Award Winning Independent Cinema

Plymouth has a rich history when it comes to film making but has previously been lacking in festivals, with most being held further afield in the South West. As an advocate and fan of independent film making who has grown up largely missing out on the joys of Film Festivals, … Continue Reading

Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin is only something of a distant relative of Michael Faber’s book of the same name rather than a straightforward adaptation. Nine years in the making and going through countless rewrites and … Continue Reading

Allen Pollock is our longest serving usher, having started in 1978, and is a self confessed film buff, watching around 450 films a year. We sat down for a cup of coffee and a chat.

When did you start coming to Plymouth Arts Centre?
I started coming here as a teenager in … Continue Reading

Joanna Wolfarth, specialist in Cambodian art, culture and history, takes a look behind The Missing Picture.

In April 1975 the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh, ending years of bloody civil war which had played out under the shadow of … Continue Reading

The amount of attention this event manages to garner each year for the verdict of what boils down to the views of an American cast of Last of the Summer Wine (the 5,765 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and … Continue Reading

Jemima Laing casts her eye over this year’s Oscar nominations ahead of the ceremony on March 2.

Odds are I don’t look at the Oscar nominations in the same way as you.

Because I … Continue Reading

A discussion of ‘Blue is the Warmest Colour’, by Film Programmer Anna Navas. While most film reviews of this Cannes prize-winning film have universally praised it, the author of the original graphic novel that the … Continue Reading