Opening Times
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 5-8.30pm
Wednesday: 1-8.30pm
Saturday: 1-8pm
Closed Monday and Sunday
The Cinema and Box Office will be closed for Christmas and the New Year from 22/12/23 to 2/1/24 and will reopen at 5pm on 2/1/24.
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Independent Cinema for Everyone
Event Review: The Red Shoes
Thursday 14th December 2023
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
Review: How to Have Sex + Bad Sex Writing Workshop
Tuesday 21st November 2023
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
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
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
Open Air Cinema – the highs and the lows
Tuesday 15th August 2023
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
Cornwall’s Climate Stories (8/7/23)
Tuesday 11th July 2023
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
Safar Film Festival at Plymouth Arts Cinema (1/7/23-8/7/23)
Tuesday 11th July 2023
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
Film Distributor Pat Kelman Introduces Lactopalypse: The Old Man Movie (16/6/23)
Thursday 22nd June 2023
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