Film Review: Poor Things – “Stone’s performance is rightly worthy of an Oscar nomination”
Wednesday 31st January 2024
A fantasy that blends science fiction with High Victoriana, Poor Things – a 1992 novel from Glaswegian author Alasdair Gray – seems a project tailor-made for director Yorgos Lanthimos. … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Holdovers – “a sense of warm familiarity”
Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Those fed up with the bleak midwinter will find more than a cup of Christmas cheer still left in The Holdovers, the latest from Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways, Nebraska). In fact … Continue Reading
Film Review: Tish – “culture is not solely for middle-class consumption”
Tuesday 16th January 2024
A documentary that reframes the perception of the “working-class experience”, Tish is the story of Tyneside documentary photographer, Tish Murtha. Directed by Paul Sng, and featuring Tish’s daughter, Ella, this … Continue Reading
2023 – What a Year!
Thursday 21st December 2023
It’s that time of the year when we all look back at the highs and lows and it’s fair to say, 2023 has been quite the rollercoaster for us … Continue Reading
Event Review: The Red Shoes
Thursday 14th December 2023
The centrepiece of a UK-wide celebration, Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell + Pressburger, the 1948 film The Red Shoes, … Continue Reading
Film Review: Saltburn – “grabs your attention and refuses to let go”
Tuesday 28th November 2023
Balanced somewhere between a “gothic love story” and horror, according to its director, Saltburn is a film with serious pedigree.
Loosely based on the family featured in Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, … Continue Reading
Review: How to Have Sex + Bad Sex Writing Workshop
Tuesday 21st November 2023
How to Have Sex is a sun and alcohol-soaked tale of three teenage girls on a post GCSE bender in Crete, with the singular mission of … Continue Reading
A Letter From Carol Morley, Director of Typist Artist Pirate King
Thursday 9th November 2023
Typist Artist Pirate King is showing at Plymouth Arts Cinema from Friday 17th November 2023 – Wednesday 22nd November. Director Carol Morley will be joining us for an introduction … Continue Reading
Celebrating 45 Years at Plymouth Arts Cinema with Allen Pollock
Tuesday 7th November 2023
We have been celebrating 45 years since our usher, Allen Pollock began volunteering for Plymouth Arts Cinema. We would like to extend a wholehearted thank you to Allen for the … Continue Reading
Film Review: Killers of the Flower Moon
Tuesday 7th November 2023
Oil literally erupts from the land of the Osage Native American nation, and they become incredibly wealthy. The opening sequence shows the elders burying a ceremonial pipe that symbolises the … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Nettle Dress – “not just about the object itself, but what it represents”
Wednesday 25th October 2023
A project of time and reflection, The Nettle Dress records a seven-year mission by textile artist, Allan Brown, to make a garment entirely from wild nettles.
Filmed by Dylan Howitt, Allan … Continue Reading