Film Review – Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Thursday 5th June 2025
When it comes to making the transition from page to screen, there are few novels that can rival the track record of Jane Austen’s 1813 classic, … Continue Reading
Film review: The Salt Path – “immersed in panoramic shots of the gorgeous coastline”
Wednesday 4th June 2025
Midlife. It’s usually the time of life when you’re allowed to slow down. The children have grown up, you’ve finally (hopefully) got a bit of disposable income and you’re nearing … Continue Reading
Review: The Tale of Daye’s Family (SAFAR Film Festival) and Until The Sea (Short)
Tuesday 3rd June 2025
This film double bill, coming to Plymouth Arts Cinema on Thursday 19th June features people being dunked in the Nile, and the sea off Plymouth Sound.
Up first, … Continue Reading
Film Review – “Wild at Heart”
Friday 9th May 2025
Wild at Heart is screening at Plymouth Arts Cinema on Saturday 10th May at 8pm and Thursday 15th May at 8.15pm.
Audiences were not quite on … Continue Reading
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