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Film review: Remembrance – “an unmissable Janner night out”

Wednesday 30th September 2026

City symphonies have been a feature of cinema from the off, with everywhere from Soviet Russia to Liverpool (and a lot of places besides) … Continue Reading

Film Review: Sense and Sensibility – “Janeites, assemble.”

Monday 28th September 2026

For Jane Austen fans, waiting for a new Austen film can be a frustrating experience. Nothing for years, and then two come along at once. While the Netflix / Dolly … Continue Reading

Film Preview – “Pulp: What do you do for an encore?”

Wednesday 16th September 2026

What indeed? 

Well, one thing you can do for an encore is publicly release a film of the concert you just played. And who doesn’t love a … Continue Reading

Rip It Up – A Season Celebrating Youth, Creativity and Rebellion

Tuesday 8th September 2026

RIP IT UP – CUT AND PASTE! Come and join Plymouth Arts Cinema working in partnership with The Box, Plymouth and Fotonow at the end of September … Continue Reading

Film Review: The Summer Book – “A warm treat”

Tuesday 8th September 2026

After spending almost thirty years writing about the Moomins, Finnish author Tove Jansson turned her attention to adults with her 1972 novel The Summer Book, a collection of loosely … Continue Reading

Review: Rose of Nevada + Q&A with Director Mark Jenkin

Monday 11th May 2026

As Mark introduced the screening of Rose of Nevada in front of a sold out audience at Plymouth Arts Cinema, he mentioned it was his 37th such introduction, with … Continue Reading

Plymouth Arts Cinema Celebrates £150k BFI Audience Projects Fund Award

Wednesday 15th April 2026

Plymouth Arts Cinema (PAC) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded £150,000 in funding from the British Film Institute Audience Projects Fund, for the three years from April … Continue Reading

Film Review: Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable

Tuesday 7th April 2026

J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) and John Constable (1776–1837), though contemporaries and arguably the two greatest British landscape painters of their time, seemed to develop vastly different artistic styles. Like the social … Continue Reading

Film Review: The Testament of Ann Lee “unusual and thought-provoking”

Monday 23rd March 2026

The film opens with a mesmerising depiction of the Shakers’ ecstatic woodland dances. This sets the stage to go back a few years earlier to Manchester, England, in the 18th … Continue Reading

Molly Vs The Machines – online safety and mental health resources

Friday 6th March 2026

Here are some resources about online safeguarding for young people – and for anyone wanting to spend less time on smartphones and more time in real life!

Our panellists for presented … Continue Reading

Film review: Wuthering Heights – “Fennell interprets obsession for passion”

Thursday 26th February 2026

There are few books that shorthand themselves so readily as Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights. Windswept moors, doomed lovers, youthful angst. A passionate, … Continue Reading

Film review – Nouvelle Vague

Tuesday 17th February 2026

The French New Wave was born in the pages of the “Cahiers du Cinéma” magazine in the 1950s. Its writers, including François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette … Continue Reading

City symphonies have been a feature of cinema from the off, with everywhere ...
For Jane Austen fans, waiting for a new Austen film can be a frustrating experience. ...
What indeed?  Well, one thing you can do for an encore is ...
RIP IT UP – CUT AND PASTE! Come and join Plymouth Arts ...
After spending almost thirty years writing about the Moomins, Finnish author Tove Jansson turned ...
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