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Film Review: The Handmaiden “obedience and rebellion; sound and silence; sensuality and perversion”
Monday 22nd May 2017
Regular contributor Helen Tope has reviewed Chan-Wook Park’s film The Handmaiden which is currently showing in the PAC cinema until Thursday 25 May. Limited tickets remain for this weeks screenings, book now to avoid missing out!
The Handmaiden is a South Korean film based on the novel … Continue Reading
“A taste of the sea on film” – Nigel Watson reviews Celluloid Sail screening of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Wednesday 17th May 2017
Regular Contributor Nigel Watson reviews the Celluloid Sail screening of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, an event presented by Plymouth Arts Centre and Compass Presents in partnership with the BFI and part of the ‘Britain on Film’ season of archive events, supported by Unlocking Film … Continue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Friday 9th December 2016
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them will be screening in the Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from 16th – 29th December. Tickets available here.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the long-awaited … Continue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Nocturnal Animals
Wednesday 7th December 2016
Nocturnal Animals is screening at the Plymouth Arts Centre cinema from 9th – 15th December. Tickets available here.
Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals opens with an actual parade of naked obesities. … Continue Reading
FILM REVIEW: The Blue Room
Wednesday 7th December 2016
On the surface Julien Gahyde (Mathieu Amalric), lives in a large modern home, has a perfect wife, wonderful family and a successful job. Yet, this all changes when he has an ‘accidental’ encounter with Esther Despierre (Stéphanie Cléau) who went to the … Continue Reading
FILM REVIEW: I, Daniel Blake
Wednesday 7th December 2016
Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake is an unmagical mystery tour through the wilfully-labyrinthine world of benefits.
It’s an unsettling game of snakes and ladders where, even if you actually did fall off a ladder or were bitten by a snake, the DWP “decision-maker” … Continue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Under The Shadow
Wednesday 16th November 2016
Under The Shadow is in the cinema from 11th – 17th November
Throughout the years the Horror genre has gone through various cycles. From the religious horror of the seventies with The Exorcist, to the the torture porn era of the noughties with … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Daughter
Friday 5th August 2016
The Daughter is a remake of the Henrik Ibsen play Wild Duck. First performed in 1884, Ibsen’s play tells the story of a secret that threatens to blow apart the lives of two families.
Director and screenwriter Simon Stone (here making his directorial debut, but a fixture of the Sydney theatre … Continue Reading