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Film Review – I, Tonya “Bleak, honest and very, very funny”

Regular contributor Helen Tope reviews I, Tonya, showing in the PAC cinema until Thursday 12 April. Satire gliding on a knife-edge, I, Tonya tells the story of American figure skater Tonya Harding. At her sporting best during the 1990’s, Harding took on – and mastered - the triple axel. A notoriously difficult move, Harding made history by being the first American woman to land a triple axel in competition. Her story should be one of accolades and Olympic glory, but instead her name is synonymous with intrigue and scandal. Harding’s main competitor was Nancy Kerrigan. Polished and ... Continue Reading

Film of the Year 2017

As 2017 draws to a close, we caught up with our staff and trusty volunteers to find out what films stood out above all others in our cinema programme this year. If you're looking for the perfect film to watch during the festive period, take our advice and select one of our favourites. And the winner is... Loving Vincent! This hand-painted biopic of the famed painter Vincent Van Gogh is reportedly the first fully painted animated film in history, and the seven-years-in-the-making effort is undeniably breathtakingly beautiful. Our staff and volunteers said it was "a beautifully crafted labour of love for the ... Continue Reading

Review of Daphne: “a film of real subtlety and sophistication”

Aged 31, Londoner Daphne is single, living alone and working in a restaurant. Placated by alcohol and casual drug-taking, she is skimming through life. Daphne may exude a cooler-than-thou attitude, but behind the persona, is a girl who wants more. Daphne is showing in the cinema from 24 - 30 November. Helen Tope Reviews: The tedium of Daphne’s life is broken when she walks into a corner shop to buy cigarettes. As she stands at the counter, a man on a motorbike pulls up outside. With the engine still running, he bursts into the shop, demanding money from the owner, ... Continue Reading

Film Review: An Inconvenient Sequel “Profits before people is a depressingly familiar story”

Helen Tope reviews An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, screening here at Plymouth Arts Centre on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 October. Tickets are available to purchase on our website or via our Box Office. It is eleven years since An Inconvenient Truth. The climate change documentary won an Oscar, and its narrator, Al Gore, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime spent trying to galvanise the political world into action. In 2017, An Inconvenient Sequel asks the question – what has changed? We follow Al Gore as he travels the globe, addressing newly-recruited members ... Continue Reading

Film Review: Maudie ‘Maudie reminds us that to create art, barriers must first be breached’

With colourful and sophisticated story-telling, Maudie is the story of folk artist Maud Lewis. It is showing in our cinema until Wednesday 4th Oct. Helen Tope reviews. An impressive biopic, this film excels by challenging what we think we know, and encouraging us to look again. Based in Nova Scotia, Maud Lewis lived and worked in a one-room house with husband Everett Lewis until her death in 1970. The creator of bold, vibrant paintings, Maud suffered throughout her life from rheumatoid arthritis, a painful condition affecting the joints. Born in 1903 as Maud Dowley, the ... Continue Reading

NT Live Review: Yerma ‘a searing tale of a marriage blown apart by the need, and failure, to have a child.’

Helen Tope reviews the NT Live screening of Yerma, as part of our live theatre programme. Our next live theatre screening is Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch, which has now sold out, however we'll soon be screening the dazzling new production of Follies, tickets are available now. Yerma – Spanish for ‘barren’ - is a searing tale of a marriage blown apart by the need, and failure, to have a child. Originally set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, Yerma is played out within the confines of a tiny village. Lorca’s semi-realist play from ... Continue Reading

Scribe: A Modern Thriller With A Retro Sensibility

The film tells the story of Duval, a former insurance clerk, whose life has been brought to near-ruin by his addiction to alcohol. We meet him, one year sober, and looking for work. Scribe is showing in the cinema from 15 - 21 September. Helen Tope reviews. As a middle-aged man in France’s shaky economy, Duval (played by Francois Cluzet) struggles to get a foothold. A chance meeting with an old schoolfriend leads to a phone call. Duval is offered a job transcribing telephone conversations. The work is done covertly, alone in an apartment building. Duval knows the pieces don’t ... Continue Reading

Film Review: Cezanne and I tells the story of one of art’s most famous friendships

https://youtu.be/BCuS2BFgCck Helen Tope reviews Cezanne and I. It's showing in the cinema until 6 July. Cezanne and I tells the story of one of art’s most famous friendships. Meeting during their childhood, the novelist Emile Zola and the artist Paul Cezanne become friends, but as they grow up and enter the world, one becomes a success, while the other gets left behind. After writing a series of highly successful novels, Zola publishes L’Ouevre (The Masterpiece). The novel tells the story of an artist, Claude Lantier, whose talent is misunderstood by the critics and gallery-going public alike. Angry and frustrated, Lantier ... Continue Reading

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