Award Winning Independent Cinema
Category: Film
Film review: “Parasite points the way ahead for cinema in the 21st century: bold, enigmatic and without compromise.”
Monday 2nd March 2020
Helen Tope reviews Parasite, showing in our cinema until Thursday 5th March [SOLD OUT].
Sharp, funny and beautifully observed, Parasite was the surprise winner at this year’s Oscars. Directed by Bong Joon Ho, Parasite – a part-comedy / part-thriller – has transitioned into the mainstream, and the implications for cinema … Continue Reading
March April 2020 Film Programme
Wednesday 19th February 2020
Full list of March – April films and eventsMr Jones (15), Fri 6 – Thu 12 March
Queen & Slim (15), Fri 6 – Wed 11 March
Feminista Film Tour, Sat 7 March
All At Sea … Continue Reading
Little Women: “Gerwig was the perfect person to direct and write this film”
Thursday 6th February 2020
Greta Gerwig’s recent adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, proves that these characters and their stories continue to excite audiences since the release of the novel in 1868. Following Gillian Armstrong’s much-loved film in 1994, Gerwig’s reworking is now the sixth big screen adaptation to focus on the March … Continue Reading
Film Review: Jojo Rabbit – “A perfect satire on the cost of war”
Monday 3rd February 2020
Helen Tope reviews Jojo Rabbit, showing in our cinema until Thursday 6th February.
A perfect satire on the cost of war, Jojo Rabbit tells the story of World War II from the perspective of a 10-year-old boy.
Jojo (played by Roman Griffin Davis) lives with his mother, Rosie (Scarlet Johansson) … Continue Reading
A Decade of Women in Film: How gender equality in film has changed from 2010 – 2020
Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Now that we are in a new decade, it is hard not to look back on the last ten years and reflect on the changes and developments within the film industry, particularly in terms of female filmmakers. The beginning of the decade kicked off with Kathryn Bigelow being the first woman … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Two Popes – “A master-class of layer and detail”
Monday 13th January 2020
Helen Tope reviews The Two Popes, showing in our cinema until Wednesday 15 January.
In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation. An act not without precedence, but the first Pope to resign since the fifteenth century, Benedict’s decision created headlines around the world.
The film starts … Continue Reading
PAC Staff and Volunteers’ Films of The Year 2019
Thursday 19th December 2019
Plymouth Arts Cinema has screened 149 films in 2019, since moving to our new location at Plymouth College of Art in January. Unsurprisingly, cinema was one of the main topics of conversation at our Staff and Volunteers’ Christmas Party, and we took the chance to look back over the year … Continue Reading
Film Review – Honeyland – “Life, death; man, nature – Honeyland is unafraid to depict everything equally”
Tuesday 17th December 2019
Jack Hobson reviews award-winning documentary Honeyland, showing for one last screening in our cinema on Wednesday 18 December at 20:30.
Winning three awards at the Sundance Film Festival, Honeyland traverses the varying Macedonian landscape as beautifully it does the vicissitudes of the life of one of the … Continue Reading