Award Winning Independent Cinema
Category: Film
Film Review: Asteroid City ‘You can’t wake up if you don’t fall asleep’
Wednesday 5th July 2023
Much like Rod Serling who introduced the original Twilight Zone science fiction TV series, Asteroid City is introduced by a neatly suited man in a 1950s vintage TV studio filmed in black and white.
We are shown on centre stage legendary playwright Conrad Earp (Edward Norton) typing away as … Continue Reading
Film Review: Ashkal (SAFAR Arab Film Festival)
Wednesday 28th June 2023
Encompassing political and cultural tensions, misogyny and a string of bodies, this Tunisian offering won a Best Director award at The Critic’s Awards for Arab Films for Youssef Chebbi.
This is mainly a mystery film, based around the seeming suicide of a building watchman in the Gardens of Carthage … Continue Reading
Film Distributor Pat Kelman Introduces Lactopalypse: The Old Man Movie (16/6/23)
Thursday 22nd June 2023
Pat Kelman, Director of Acquisition, Sales and Operations at 606 Distribution, came to Plymouth Arts Cinema on 16th June to introduce The Old Movie: Lactopalyse. Afterwards, he invited the audience for a Q&A session with him.
Kelman’s journey into film distribution is an unlikely one: he started his … Continue Reading
Film Review: Midsommar + The Wicker Man = Floral Horror?
Wednesday 14th June 2023
A folk horror mini-season arrives at Plymouth Arts Cinema with one of the greatest British films ever made, The Wicker Man (dir. Robin Hardy, 1973), and a loose, contemporary update, the superlative Midsommar (Ari Aster, 2019).
While some corners have called Midsommar a remake of The Wicker Man; this … Continue Reading
I Get Knocked Down + Q&A with Director Dunstan Bruce (26/5/23)
Tuesday 6th June 2023
We were really pleased to welcome not one, but two former members of Chumbawamba. Paul Greco, bassist in the band from 1992 to 1999, hosted the Q&A with the Director and Chumbawumba lead singer Dunstan Bruce and Sophie Robinson (film producer and co-director).
The Q&A was insigtful, with very down-to-earth and … Continue Reading
CULTURE CONNECTORS: POP+ COLLECTIVE
Thursday 1st June 2023
Related event: The Lion King (U) + Short Film Thursday 1st June 2023
Culture Connectors Collectives was a collaboration between Plymouth City Council, Youth Justice Service, Plymouth Arts Cinema, Plymouth’s independent cinema venue and Fotonow CIC, a media social enterprise. The collaboration was funded by Pop+ Collectives, which supports a minimum … Continue Reading
Introduction to Amelie – “Its sense of joie de vivre is still as bracing, and as fresh”
Wednesday 31st May 2023
A glorious, whimsical love letter, the French film Amélie sets its heart on convincing the cynics among us that romance – real, honest-to-goodness romance – is still very much alive in the 21st century.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Amélie is introduced to us in montage. She lives … Continue Reading
Film Review: Plan 75 – “a cold, hard look at the impact of voluntary euthanasia”
Thursday 25th May 2023
To cope with an ageing population the Japanese government, in a not too-distant future, instigates Plan 75. The scheme gives 1,000 dollars to anyone over the age of 75 who volunteers to be painlessly put to sleep.
Volunteers are called upon to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the … Continue Reading