Opening Times
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 5-8.30pm
Wednesday: 1-8.30pm
Saturday: 1-8pm
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Award Winning Independent Cinema
Film review: Eo
Monday 13th March 2023
Eo
Reviewed by Imogen Parkin
EO is both a sombre look at animal cruelty and a mind-bending journey into the mind of director Jerzy Skolimowski.
With a strong anti-animal cruelty message, the audience are transported into the world of Eo, a performing circus donkey in Poland, and we accompany him on a journey … Continue Reading
Film review: Nostalgia
Monday 13th March 2023
Nostalgia
Reviewed by Nigel Watson
Returning to his hometown of Naples after living abroad for 40 years, Felice Lasco walks the streets and alleyways of his old neighbourhood. Nothing much has changed except his mother Teresa (Aurora Quattrocchi) has sold their old home and is living in a gloomy apartment where … Continue Reading
Film review: Women Talking – “an act of female imagination”
Tuesday 7th March 2023
Starting with a premise, Women Talking presents us with a single phrase: “What follows is an act of female imagination”.
Taken from the novel by Miriam Toews, director and screenwriter Sarah Polley adapts a story of an isolated religious community (they refer to themselves as a colony), with a … Continue Reading
Film review: The Fabelmans – “a perfect homage to the process of moviemaking”
Tuesday 14th February 2023
A train smashes into a car and sends it cartwheeling into the sky. That scene in Cecil B. deMille’s ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ made the audience gasp, amongst them, and the most awestruck, is the young Sammy Fabelman. Ironically, Sammy’s parents had to virtually drag him into the cinema … Continue Reading
Film Review: All The Beauty and the Bloodshed – “A film to put fire in your belly!”
Tuesday 14th February 2023
As a former grungy, and slightly pretentious, fine art student I have long been a fan of Nan Goldin’s photography. Goldin’s honest, unflinching but also loving style of photography has spoken to generations of photographers and artists. Breaking conventions of photography and portraiture and serving up a real … Continue Reading
The best in new Japanese cinema at PAC this month
Tuesday 7th February 2023
Over the last few years, Japanese culture has exploded into the UK mainstream, and cinema is no exception. This year, on its 20th birthday, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023 celebrates “the evolution of Japanese cinema”, encompassing past, present and future. Established in 1972, the Foundation aims to establish … Continue Reading
Film Review: Till – “Deadwyler’s omission from the Oscars is hard to explain”
Tuesday 7th February 2023
A searing portrait of racial inequality, Till tells the true life story of teenager, Emmett Till. The film, directed by Chinonye Chukwu, joins him at age 14. Emmett lives happily in 1950’s Chicago with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. We are immersed in this special mother and son relationship from the … Continue Reading
Film Review: Alcarràs – “a heartfelt call to the beauty of the environment”
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Set in the rich and vibrant Catalonian countryside, Alcarràs is the story of the collision between modernisation and tradition, and the disintegration of a close-knit family, living a seemingly idyllic lifestyle.
Made up of a cast of non-professional actors, there is a glorious authenticity to the performances, and the … Continue Reading