Award Winning Independent Cinema
Category: Film
2015 Top Five Films
Tuesday 23rd December 2014
Plymouth Arts Centre Film Programmer Anna Navas selects her films of the year
I thought this was going to be a simple exercise when I first thought of doing it – I have a few very … Continue Reading
Holiday by Mistake
Tuesday 2nd December 2014
https://youtu.be/sje7YgsipDA
Plymouth Herald’s Emily Smith tells us why Withnail and I is one of her favourite films.
Withnail and I is a classic – it’s also one of those films that you watch when studying at university, start dating a super trendy boyfriend who says ‘you must watch this film’, or you … Continue Reading
Haunted Cinema in Plympton’s spooky Guildhall
Tuesday 18th November 2014
A chance to see one of cinema’s scariest films in recent years in one of the city’s scariest places.
Plympton St Maurice’s historic Guildhall will be the setting for the Haunted Cinema Screening of The Woman … Continue Reading
Northern Soul
Wednesday 12th November 2014
An introduction to forthcoming film Northern Soul, and an exhibition of paintings inspired by the genre, by Plymouth artist and Northern Soul fan Dave Crocker.
Northern Soul is showing at the Plymouth Arts Centre on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th November 2014.
This … Continue Reading
Poetic, insightful and exquisite cinema – Nick Cave’s 20,000 Days On Earth
Wednesday 22nd October 2014
https://youtu.be/VM-p8VPpWOQ
20,000 Days on Earth, British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s film about songwriter and performer Nick Cave, is an outstanding example of its genre. This comes as something of a relief, since big screen treatments of popular music frequently prove to be disappointingly anodyne, often working out like fan-pleasing … Continue Reading
Charlie Woolley’s Biker Movie Marathon
Wednesday 1st October 2014
The biker movie has long been considered a pariah by those who do not believe it should be considered alongside more “serious” kinds of movie. This is something that artist Charlie Woolley sought to address with the Biker Movie Marathon, which both embraced and challenged the outsider status of biker … Continue Reading
Cinema in an Outstanding Landmark
Wednesday 24th September 2014
A “really outstanding landmark, comparable to the Royal Festival Hall and Coventry Cathedral” and not normally open to the public is the setting for one of a series of film events this autumn in surprising locations.
The Council Chamber in Plymouth’s Civic Centre was described in these terms by Simon Thurley, … Continue Reading
The Making Of Boyhood
Wednesday 13th August 2014
In an era where instant gratification is the norm, the forward-planning, patience and dedication of the cast and creative team behind Richard Linklater’s Boyhood (showing at Plymouth Arts Centre from 15-20 August … Continue Reading