Mother's Day is an opportunity to show your mum affection and represent how much they mean to you, whether that's simply by spending time with them or giving unique, funny, personalised or meaningful gifts.
One Bristol-based organisation hopes to honour all mums the way they know best, while simultaneously launching its public debut. In honour of Mother's Day, newly launched film organisation Film Noir UK will be screening a 1945 film noir classic.
On Sunday (March 27) at The Watershed, Mildred Pierce starring Joan Crawford will hit the big screens. For those who haven't yet watched the iconic film, it is certainly not your average family flick.
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It features one of old Hollywood's greatest legends playing one of Western cinema's most notable mothers. The plot of Mildred Pierce is centred around a woman named Mildred whose wealthy husband leaves her for another, after which Mildred raises her two daughters on her own.
She marries another man, who later dies, while undergoing a severely complicated (and almost deadly) relationship with her daughter Veda, who absolutely resents her.
Co-director of South West Silents and Film Noir UK James Harrison believes that Mildred Pierce, contrary to how the plot might sound, celebrates motherhood and mothers - albeit with a melodramatic spin. He hopes that Film Noir UK can encourage a new generation to appreciate the art of film and filmmaking.
He said: “I think showing Mildred Pierce will be a fantastic launch for us to support independent cinemas. It’s why I love Bristol so much because there’s always so much going on around film and cinema.
“We’re very lucky to have places like The Arnofini and The Watershed, even other places like Cue. And with Film Noir, we want to showcase the dark side of cinema and get people to start paying attention to not only film noir but cinema in general.
“We’re going to be everywhere but Bristol is very much the home of Film Noir UK. We are hoping to be previewing classic films on 35mm that is a dying format when it comes to cinema screenings, as well some restorations from around the world like in SWS such as the Russian film we’re showing at the Arnolfini.
“In many ways, it’s why we’re bringing back the classics because you can’t view them on Netflix or Amazon Prime - because no one puts them on. For the last two years, we’ve been sitting at home watching Netflix, when there’s a lot out there.
"We should be celebrating classic cinema more like what South West Silents has been doing for years. That’s what we plan to do next with Film Noir UK."
To book tickets online, you can head to The Watershed website.
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