Film Review – “One to One: John and Yoko”
Thursday 8th May 2025
When John Lennon and Yoko Ono arrived in New York City in late 1971, the USA was in a state of heightened political tensions. From the war in Vietnam, … Continue Reading
The old projector is dead, long live the new projector!
Thursday 1st May 2025
As you may know, Plymouth Arts Cinema’s projector failed over the weekend. Unfortunately the problem was terminal. We are now installing a brand new laser projector. It’s a critical piece … Continue Reading
Event Review – NT Live: Macbeth “bloody good”
Tuesday 15th April 2025
If you’ve seen David Tennant recently in “Rivals”, you’ll know that he’s brilliant at playing Machiavellian characters. There’s just something about those arched eyebrows that screams “power hungry.”
Originally … Continue Reading
Film Review: Four Mothers
Tuesday 15th April 2025
It’s a story about first love. Actually, it’s a story about the after of first love. It’s a story not so much about being in love, as being out … Continue Reading
Film review – Dawn of Impressionism Paris 1874
Monday 31st March 2025
It’s hard, from our perspective, to imagine a time when Impressionism wasn’t popular. It’s not only popular but ubiquitous. Images of sunlit meadows, leisurely riverbanks and ornate gardens have become … Continue Reading
Film review – Oh My Goodness!
Wednesday 26th March 2025
Synchronised-gymnastic-cycling nuns, drunk table-dancing nuns and habit-wind-surfing nuns are just some of the nun-based hijinks on offer in this charming underdog comedy. Set in the sun-kissed Jura mountains, Oh My … Continue Reading
David Lynch Tribute – “thank you for a great deal of dreaming”
Tuesday 25th February 2025
Late one Sunday night, I must have been about eleven or twelve, and I’m watching TV in our front room. It was approaching bedtime, so I am anxious … Continue Reading
Oscar Profile: Ralph Fiennes’ sheer diversity of characters
Tuesday 25th February 2025
With a career spanning three decades, actor Ralph Fiennes has just received his third Oscar nomination. His role in Edward Berger’s ecclesiastical hit Conclave … Continue Reading
Film Review: Memoir of a Snail – “surprisingly heartfelt and poignant”
Tuesday 25th February 2025
In Adam Elliot’s second feature film, Memoir of a Snail, a young woman, saddened by the death of her only friend, tells her tragic life story to her pet snail. … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Brutalist – “even at such an epic length, one is left wanting more.”
Wednesday 19th February 2025
Adrian Brody seems to be carving out a peculiar character niche for himself – a renowned Jewish artist and genius in his discipline who is left ravaged by the horrors … Continue Reading
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











