Opening Times
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 5-8.30pm
Wednesday: 1-8.30pm
Saturday: 1-8pm
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Award Winning Independent Cinema
Film Review: The Nettle Dress – “not just about the object itself, but what it represents”
Wednesday 25th October 2023
A project of time and reflection, The Nettle Dress records a seven-year mission by textile artist, Allan Brown, to make a garment entirely from wild nettles.
Filmed by Dylan Howitt, Allan explains the painstaking process of collecting, threading and weaving nettles into fabric, while recounting his first encounter with the prickly … Continue Reading
Film Review: Daliland – “The intensity of the eyes draw you in”
Tuesday 17th October 2023
Trying to pin down the chaotic, surrealist world of Salvador Dali, Daliland is a biopic that doesn’t lack ambition. Directed by Mary Harron and scripted by John Walsh, this film explores the last decade of the artist’s life.
We enter Daliland … Continue Reading
Film Review: Passages
Tuesday 17th October 2023
I was never that great at maths so I’m not entirely certain what kind of love triangle the three central characters in Ira Sachs’ absorbing film Passages form but it definitely isn’t one of those where all the sides are equal.
The key player in this Parisian ménage à trois is … Continue Reading
Hidden Figures Opening Ceremony and Film Screenings (14/10/23)
Tuesday 17th October 2023
Ever heard of Cecil Rogers? What about Bill Miller? Perhaps, if you are a rugby fan, the name Jimmy Peters is familiar? If you have no idea who I am talking about, don’t fret. A two-year project from the arts collective Wonderzoo called Hidden Figures of … Continue Reading
Film review: Theater Camp – “a riotous, joyous portrait of lives devoted to the arts”
Tuesday 19th September 2023
A pitch-perfect satire, celebrating the proudly insular world of musical theatre, mockumentary Theater Camp chronicles life at a kids’ performing arts retreat.
The film starts at the camp’s final performance of the season, and gives us the drama with an early narrative twist. As we follow camp founder Joan … Continue Reading
Film Review: And Then Come The Nightjars – “captures the essence of today’s important conversations about male mental health”
Tuesday 12th September 2023
Can you remember a virus that led to the deaths of over 6 million animals? Speak to a farmer, vet or anyone from an agricultural background and they’ll most definitely remember 2001’s Foot and Mouth outbreak. It was a national crisis resulting in the mass culling of cows, sheep and … Continue Reading
In Pictures: Open Air Cinema 2023
Wednesday 30th August 2023
2023 was a season of mixed fortune weather-wise for Open Air Cinema at Tinside Lido, but we did manage a couple of beautiful balmy evenings by the sea. Here are some pictures taken by photographer Amber Amare (@amberfilms_) at the screening of Roman Holiday.
We are … Continue Reading
Film Review: Barbie – “Part of the joy is just how many cinematic references Gerwig manages to cram in.”
Thursday 24th August 2023
As an icon among dolls, Barbie’s rise to the top has met with little resistance. As an icon of cinema, her box office numbers are good, but she has lacked artistic cache. With Ladybird and Little Women director Greta Gerwig … Continue Reading