Award Winning Independent Cinema

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A Bigger Splash is showing at Plymouth Arts Centre from 18 – 24 March, with a Bringing in Baby screening on the 24th. 

Taking its title from the 1967 David Hockney painting, and directed by Luca Guadagnino, A Bigger Splash is a remake of the 1969 psychological thriller La … Continue Reading

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Spotlight is showing at Plymouth Arts Centre Cinema from 11 – 17 March. 

Two weeks ago, Spotlight was crowned the winner of the Best Picture award at the Oscars. Unlike some of the other nominated films, Spotlight came out with less hype and media attention than the Leonardo DiCaprio circus … Continue Reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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