Award Winning Independent Cinema
Category: Film
Event Review: Mia Bays and Anna Smith A&Q event, “…a rally to agitate over gender equality in film”
Wednesday 21st March 2018
As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, we invited Oscar winning film producer Mia Bays and top film critic Anna Smith to introduce a screening of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.
Mia and Anna also took the opportunity to launch the new Birds Eye View influencer programme – … Continue Reading
Film Review: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, “…a sympathetic portrayal of people coping with a world that does not understand them”
Wednesday 21st March 2018
Regular contributor Nigel Watson reviews Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, which screened at the Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from the 13 – 21 March 2018. *Please note – this review contains mild spoilers.*
It is quite surprising to learn that the hugely popular Wonder Woman super heroine was … Continue Reading
Live Cinema Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Wednesday 14th March 2018
Regular contributor Nigel Watson reviews the recent screening of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, part of our live cinema programme. Our next live cinema screening is NT Live: Julius Caesar on Thursday 22 March.
This live recording of the play, which ran at the Young Vic in … Continue Reading
Phantom Thread Review: every moment shimmers
Thursday 8th March 2018
Nominated for six Oscars, Phantom Thread walked away with the award for Best Costume Design. It is showing in our cinema from 2-10 March. Review by Joshua Jones
This marks a departure for celebrated director P.T. Anderson. The distance between Boogie Nights (1997) and The Phantom Thread seems at first … Continue Reading
Jupiter’s Moon and the new Hungarian Cinema
Wednesday 7th March 2018
Hungarian cinema really is on a roll at the moment. The kind of magical realist films coming from there right now are proving to be something of an antidote to the more gritty cinema of its neighbours, Romania and Poland. One of the standout films of last year, Ildikó Enyedi’s … Continue Reading
Film Review of Darkest Hour: what gives Churchill a firm mandate to carry on fighting is the attitude of the British people.
Tuesday 20th February 2018
With two BAFTA Awards and six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Darkest Hour is showing in the cinema until 8 March. Reviewed by Nigel Watson.
Hitler’s war machine is blasting its way to the French coast sending both French and British armies into full retreat, and … Continue Reading
Film Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri “from boiler-suited bravado to crumpled vulnerability in the blink of an eye”
Wednesday 14th February 2018
Jemima Laing reviews Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – currently showing in the PAC cinema, with limited tickets available for the remaining screenings.
Mildred Hayes knows the power of the billboard.
Perhaps her decision to buy up the titular hoardings is a nod to her character’s … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Disaster Artist “Disaster is surely the most spectacular art.’
Wednesday 7th February 2018
Screened in the Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from Friday 26 January – Thursday 1 February, contributor J. Jones reviews The Disaster Artist…
How many films of the last two decades can be said to survive the onslaught of time? How many so celebrated are so easily forgotten? It … Continue Reading