Independent Cinema for Everyone
Category: Film
CULTURE CONNECTORS: POP+ COLLECTIVE
Thursday 1st June 2023
Related event: The Lion King (U) + Short Film Thursday 1st June 2023
Culture Connectors Collectives was a collaboration between Plymouth City Council, Youth Justice Service, Plymouth Arts Cinema, Plymouth’s independent cinema venue and Fotonow CIC, a media social enterprise. The collaboration was funded by Pop+ Collectives, which supports a minimum … Continue Reading
Introduction to Amelie – “Its sense of joie de vivre is still as bracing, and as fresh”
Wednesday 31st May 2023
A glorious, whimsical love letter, the French film Amélie sets its heart on convincing the cynics among us that romance – real, honest-to-goodness romance – is still very much alive in the 21st century.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Amélie is introduced to us in montage. She lives … Continue Reading
Film Review: Plan 75 – “a cold, hard look at the impact of voluntary euthanasia”
Thursday 25th May 2023
To cope with an ageing population the Japanese government, in a not too-distant future, instigates Plan 75. The scheme gives 1,000 dollars to anyone over the age of 75 who volunteers to be painlessly put to sleep.
Volunteers are called upon to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the … Continue Reading
Film Review: Polite Society – “Many references to Lollywood and Bollywood, with the wryness that is a trademark of British cinema”
Wednesday 17th May 2023
Filmed in various locations across South-East London, Polite Society is an enjoyable film citing the importance of sisterhood and friendship.
Directed by British Pakistani screenwriter Nida Manzoor, known for comedy show We Are Lady Parts, which earned acclaim for its realistic depiction of British Muslim women, this is a film centring … Continue Reading
Film Review – Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom
Wednesday 26th April 2023
A winner of multiple awards, and nominated for Best International Feature at the 2022 Oscars, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is both a charming tale of self-discovery, and an unsentimental look at life in contemporary China.
Written and directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji, Lunana … Continue Reading
Vermeer on Film
Wednesday 26th April 2023
Dubbed a “once in a lifetime” event, the Rijksmuseum’s exhibition, Vermeer, has been a huge success. It is the most comprehensive gathering of Vermeer paintings for a generation, with loans from across the world. For those of us not lucky enough to see the … Continue Reading
Film Review: Raging Bull – “about the kid who fought all the way up to be world champion, only to slide down the other side just as readily”
Tuesday 18th April 2023
I first saw Raging Bull in the early nineties, on an actual black-and-white TV (so I missed the occasional spurt of colour within it). Its director Martin Scorsese had revamped the gangster genre a year or two before with Goodfellas, … Continue Reading
Film review: Eo
Monday 13th March 2023
Eo
Reviewed by Imogen Parkin
EO is both a sombre look at animal cruelty and a mind-bending journey into the mind of director Jerzy Skolimowski.
With a strong anti-animal cruelty message, the audience are transported into the world of Eo, a performing circus donkey in Poland, and we accompany him on a journey … Continue Reading