Opening Times
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 5-8.30pm
Wednesday: 1-8.30pm
Saturday: 1-8pm
Sunday, Monday: closed
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Independent Cinema for Everyone
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Viewing Archived Events: Documentary
Fashion Reimagined (12A)
‘This film will shock you, inspire you - and charm you. A must-watch not just for the fashion industry but for everyone who wears clothes’ - Jess Cartner-Morley, Associate Editor (Fashion), The Guardian
Exhibition on Screen – Mary Cassatt: Painting The Modern Woman (U)
Released to coincide with International Women’s Day. Mary Cassatt made a career painting the lives of the women around her. Her radical images showed them as intellectual, curious and engaging, which was a major shift in the way women appeared in a...
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (18)
Oscar®-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) presents a stirring portrait of renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin, focussing on her fight against Big Pharma.
The Felling (12A)
The Felling – An Epic Tale of People Power is a first-hand account of an extraordinary and shocking tale, where Sheffield citizens from 18-90 years old rise up to stop the destruction of their city's healthy street trees.
A Bunch of Amateurs (12A)
This rousing, life-affirming treasure hilariously and movingly documents the 1932-founded Bradford Movie Makers film club, as they face the challenge of an uncertain future.
Exhibition on Screen: Cezanne: Portraits of a Life
One cannot appreciate 20th century art without understanding the significance and genius of Paul Cézanne. Filmed at the National Portrait Gallery in London, with additional interviews from experts and curators from MoMA in New York, National Gallery...
The Oil Machine (PG)
The Oil Machine explores our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with oil by looking at the conflicting imperatives around North Sea oil.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song (12A)
A definitive exploration of singer songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.”
Relaxed Screening: Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song (12A)
Everyone is welcome to Relaxed screenings, but we have made them especially suitable to those with Dementia, Autism, and anyone who finds standard screenings overwhelming.
Exhibition on Screen – Hopper: An American Love Story (12A)
Hopper’s work is the most recognizable art in America, popular, praised, and mysterious. Countless painters, photographers, filmmakers and musicians have been influenced by him but who was he, and how did a struggling illustrator create such a boun...
By Date
By Category
- See All
- Artist Moving Image
- Bringing in Baby
- Classic Film
- Documentary
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Film Festival
- Free Event
- French Film Festival
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- Programmer's Pick
- Relaxed Screening
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- Virtual Cinema
Past Events
- See All
- Art
- Creative Learning
- Film
- Artist Moving Image
- Bringing in Baby
- Classic Film
- Documentary
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Film Festival
- Free Event
- French Film Festival
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- Programmer's Pick
- Relaxed Screening
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- Virtual Cinema
NEW: £4 Budget Ticket Price
As we move into the darker evenings and the cost of living crisis is starting to bite, we don’t want people to break the habit of coming to the cinema because it’s something they can no longer afford. There’s no better way to watch a film than to make an event of it and see it on the big screen, with an audience. You won’t be asked any questions if you choose this price point.
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Access seats
The wheelchair space and companion seat can be booked online by customers with access requirements.
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