar Film Festival are is expanded for this BPFF event.
Sat 23 Nov 7pm 15
OFF THE PAGE
Alexander McCall Smith: Author Talk
Join worldwide best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith for an evening of sheer delight. Travel with the master storyteller to catch up with Mma Ramotswe in Botswana as he discusses his latest No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novel, The Great Hippopotamus Hotel. Then allow Alexander to transport you to the west coast of Scotland, the setting for his new stand-alone novel, The Winds from Further West, which tells a tale of love, Scottish islands, and wolf cubs. Books are available to purchase when booking your ticket, check the website for details.
Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story + LIVE music
Join us for an evening of 2-Tone deep diving as author of Too Much, Too Young: The 2 Tone Story discusses his book and the wider questions of music, culture and anti-racism in conversation with Bristol Poet and educator at Cargo; Lawrence Hoo and Publisher, Sociologist and Musician, Pete Webb of PC-Press and UWE.
We will also be hosting a 2-Tone film screening plus live music, check the website for more info and further updates! “An essential read…fasten your seat belts, rudies” MOJO TBC Thu 28 Nov 7pm Wed 2 Oct 7pm U
SOUND & VISION
Sat 21 Sep 7pm
O Brother Where Art Thou + LIVE music
We are bringing the Coen Brother’s odyssey back to the big screen for a very special music + film night. The film known its bluegrass drenched soundtrack with more banjo-plucking earworms than you can shake a soothsayer at. In the Deep South amid the depressions of the1930s, a trio of convicts – led by the suave, fast-talking Ulysses
Thu 24 Oct 7pm
Everett McGill (George Clooney) – escape from a chain gang and set out in search of treasure. Their journey home sees them cross paths with many oddities, among them sirens, a cyclops, a lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that the treasure they seek may not be the treasure they find...
WINNER of SONGLINES MAGAZINE ‘BEST FUSION ‘ARTIST AWARD 2022
Two master musicians find new common ground between the Maghreb, Saharan desert and delta blues, Mediterranean melody, the taranta of Puglia in south Italy and rocking soul. By turns powerful and intricate, together they create a raw, stripped-back sound that moves and mesmerises. Justin Adams, guitarist, producer and composer, has been a chief collaborator with Robert Plant. His production on landmark albums by Tinariwen and Rachid Taha highlight his feel for North African groove, while his award-winning project with Gambian maestro Juldeh Camara, JUJU, linked griot tradition with raw blues spirit. Mauro Durante toured the world for many years with Ludovico Einaudi playing violin and frame drums. He is one of the leading players in the pizzica style of Southern Italy.
Justin Adams + Mauro Durante LIVE
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of The Desert + LIVE Drag Queen Bingo!
Book one immense night out with: a screening of the spectacular The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of The Desert that comes fully loaded with two hours of pre-screening raucousness from Bristol’s finest Queens - Drag Queen Bingo! Think bingo’s for old ladies with perms?
Think again!
Join us for an evening of fun with Bristol’s most infamous queens RED & Dominique Fleek AKA
The Chocolate City Sisters in a game like no other you have played before!
They’re about to spice up your night with games, comedy, original music and irreverence galore, these queens will tickle your funny bone and bend your concept of bingo forever...
Fri 11 Oct 6.30pm 15
Fri 22 Nov 7pm PG
Minima’s spine-tingling music clung to each twist of the movie... spellbinding accompaniment.”
Nosferatu with Minima LIVE
Chaplin Silents + LIVE Organ Accompaniment
A post-Christmas, pre-New Year treat which is set to become a seasonal Curzon staple judging by last year’s enthusiasm for this event. Our cinema Organist Maestro and cinema history aficionado, Bernie Brown, will be providing live accompaniment to Charlie Chaplin’s classics. An old-school classic cinema family-affair with a bit of cinema organ history thrown in. Step back in time for a couple of hours into the bygone days of cinema before beckoning in a new year.
Sun 29 Dec
A silent classic with live accompaniment in a majestic setting…Nosferatu is one of the silent era’s masterpieces. Its eerie, Gothic feel - and chilling performance from Max Shrek as the vampire - set the template for horror films that followed. Darkly humorous and tender, this is a story of yearning and the search for fulfilment. Minima have specialised in silent film accompaniment since 2006. The instrumentation of drums, bass, guitar, cello, double bass, synthesiser and dulcimer immerse the audience in a nightmare world.
SEPTEMBER
NT Live Prima Facie Thu 12 Sep 7.00pm
NOVEMBER
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EVENT CINEMA
NT Live: Prima Facie
Jodie Comer’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas. Tessa, a young, brilliant barrister from working-class origins, faces a shocking event that forces her to confront the lines where patriarchal power, proof, and morals diverge. Directed by Justin Martin, this solo tour de force was captured live in 2022.
André Rieu: Gold and Silver
André is back with his Johann Strauss Orchestra for a Christmas extravaganza. An early Christmas present for André fans, this will be the perfect way to feel festive and celebrate with those you love.
Thu 12 Sep 7pm Sun 8 Dec 2pm 15 PG
Showcasing the best in theatre, opera, ballet and orchestral performance: giving you a front row seat to internationally renowned shows from the comfort of the Curzon.
The best live theatre on our cinema screen, giving you a West End experience for a fraction of the price. NT Live shows continue to wow audiences and we’re sure this season will be no different. As we go to print, most shows only have dates with titles still under-wraps so please hold the dates and check the website or newsletter for updates.
Matthew Bourne’s: Edward Scissorhands
Matthew Bourne’s magical dance production of “Edward Scissorhands” has captured hearts worldwide since its 2005 premiere. Based on Tim Burton’s classic film, this visually arresting and inventive production tells the bittersweet story of Edward, an incomplete boy with scissors for hands, filmed live in March 2024. Wed 25 Sep 7pm 12A
Royal Opera House & Royal Ballet
Recorded LIVE from the Royal Opera House, we give it that added extra by serenading you with the incredibly talented opera singer, Katie Reed, before our screenings. So, arrive early, get some fizz and enjoy a high-class, high-brow, night out.
The Marriage of Figaro
Join the Almaviva household for Figaro’s wedding, filled with revelation and scandal. Mozart’s comic opera, packed with plot twists and forbidden desires.
Wolf Witch Giant Fairy
Don’t miss this ‘enchantingly staged’ family folk opera following the triumphant Olivier Award-winning run in 2021. Red Riding Hood’s journey leads her through a fairy-tale forest filled with a cunning Wolf, a scary witch, a talking cat, and a persuasive Peddler.
The Nutcracker
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Tumble down the rabbit hole in this ballet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s famous family story, encountering curious characters in Christopher Wheeldon’s unique theatrical interpretation.
Cinderella
This Christmas, be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true. The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s enchanting ballet offers a theatrical experience for all the family.
Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family. Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs bring festive charm to Peter Wright’s beloved production. Marvel at Tchaikovsky’s score of the enchanted Nutcracker that’s affirm Christmas favourite.
CLASSIC & CUPPA
Season 3’s Classic + Cuppa has been curated as part of Cinema Rediscovered, the UK’s leading festival of classic cinema that brings rediscoveries and rarities back to the big screen. The films listed here are absolute gems not often seen in a cinema; so take a Tuesday morning off and treat yourself to something special, with a hot drink and biscuits thrown in for good measure.
Gilda (1946)
Rita Hayworth ignites the screen in this iconic classic of Hollywood film noir. Gilda is the sultry femme fatale with a hidden past who ensnares former lover and small-time crook Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) in her toxic web of sexual jealousy, betrayal and murder.
Tue 10 Sep 10am PG
The Long Goodbye
This neo-noir centres on Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould), a private detective with outmoded code of honour in early ’70s LA. Robert Altman directs this superb adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel that tells of betrayal, murder and moral codes.
Tue 24 Sep 10am 18
Cinema Rediscovered on Tour is a Watershed project in Collaboration with Park Circus and StudioCanal. With support from BFI awarding funds from The National Lottery.
Three Days of Condor
Starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway and directed by Sydney Pollack, Three Days of the Condor is a tense political thriller marinaded in 1970s suspicion and corruption. A C.I.A operative’s world is turned upside down, and he cannot trust anyone.
Tue 8 Oct 10am 15
The Conversation
Lone Star
A keen observer of America’s social fabric, writerdirector John Sayles uncovers the haunted past buried beneath a small Texas border town in this sprawling neowestern mystery. Starring Kris Kristofferson, Chris Cooper, Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña.
Tue 22 Oct 10am 15
Francis Ford Coppola’s thriller was a prophetic portrait of surveillance culture. Gene Hackman provides one of his most iconic performances as Harry Caul, a surveillance expert with a crisis of conscience who he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Tue 5 Nov 10am 12A
The Weak and The Wicked
Bristol-born J. Lee Thompson (best known for The Guns of Navarone and 1962’s Cape Fear) directs a powerful and realistic depiction of the lives of a number of British women serving time in prison. Starring Glynis Johns and Diana Dors.
Tue 19 Nov 10am PG
COLOUR & LIGHT
Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years Of Jean-Michel Basquiat + Art On The Streets + Q&A
In this double bill we explore Street Art, what shapes it, who it gives voice to, and the importance of art in public spaces. Art On The Streets, narrated by Michael Rosen, explores art’s role in providing a voice, a platform and a meeting point in the midst of conflict, themes which resonate today. Focusing on the 1943 exhibition For Liberty created by the anti-fascist artists’ collective.
Basquiat was shaped by the 1970s NYC that he grew up in; the times, the people and the movements surrounding him formed the artist he became, and street art as now know it. Using never-before-seen works, writings and photographs, director Sara Driver, worked closely and collaboratively with friends and other artists who emerged from that period: drawing a portrait of Jean-Michel and
The Paper Cinema LIVE
Fascinating and imaginative storytellers, The Paper Cinema, create extraordinary, magical worlds with vivid pen and ink drawings, puppetry and a treasure drove of acoustic and electronic sounds. This show gathers favourite short stories, performed live by two puppeteers and a multiinstrumentalist to delight you with atmospheric tales of ghosts, dreams and the supernatural. An extra-special treat for ages 8 – 88.
Downtown New York City that was soon to be lost to the 1980s boom.
27 Oct 2pm PG
‘Any production by this small British company is bound to be something special’ The Times
Exhibition On Screen: Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing
Coinciding with the major retrospective; ‘Poet’s and Lovers’ exhibition of Van Gogh’s work at the National Gallery, we are delighted to return this Van Gogh deep-dive to the big screen. Given complete and
unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, this film provides viewers with the moving and inspiring experience of seeing Vincent’s iconic masterpieces close-up on the screen.
6 Nov 7pm PG
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS
The Muppet Christmas Carol
It really isn’t Christmas until Kermit has closed up the office (after negotiating a whole day off!). Kicking off our season of Christmas Crackers is our all-time favourite musical story of Ebenezer Scrooge learning what the season is truly about. “Come in and know me better, man”.
Die Hard
A New York City police officer must save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a corporate Christmas party. Bruce Willis stars in the retroclassic that has become a cult favourite. Yippee-ki-yay!
The Snowman with the City of Bristol Brass Band
Following their sold-old double screening last year, the City of Bristol Brass Band return to treat us with their live accompaniment of Howard Blake’s magical score to Raymond Briggs’ timeless story of a boy and his snowman.
Elf
Home Alone
All 8-year-old Kevin McCallister wants for Christmas is for his family to disappear. But careful what you wish for – when it comes true, Kevin has more to contend with than annoying older brothers! The finest in 1990s side-splitting slapstick.
Frozen Sing-Along
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is...” by joining us for the definitive Curzon tradition. Raised as an elf but feeling like he doesn’t fit in, Buddy goes looking for his true place in the world – in New York City. There’s room for everyone on the nice list!
“I don’t know if I’m elated or gassy” but this is going to be fun, and loud! The full feature length film with on-screen lyrics and prizes for the best costumes. Come and belt out those most wintry earworms, “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” and of course “Let it Go”.
Fri 8 Nov 7pm
IMMERSIVE
The Lost Boys with DJ
Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire. When a single mother and her two sons move to the sleepy seaside California town of
Santa Carla, they discover much more than they anticipated in this visually stunning blend of hip humour, horror and rock ‘n’ roll about the most compelling group of contemporary vampires ever to put fang to vein.
Expect the unexpected as DJ Cheeba joins us for another immersive experience. Music, monsters, mayhem . Dress up, dress down, before the upside-down, the Corey’s ruled and noodles were on the menu. Step back, fly, don’t fall...
About Curzon Cinema and Arts
The Curzon is an independent, Grade-II listed cinema and concert hall that was built in 1912, making us one of the oldest cinemas in the country. The cinema was saved by the community in 1996 and we have been operating as a registered charity ever since. In addition to showing the latest blockbusters, we offer a diverse programme of live events exploring all art-forms whilst living our motto of being: “Independent, Unique, and Yours”.
Accessibility
The auditorium is accessible for wheelchair users, or anyone requiring step-free access and we offer a range of options for seats with space for your wheelchair or extra legroom. Just ask a member of staff at the Box Office and we’ll be happy to open the access doors for you.
We regularly have subtitled screenings for people with impaired hearing and relaxed, screenings for those on the autism/sensory spectrum, people living with dementia and anyone who would benefit from a relaxed cinema experience. For more information, please see full listings on our website.
Food and Drink
We’re always fully stocked with all the usual sweet and savoury cinema treats (kids Treat Trays being the most popular) plus hot and cold drinks and ice cream. Alcoholic drinks are also available from the Box Office, which can be taken into the auditorium, or you can arrive early for a relaxing drink in the Oak Room Bar before screenings.
Thank You
We would like to thank all the individuals, trusts, foundations, companies, and public funders who have given towards our impactful charitable work. If you would like to support us by making a one-off donation, leaving a legacy, or sponsoring our work, please visit our website for more information.
The events in this brochure have been supported by generous funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and the Rural England Prosperity Fund.
Information
Curzon Cinema and Arts
46 Old Church Road, Clevedon, BS21 6NN
www.curzon.org.uk
@curzonclevedon
Enquiries: info@curzon.org.uk
All of the times advertised reflect the doors opening time
Travelling By Bus
Regular buses run between Clevedon, Yatton, Portishead, Nailsea, Weston-super-Mare, Bristol, and most surrounding areas. Visit travelwest.info/bus for the latest information.
The new WESTlink Service operates on demand and details can be found at: travelwest.info/westlink
Parking
There are two free Council car parks off Great Western Road which are a few minutes’ walk from the cinema.
Information in this brochure is correct at the time of print, but subject to change.
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Booking
We recommend that you book tickets in advance online to guarantee a seat! Each online booking includes a £1 per order fee which helps pay for our ticketing costs and 100% of this is kept by the charity. Tickets are also available before most screenings in person subject to availability.
Membership
Earn 10% back on each main film programme ticket you purchase as a member, then spend your accrued swag on your next tickets!: curzon.org.uk/membership
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