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Film Review: Vermiglio – “a real treat”

Tuesday 11th February 2025

Set in a remote village of the Italian Alps during the last uncertain days of World War II,  Vermiglio peeks into the secrets and conflicts of a family modestly getting by in … Continue Reading

Film Review: A Real Pain

Wednesday 29th January 2025

Jesse Eisenberg’s second feature as writer-director tells the story of two cousins journeying to Poland in tribute of their recently deceased grandmother, by way of a holocaust tour group.
The once-close-now-distant … Continue Reading

Film review: Nosferatu – “mesmerizingly blood curdling”

Tuesday 14th January 2025

The film opens in beautifully lensed darkness then to our main character Ellen Hutter (dressed all in white, a clear metaphor for her actions as the heroine of … Continue Reading

Our Films of the Year 2024

Saturday 21st December 2024

Our wonderful staff and volunteers have taken our annual vote on our favourite films of 2024. 
Each of us voted for our top 3 films. Plymouth Arts Cinema screened 162 films … Continue Reading

Review: The Room Next Door – “zings with colour and vibrancy: as a counterpoint to the proximity of death”

Tuesday 12th November 2024

At the age of 75, director Pedro Almodovar is still breaking new ground. In The Room Next Door, we have his first full-length feature in English. Taking its lead from … Continue Reading

Q&A with Director Mark Cousins

Tuesday 29th October 2024

Thank you to Mark Cousins for a brilliant evening on 21/10/24 talking us through his film A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper … Continue Reading

Film review: Timestalker – “wild, weird and wonderful”

Tuesday 29th October 2024

The theme of time travel is perfect for filmmakers as the very process of editing allows you to manipulate the timeline of your story and characters, in the form of … Continue Reading

“A textural, emotive documentary of a forgotten visionary” – A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things Review

Tuesday 15th October 2024

In approaching the reputation and legacy of modernist painter, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, film-maker Mark Cousins makes it clear that conventional story-telling will not do. A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things is … Continue Reading

Film Review: “Everybody in the Place” – Jeremy Deller

Thursday 10th October 2024

If you are my age, dangerously close to 50, or a fan of the Prodigy – you’ll understand the correct response to the title of Jeremy Deller’s illustrated, … Continue Reading

Film Review: The Critic – “McKellen revels in the role of Queen Bee among London’s coterie of critics”

Tuesday 8th October 2024

An actor famous for clapping back at critics, Ian McKellen’s latest role as [checks notes] a critic sounds like cinematic kismet. Directed by Anand Tucker, The Critic delivers on this … Continue Reading

Remembrance – “A film that will mean a lot to anybody from Plymouth”

Tuesday 1st October 2024

Remembrance interweaves the lives of several different characters, all of whom are sailors, as they await their departure to sea in the coming days. At the heart of the film … Continue Reading

Film Review: Starve Acre – “instils an ancient fear”

Tuesday 24th September 2024

Five-year-old Owen lives on a remote farm on the Yorkshire moors, where he hears a strange whistling noise and begins to act in an odd fashion. His archaeologist father is impressed … Continue Reading

Set in a remote village of the Italian Alps during the last uncertain days ...
Jesse Eisenberg’s second feature as writer-director tells the story of two cousins journeying to ...
The film opens in beautifully lensed darkness then to our main character Ellen ...
Our wonderful staff and volunteers have taken our annual vote on our favourite films of ...