Film Review: The Wife – “a brilliant study of ambition, talent and the ego needed to drive them forward”
Tuesday 30th October 2018
Helen Tope reviews The Wife, showing at Plymouth Arts Centre until this Thursday (limited tickets available here).
Based on the novel by Meg Wolitzer, The Wife tells the story of … Continue Reading
A new city centre home for our independent cinema
Thursday 25th October 2018
After months of negotiations, we are excited to announce that the future of our unique independent cinema is secure and will relocate to a new home and double in size.
Our … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Little Stranger “an elegant, slow-burn gothic horror”
Monday 22nd October 2018
Caroline Morley reviews The Little Stranger, showing at Plymouth Arts Centre until this Thursday (tickets available here).
“This house works on people” muses an enigmatic Charlotte Rampling in director Lenny … Continue Reading
Film Review: Cold War “Shot in beautifully-textured black and white, Cold War is a love letter to post-war Europe.”
Monday 22nd October 2018
Helen Tope reviews Cold War, showing at Plymouth Arts Centre until this Thursday (tickets available here).
Against the backdrop of communist Poland, Cold War is a love story that travels … Continue Reading
Film review: The Seagull “The cast […] deliver uniformly outstanding performances, lifting the film from the faintly ridiculous to the sublime.”
Monday 15th October 2018
Caroline Morley reviews The Seagull, showing at Plymouth Arts Centre until this Thursday (tickets available here).
At one point in Stephen Karam’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Children Act “Studies of middle-aged women in Hollywood are rare, but The Children Act makes a compelling case for why we should see more.”
Wednesday 10th October 2018
Helen Tope reviews The Children Act, showing this week at Plymouth Arts Centre (all performances are sold out).
A portrait of inner life, Ian McEwan’s novel The Children Act shouldn’t … Continue Reading
Changes to our Opening Hours
Wednesday 12th September 2018
Changes to our Building and Box Office opening hours from Tuesday 2 October 2018
– Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: Box Office phone line open from 3pm to 8.30pm. Building and Box … Continue Reading
Open Air Cinema Preview: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – ‘The film isn’t another soulless cash-in sequel (…) and should satisfy fans of the franchise and newcomers.’
Tuesday 11th September 2018
Ben Cherry reviews Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom showing at Royal William Yard on Saturday 15 September as part of our Open Air Cinema season. Standard tickets are … Continue Reading
Open Air Cinema Preview: Isle of Dogs ‘We understand, and perhaps empathise, more with the dogs than we do with the humans’
Friday 7th September 2018
Kieran Rae reviews Wes Anderson’s latest adventure Isle of Dogs showing at Royal William Yard on Thursday 13 September as part of our Open Air Cinema season. VIP and … Continue Reading
Open Air Cinema Preview: The Shape of Water ‘It is a perfect film for now’
Monday 30th July 2018
There is no easy way to introduce The Shape of Water. A love story between a woman and a mythical sea creature, this film announces its oddity right from the … Continue Reading
Open Air Cinema Preview: ‘The Piano’ – a seminal, ground-breaking and thoroughly defiant film
Thursday 5th July 2018
Plymouth Arts Centre’s Film Programmer Anna Navas introduces us to The Piano, which begins our Open Air Cinema season on July 20th at Tinside Lido.
This summer, to celebrate the … Continue Reading