Independent Cinema for Everyone

The centrepiece of a UK-wide celebration, Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell + Pressburger, the 1948 film The Red Shoes, returns to the big screen. The event, which hopes to introduce the bold, transgressive film-making of directors Michael Powell … Continue Reading

How to Have Sex is a sun and alcohol-soaked tale of three teenage girls on a post GCSE bender in Crete, with the singular mission of getting laid. As such, it shares a familiar aim of films like American Pie, and … Continue Reading

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

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.
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Well, it has finally happened. After 12 summers of running Open Air Cinema events in the glorious and temperamental British summertime, we had an almost total washout on the first weekend of the year. I guess our luck had to run out some time and it may as well be … Continue Reading

Hungry for Change and Food for Thought are the latest films from Cornwall’s Climate Stories, an award-winning documentary series praised by Sir David Attenborough. The filmmakers and contributors joined us for a discussion and climate-friendly food tasting session following the screening.

From Cornwall Climate Care:

“Another brilliant evening and an … Continue Reading

The SAFAR Film Festival is the largest Arab film festival in the UK and was set up in 2012 by the Arab British Centre. This year, Plymouth Arts Cinema had the pleasure of being one of the screening partners.

Running from 29th June to … Continue Reading

Pat Kelman, Director of Acquisition, Sales and Operations at 606 Distribution, came to Plymouth Arts Cinema on 16th June to introduce The Old Movie: Lactopalyse. Afterwards, he invited the audience for a Q&A session with him.

Kelman’s journey into film distribution is an unlikely one: he started his … Continue Reading