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Film Review: The Critic – “McKellen revels in the role of Queen Bee among London’s coterie of critics”

Tuesday 8th October 2024

An actor famous for clapping back at critics, Ian McKellen’s latest role as [checks notes] a critic sounds like cinematic kismet. Directed by Anand Tucker, The Critic delivers on this … Continue Reading

Remembrance – “A film that will mean a lot to anybody from Plymouth”

Tuesday 1st October 2024

Remembrance interweaves the lives of several different characters, all of whom are sailors, as they await their departure to sea in the coming days. At the heart of the film … Continue Reading

Film Review: Starve Acre – “instils an ancient fear”

Tuesday 24th September 2024

Five-year-old Owen lives on a remote farm on the Yorkshire moors, where he hears a strange whistling noise and begins to act in an odd fashion. His archaeologist father is impressed … Continue Reading

Moving Waters – Artist Moving Image Programme

Thursday 19th September 2024

Moving Waters – curated by A Sometimes Project

These short films will be played before selected films in our October programme. An emerging, experimental arts initiative that aims to create opportunities … Continue Reading

Meet Ariel, Marcel, Joy and Bastian – the summer’s films introduced.

Tuesday 30th July 2024

By Noah Bridle

The Little Mermaid (PG)  

Wednesday 31st July, 11am
Wednesday 7th August, 2:30pm 

Disney’s live-action remake of the animation classic … Continue Reading

Film Review: Freud’s Last Session – “Anthony Hopkins plays a grumpy yet still sharp-minded Freud”

Tuesday 25th June 2024

Most of this film takes place at 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London, where Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna took residence in June 1938 after escaping from Nazi-occupied Vienna. In … Continue Reading

Best Arts, Culture and Theatre Venue – Muddy Stilettos Awards

Tuesday 11th June 2024

We celebrated our Muddy Stilettos Devon Award on a lovely sunny evening at Shilstone Manor. Thank you for voting us best Arts, Culture and Theatre venue in Devon! Here are … Continue Reading

Plymouth Arts Cinema Is Recruiting New Trustees

Tuesday 4th June 2024

Plymouth Arts Cinema is looking to appoint several new Trustees to expand the diversity and range of skills and experience on the Board, currently comprised of 4 Trustees.

We are hoping … Continue Reading

Event Photos: Plymouth Urban Tree Festival, 14/5/24

Thursday 23rd May 2024

#Noticethistree is a series of interventions about protest and loss across the UK www.noticethistree.org

On the 14th May as part of Plymouth’s Urban … Continue Reading

Film Review: “John Singer Sargent – Fashion and Swagger”

Thursday 18th April 2024

Following fast on the heels of Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition, Exhibition on Screen again focuses on one of the year’s most talked-about art shows. … Continue Reading

Film Review: Your Fat Friend – “her truth bombs are dropped gently but decisively”

Wednesday 6th March 2024

YOUR FAT FRIEND

 

Just say “fat”. As an opening gambit, Jeanie Finlay’s documentary isn’t shy about throwing around the F word. Your Fat Friend doesn’t … Continue Reading

Film Review: The Zone of Interest – “doesn’t just teach us about the past: it warns us not to repeat it.”

Tuesday 27th February 2024

Anyone who visits the cinema regularly will know that finding a film that stays with you, long after the credits have rolled, is an increasingly rare experience. In … Continue Reading

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