Award Winning Independent Cinema

When Harry Met Sally, part of the BFI Love Film season, is showing at Plymouth Arts Centre on Tues 22 and Wed 23 December.

‘When Harry Met Sally’ isn’t just a romantic comedy – it’s the benchmark by which all subsequent rom-coms … Continue Reading

We asked Plymouth Arts Centre’s blog writers and staff to tell us about their favourite films of 2015. Here’s what they came up with:

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The Duke of Burgundy
Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy concerns two lovers locked within a sadomasochistic … Continue Reading

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Blue Velvet is showing at Plymouth Arts Centre on 8 December.

Blue Velvet (1986) is playing as part of the BFI’s season of love films, and I cannot wait to see its intoxicating imagery and subliminal warped desires projected onto the big screen for the first time. It remains the … Continue Reading

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He Named Me Malala is showing at Plymouth Arts Centre Cinema from 27 November – 3 December.

In 2012 I was a female graduate feeling equally excited and terrified about the opportunities that awaited me.

In the same year I also watched a brave young girl from Pakistan, along with the rest … Continue Reading

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Crimson Peak is showing at Plymouth Arts Centre from 20 – 26 November.

Guillermo del Toro is arguably the greatest visionary director working in Hollywood today – and Crimson Peak shows his talents at their visually vibrant best.

It should go almost without saying that from a production and costume design … Continue Reading

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Spectre is showing in Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from 27 Nov – 3 Dec.

Bond has survived all attempts on his life by the world’s most determined assassins; he’s walked away from car, aircraft, spacecraft, shipwrecks and dodged innumerable bombs and bullets. He’s virtually indestructible.

Appropriately, Spectre opens with a long-take … Continue Reading

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Abel Ferrara’s film devotes itself to exploring the last day of film director Pier Pablo Pasolini’s life. The Italian writer, poet, film director and intellectual was a Marxist who attacked the ruling Christian Democratic party for being in league with the mafia, and his films upset the Vatican who accused … Continue Reading

“Dartmoor is the star” – so says Dartmoor Killing director Peter Nicholson, in his introduction to tonight’s showing at Plymouth Arts Centre (18/9/15). He is not wrong.

Nicholson is a BAFTA-winning director of impressive pedigree in both film and television. Having grown up in nearby Dartington (and being a Pilgrims … Continue Reading