What’s On Week Ahead

Fri 17 - Thu 30 July

With a star-studded cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya and Charlize Theron, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the most anticipated film on Letterboxd for 2026.

In this Lunchtime Talk, Undershed Curator Amy Rose will offer a sneak peek into the extraordinary video games and VR that make up our latest exhibition - SENTIENTS.

Until Wed 22 Jul

Surviving bar-to-bar on anecdotes and the ‘good old days’, two blustery 50-somethings hatch a plan to change their luck by digging up the cash their old pal buried before he left for Argentina.

Until Wed 22 Jul

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbours for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

Until Mon 20 Jul

When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

Join us to celebrate the launch of SENTIENTS! Open your animal eyes. A collection of groundbreaking video games and virtual reality.

Sat 18 July - Sun 13 Sept

Experience SENTIENTS at Undershed Gallery, Bristol. A groundbreaking immersive exhibition featuring VR and video games that let you see through animal eyes.

Until Wed 22 Jul

In the late 1990s, a family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island, as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the experiences of the youngest child, Sasha. Their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family’s oldest child.

Based on the series of books by Patrick O'Brian and directed by Peter Weir, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World follows the fate of the crew of the HMS Surprise - a British Naval ship on a frantic search for their adversary, the French Man-O-War Acheron, during the Napoleonic war.

Sun 19 & Wed 22 July

As a tribute to the late Marjane Satrapi, we're screening the film adaptation of her graphic novel that follows a young girl in Iran during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

Join some of the most inspiring voices in the worlds of exhibition, distribution and restoration to reflect on the rise of rep cinema over the past decade; and what that might mean for the future of cinema.

To celebrate Il Cinema Ritrovato turning forty and Cinema Rediscovered turning ten, we are delighted to welcome Il Cinema Ritrovato’s Co-director Ehsan Khoshbakht, for a conversation with our founder Mark Cosgrove hosted by film critic, historian and long-standing collaborator Pamela Hutchinson.

Relationship trouble? Choosing dinner? Look out for our Danger: Diabolik Hotline. Dial for Diabolik: the suave super-villain from the Giussani sisters’ camp 1960’s comic. To join in, find the phone booth in Watershed’s Café & Bar and ask for counsel from our very own agony-aunt. Warning - follow his advice at your own risk!

Based on an iconic Italian comic, Mario Bava’s stylish cult classic has been an inspiration to many from the Beastie Boys to acclaimed British filmmaker Edgar Wright, who will present a pre-recorded introduction to the film.