Award Winning Independent Cinema

Helen Tope has written a review of La La Land, which is showing in our cinema from 24 February – 7 March. Tickets available here.

La La Land is a film that announces itself with the fanfare we have come to expect … Continue Reading

Nathaniel Bannister has written a review of Chi-Raq, which is showing in our cinema from 20-26 January. Tickets available here.
“I am an American, Chicago born – Chicago, that somber city”.
So begins ‘The Adventures of Augie March’, written in 1953 by that most Chicagoan of authors, Saul Bellow. Sixty years … Continue Reading

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them will be screening in the Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from 16th – 29th December. Tickets available here.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the long-awaited … Continue Reading

Nocturnal Animals is screening at the Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from 9th – 15th December. Tickets available here.

Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals opens with an actual parade of naked obesities. … Continue Reading

On the surface Julien Gahyde (Mathieu Amalric), lives in a large modern home, has a perfect wife, wonderful family and a successful job. Yet, this all changes when he has an ‘accidental’ encounter with Esther Despierre (Stéphanie Cléau) who went to the … Continue Reading

Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake is an unmagical mystery tour through the wilfully-labyrinthine world of benefits.
It’s an unsettling game of snakes and ladders where, even if you actually did fall off a ladder or were bitten by a snake, the DWP “decision-maker” … Continue Reading

A review of American Honey from Eve Jones

American Honey is screening in the Plymouth Arts Centre Cinema until Thursday 24th November

American Honey is an indie coming-of-age narrative without the softness of classic Hollywood. Star (Sasha Lane) is a rough-around-the-edges 18-year old who abandons her burdensome life for days spent … Continue Reading

A review of Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie

by Nigel Watson

In the opening voice-over, Louis Theroux says he’s always wanted to make a film that takes a positive view of the Church of Scientology. We all know he’ll dish the dirt, especially since they reject all his attempts at getting … Continue Reading