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Film Review: The Handmaiden “obedience and rebellion; sound and silence; sensuality and perversion”

Regular contributor Helen Tope has reviewed Chan-Wook Park's film The Handmaiden which is currently showing in the PAC cinema until Thursday 25 May. Limited tickets remain for this weeks screenings, book now to avoid missing out! The Handmaiden is a South Korean film based on the novel Fingersmith by author Sarah Waters. The film diverges from the Victorian setting of Fingersmith, relocating to 1930’s Korea, which was at the time under Japanese occupation. A young girl, Sook-Hee (played by Tae-ri Kim) is hired to work as a handmaiden for a wealthy heiress, Lady Hideko (Min-hee ... Continue Reading

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Live Theatre Review: Julius Caesar

Regular contributor Helen Tope has reviewed the RSC Live Theatre screening of Julius Caesar. Our next live theatre event is National Theatre Live: Obsession starring Jude Law. Tickets are available to book now. With a story so well-known, in Julius Caesar, it’s not what you say, but how you say it. Winning hearts is what counts in Caesar’s Rome, and if you’ve the stomach to kill a dictator, you better be able to express an idea with more capacity than can be squeezed into 140 characters. In a live broadcast from Stratford-upon-Avon, this power-play thrills not in ... Continue Reading

Elle/Prevenge Review: ‘Where Elle particularly excels is the exploration of abnormality; what we are willing to tolerate and what we find unacceptable.’

Helen Tope has written reviews of Elle and Prevenge, taking a look at both films individually and also in comparison, which were shown in the PAC cinema from 24 - 30 March. Elle tells the story of Michele Leblanc, a career woman living in France who is subjected to a horrifying attack in her own home. Raped by a masked intruder, Leblanc (played by Isabelle Huppert) suppresses what has happened to her, even sweeping away the debris of the attack with a detachment that seems barely human. We later learn that Leblanc’s reluctance to make public her ordeal ... Continue Reading

Exhibition Review: Malcolm Le Grice: Present Moments and Passing Time

Helen Tope has written a review of current exhibition Present Moments and Passing Time from artist Malcolm Le Grice. This exhibition is free to visit and open to all from 20th January to 18th March, here at the Plymouth Art Centre galleries. Showing at Peninsula Arts and Plymouth Arts Centre, Present Moments and Passing Time is a large, ambitious retrospective, detailing the work of pioneering film-maker, Malcolm Le Grice. Born in Plymouth, Le Grice moved to London after graduating from the Slade School of Fine Art, becoming one of the founding members of The London Film Co-operative in 1968. A group ... Continue Reading

“brutal, unflinching and uncompromising” – Film Review of The Birth Of A Nation

Helen Tope has written a review of The Birth Of A Nation, which is showing in our cinema from 27 January - 2 February. Tickets available here (all full price tickets for this film are 2 for 1, whether you book online, by phone or at the box office. That's just £9 for a trip to the cinema for two people!) The Birth of a Nation tells the true story of a slave rebellion that took place in Virginia, August 1831. The rebellion was led by Nat Turner, a slave-turned-preacher. The group of rebels killed an estimated 65 people during ... Continue Reading

“Dazzling, epic and unforgettable” – Film Review of La La Land

Helen Tope has written a review of La La Land, which is showing in our cinema from 24 February - 7 March. Tickets available here. La La Land is a film that announces itself with the fanfare we have come to expect from big-budget musicals. While the scale and ambition are textbook Hollywood, where La La Land diverges from the blueprint is in its execution. The appetite for contemporary musicals has been transformed by the success of theatre productions such as Hamilton. Despite this, a musical about Hollywood, set in ... Continue Reading

FILM REVIEW: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them will be screening in the Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from 16th - 29th December. Tickets available here. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the long-awaited prequel to the hugely successful Harry Potter series. Published in 2001, Fantastic Beasts is the title of a textbook featured in the Hogwarts syllabus. Written by academic Newt Scamander (a wizard skilled in the care and preservation of magical creatures), the book is already a long-established classic by the ... Continue Reading

Film Review: Café Society

Café Society screened in the Plymouth Arts Centre from 7th-13th October. A new film by Woody Allen comes loaded with expectation; and Cafe Society is no exception. A period piece set in the 1930’s, it tells a simple story. Bobby Dorfman (played by Jesse Eisenberg) moves from his family home in the Bronx, and travels to Hollywood to work for his Uncle Phil. His uncle (played with relish by Steve Carell) is a big-time Hollywood agent. Bobby’s world is transformed into a series of star-studded parties, where he encounters the most influential players in town. But it isn’t until he meets ... Continue Reading

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