Opening Times
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 5-8.30pm
Wednesday: 1-8.30pm
Saturday: 1-8pm
Closed Monday and Sunday
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Independent Cinema for Everyone
Film Review: Trumbo
Tuesday 8th March 2016
https://youtu.be/n0dZ_2ICpJE
Trumbo is in the cinema at Plymouth Arts Centre from 11 – 17 March
Trumbo tells the life-story of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who at the height of his career, found himself under the scrutiny of the McCarthy witch-hunts.
As a member of the Communist Party, Dalton was summoned to … Continue Reading
Film Review: Gueros
Tuesday 1st March 2016
https://youtu.be/cm49CH4qtSg
Gueros is in the cinema at Plymouth Arts Centre from 26 Feb – 3 March.
Gueros is, to put it simply, a stylish black-and-white Mexican road movie; the debut feature from director Alonso Ruizpalacios. It doesn’t take you long to realise, however, that under the surface this film has … Continue Reading
Film Review: Hector
Tuesday 16th February 2016
https://youtu.be/q_k98JKlnqs
In the cinema at Plymouth Arts Centre from 19 – 25 Feb.
The story of Hector is one that isn’t actually too unfamiliar. In Plymouth alone there are 250 beds available for single, homeless people at any one time. These are always full. Although we do not know all of … Continue Reading
Film Review: Room
Tuesday 9th February 2016
https://youtu.be/PPZqF_TPTGs
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture, Room is a cinematic and moving experience that muses on life in captivity, the resilience of young minds and the bonds of parenthood. It’s in the cinema at Plymouth Arts Centre from 12 – 18 February.
Coinciding with the discovery of a Maoist … Continue Reading
Film Review: Le Mepris
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
https://youtu.be/pSZSkxEA_Y4
Le Mepris (Contempt) is showing at Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from 9 – 11 February
The French New Wave filmmakers hated the conventions of traditional cinema and embraced wholeheartedly the concept of the auteur. At the forefront was Jean-Luc Godard who was keen to show the artifice of cinematic … Continue Reading
Film Review: Tangerine
Tuesday 26th January 2016
https://youtu.be/fUxRxgtYt0M
Tangerine is showing at Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from 22 – 28 January
I knew two things about director Sean Baker’s Tangerine – that it was shot entirely on iPhones and that it was about about two transgender sex workers.
But these facts swiftly become incidental in this whirlwind Christmas … Continue Reading
Truly a master of his art: our bloggers revisit Alan Rickman’s most memorable characters
Tuesday 19th January 2016
https://youtu.be/GorPPLfJ7s0
It is an unashamedly partisan choice, but my favourite memory of Alan Rickman will always be his performance in Sense and Sensibility.
While Emma Thompson’s screenplay was the star of the show, Alan Rickman’s depiction of a character that gets a second chance at life is truly moving. You see Colonel … Continue Reading
I think perhaps Mr. Newton has had enough, don’t you? David Bowie’s Influence on Film
Wednesday 13th January 2016
As with music, fashion and art, David Bowie’s influence reached far into the film world. Our film programmer Anna Navas has written about her favourite moments of Bowie on film.
https://youtu.be/lfccDapMA14
I think perhaps Mr. Newton has had enough, don’t you?
When I was 11 I fell in love. I know, a bit young … Continue Reading