plymouth arts centre brochure sept oct 2014

September– October2014

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Plymouth Arts Centre

A Plymouth Arts Centre Premiere...A new cinema-themed menu along with a relaxed, informal style of dining. Order at the bar and help yourself to condiments and cutlery.

The Main Feature…From £6.50 for small sizes or £8.50 for large sizes, starring Caesar salad with Parmesan flakes and croutons, classic nachos or fish goujons

The Trailers… From £4.95, featuring Soup of the Day with home-made bread or The PAC Bread Board

Food

Restaurant booking on 01752 [email protected] - Saturday 10am - lateSunday (bar only) 4.30pm - late

Winner of Best Restaurant in Plymouth 2012

Some Classics…From £9.95, starring the always-popular burger

Best Supporting Role…From £2.50, starring salad, fries and olives

The Credits…Not to be forgotten - ice cream, home-made cakes or classic affogato washed down with tea or coffee

It was an interesting summer for our industry: Arts funding proved to be an even hotter topic than the gorgeous sunshine. You may have read in the press that the Arts Council had to make further cuts in their funding nationwide. We have not been completely immune but we’re proud that they continue to invest in us. They say that opportunities grow out of adversity – we can’t help but be excited about what we’ve got coming up.

Art and Film are completely coming together this season with artist Charlie Woolley’s Biker Movie Marathon of films, and the Walk On programme flowing seamlessly between the two through themes of the omnipresent CCTV camera and the tracking and tracing of our movements. This is yet another city-wide collaboration enabling us to bring a large-scale, national exhibition to Plymouth.

News from the kitchen is that sadly Sammy has left us. We’re really sorry to see him go, but excited that he’s used his three years with us to learn the ropes – watch this space and we’ll let you know where he’s heading. But fear not, Josh and Charlie are taking the Director’s Chair so you’ll be extremely well looked after and our new film-themed menu is hotly tipped for an Oscar nomination…

So, as we head back to school let’s not wish the sunshine away or the nights to draw-in too soon – as the sun goes down take your VIP seat with a glass of bubbly and let our Open Air Cinema carry your imagination away.

Kate SparshattExecutive Director

Welcome

“This Week’s Top Exhibit” A-N on Charlie Woolley’s Lone Soul Road

“Excellent food, very good service and a jolly evening”

“How civilised it is that I can get a cocktail and watch a film!”

Contents

Food.............................................................................2

Welcome....................................................................3

Charlie Woolley....................................................4-5

Walk On..................................................................6-7

Walk On Events.................................................8-10

Events and Activities...........................................11

Film Events..............................................................12

Film Listings.....................................................13-18

Film Diary.................................................................19

About Us...................................................................20

Cover Image: Francis Alÿs, Guards. Courtesy of the artist.Brochure design by YonYonson

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Image: Charlie Woolley, Lone Soul Road film still. Courtesy of the artist

19 July – 7 September

Charlie WoolleyLone Soul Road Lone Soul Road is a new moving image work by artist Charlie Woolley, commissioned by Plymouth Arts Centre.

Lone Soul Road considers cultural themes and aesthetics relating to motorcycle counterculture. This continues the artist’s investigations into subcultural production in an age of avatars and fluid digital identity. Woolley utilises the iconic and once ‘hard-earned’ badge of the outlaw biker to ask questions about the authenticity of traditional counter cultural space.

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Charlie Woolley’s exhibition ‘Lone Soul Road’ is sponsored by Ocean BMW

Film

Saturday 6 SeptemberStandard ticket £7.50 / Concessions £6.50 / Under 25s £5.50 / Members 75p discount

Biker Movie MarathonA triple bill of the most underground and dingy motorbike gang films we could get our grubby mitts on. And one of them will even be on genuinely old school 35mm. Includes a live performance by sludge rock band Ghold.

6pm

The Wild Angels (1966), 93 mins

by Roger Corman and starring Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. When a biker gang member is injured and hospitalised, he is kidnapped from the hospital but dies. A funeral is staged in the local church with a drunken, drugged-out orgy.

8pm

Lone Soul Road Performance cinema premiere with live score by Ghold

The artist Charlie Woolley will introduce this marathon screening of films he has selected on the theme of ‘biker’ culture.

He will then perform the soundtrack to his film with Ghold, a two-piece sludge rock band formed in Brixton, London in early 2012 by Alex Wilson and Paul Antony.

10pm

The Cycle Savages (1969), 82 mins

by Bill Brame and starring Bruce Dern (him again) and Maray Ayres. The crazed leader of a motorcycle gang is displeased when an artist opens his sketch pad and reveals “in-the-buff” poses of the biker’s girlfriend. Later, the gang leader tracks down the artist...with plans to crush his hands in a vice.

12 Midnight

Werewolves On Wheels (1971), 79 mins

by Michael Levesque, starring Stephen Oliver, Severn Darden and Barry McGuire. Motorcycle gang, The Devil’s Advocates, are turned on to Satanism by a creepy monk. The cycle-riding werewolf only appears in the last few minutes of the film, but cult devotees will be happy in the interim watching such minor celebrities as Billy Gray, the child star of Father Knows Best, who was fresh off a marijuana arrest, and Barry McGuire, singer of the seminal ‘60s protest song “Eve of Destruction.” Stunt coordinator Chuck Bail went on to direct The Gumball Rally (1976) and several blaxploitation films.

More information and booking: 01752 [email protected]

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Image: The Cycle Savages Film Still

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20 September - 13 December

Walk On: From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff 40 Years of Art WalkingWalk On: From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff – 40 Years of Art Walking gives an insight into the recent art practice of nearly 40 artists. Several are internationally acclaimed. Others are bright new talents. All have made new work simply by taking a journey on foot.

A number of the featured artists have crossed countries and continents, making epic journeys along historic sites, or leaving traces of their movements on the land. Others have explored the possibilities of walking and how the way we walk shows the world who we are. For some, the walk itself is the artwork. Anything else is simply evidence or documentation captured in the photographs, objects or texts from their journeys.

Regardless of landscape or location, during the last four decades these ‘explorers’ have made their mark. Walk On shows that from land art to conceptual art and from street photography to film, much of the important art of our time has been created through an act of walking.

Walk On is brought to Plymouth thanks to a partnership between Peninsula Arts, Plymouth University; Plymouth Arts Centre; Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and Plymouth College of Art Gallery. The exhibition is displayed across these four city centre sites and is backed by an extensive education and event programme. For more information, visit www.walkonplymouth.org. Schools are welcome to book a visit to Walk On by emailing [email protected]

Walk On Launch Weekend

Friday 3 October

2pm A collective walk in which participants listen to the audio guide created by artist Jennie Savage. This walk culminates the Agency for Architectural Investigation, a project that Savage developed for Plymouth Arts Centre in 2013. See page 8 for details.

5pm – 10pm Private view. All of the venues are open at different times throughout. For a free invitation, please send an email to [email protected]. KARST also launches A Journey to Avebury. www.karst-projects.org

5.40pm Influential artist Richard Wentworth talks at Peninsula Arts.

Saturday 4 October

10am - 1pm Family drawing fun with the Big Draw Breakfast Club. See page 11 for details.

2 - 4pm Take a tour of the exhibition with co-curator, Mike Collier starting at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and moving onto the other three venues. Booking essential on 01752 206114.

1pm and 6pm Film Walk, 8pm FilmEnjoy a guided walk and film in an unusual city centre location – see page 11 for details.

Image: Tracer video still. Courtesy of the artist.

Walk On continued...At Plymouth Arts Centre we are showing the work of Francis Alÿs, Janet Cardiff, Bradley Davies, Melanie Manchot, Pat Naldi and Wendy Kirkup, plan b, Jeremy Wood and walkwalkwalk.

Walk On is curated by Cynthia Morrison-Bell and Alistair Robinson with the collaboration of Mike Collier and Janet Ross.

20 September - 13 December 10.30am and 12.30pm, additional screenings Thursday and Friday 3pm (19 min 43 sec)

Melanie Manchot: TracerFeatured as part of Walk On for the first time, Tracer follows a group of parkour runners as they investigate architectural spaces for their potential to yield particular forms of physical engagement.

Melanie Manchot will discuss her work and introduce her latest film, The Hall in Landulph Memorial Hall Cargreen, as part of the River Tamar Project’s Film Festival It’s All About The River. More information and booking see www.itsallabouttheriver.org.uk . Tracer was commissioned by Great North Run Culture, Newcastle in 2013.

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20 September - 13 December , free

Looe Street Detectives Soundwalk

Following the Looe Street Detectives research project and exhibition in 2013, we’re pleased to be presenting a free audio walking tour based on the wealth of material gathered by the ‘detectives’. The soundtrack will include voice, recorded sounds, music, facts, fictions, ideas and observations. Artist Sara Bowler has again worked with local residents to create a rich narrative, drawing on their findings to weave together an auditory experience. Taking around 30 minutes to complete, the tour takes listeners on an intimate exploration of the area around Looe Street.

Directions and a map will be included! Download from www.plymouthartscentre.org or borrow a listening device from Plymouth Arts Centre.

Friday 3 October2 – 4pm, free, meet at Plymouth Arts Centre

Jennie Savage The Guide To Getting LostAs part of the launch weekend of Walk On, you can join in The Guide To Getting Lost created by artist Jennie Savage. This audio walk invites you to become lost in the familiar geography of Plymouth and the fictional sonic landscape of the guide, where you will encounter street markets, shopping malls, beaches and birdsong recorded in enigmatic locations. The artist’s instructions to walk are the same for us all, however each of us will interpret her directions differently, walk at a different pace and become lost in familiar territory. Eventually the group will fracture and disperse.

To take part in the event you can borrow MP3 players and headphones from Plymouth Arts Centre or download the audio from www.plymouthartscentre.org. This download is a limited edition and will only be available online between Monday 29 September - Friday 3 October.

Following its launch in Plymouth, The Guide To Getting Lost will be broadcast on Stress FM at 6.30pm on Friday 3 October. For listings and more information see www.jenniesavage.co.uk.



Events

Walk On Film is a partnership with the British Film Institute, South West Film and Television Archive, iDat and the River Tamar Project.

Wednesday 1 October 6pm, free

The Kreuzung Archive Lecture

Bridgette Ashton and Mark James will present an audio-visual lecture detailing extensive research on the little known German artist, Gustav Schlieffen who travelled through Plymouth during the 1960s. The lecture will illustrate the artist’s archive and ideas around walking as an art form, using archival footage and source material detailing Schlieffen’s research and links to Plymouth. The lecture will serve as an introduction to a guided walk that James and Ashton will lead on Saturday 4 October.

Saturday 4 October, PlymouthSunday 12 October, DevonportSaturday 29 November, Plympton

Walk On Film Enjoy cinema this Autumn in impressive and distinctive surroundings as part of the Walk On Film project. Film gems will be screened in three of Plymouth’s secret spaces, giving you the chance to experience cinema in an unusual and fun way.

There will be guided walks prior to each film, led by artists, film-makers and historians, will be punctuated by specially-selected and curated film clips, giving a different perspective on the city.

The film screenings cost £10 (concessions £8) and guided walks £4 (concessions £3). All tickets are available from Plymouth Arts Centre on 01752 206114 or online at www.plymouthartscentre.org. For people who want to enjoy both film and walk, combined tickets are available at a reduced cost of £12 (£9 concessions).

Visit www.plymouthartscentre.org to pre-register and receive details of the films and the venues as soon as they are announced.



Events

plan b’s All GPS traces in Berlin in 2011-2012 can be seen at Plymouth Arts Centre as part of the Walk On exhibition and in this talk, hosted by PAC Home, the artists will talk about how it is to have a continuous record of everywhere they go, examine this ‘drawing of their lives’ and other ways they have devised to make this data tangible and talk about their deliberate merging of the everyday and their artistic activities. Booking is advisable to guarantee your place.

Saturday 4 October11am - 4pm £25 (Early Bird ticket £20 before 10 September and limited student tickets available at £12.50)

Symposium: Artists and Film: Autonomy & IndustryAt Plymouth University

This season, Plymouth Arts Centre’s project Sweet FA: A journey through artist’s film, has been incorporated into this collaborative symposium. Contributors include artists, curators and representatives of the British Film Community.

This partnership event is part of the It’s All About The River Film Festival with River Tamar Project, Visual Arts South West, Plymouth University (Moving Image Arts Research) and BFI Film Hubs (SW & West Midlands).

For a full list of speakers and booking, see www.itsallabouttheriver.org

Tuesday 18 November6pm, Free for PAC Home members, £3 for non-members

Artist’s talk: plan bplan b (Artists Sophia New and Daniel Belasco Rogers) have been working together since 2001, making performance, audio, durational and participatory work. Previous projects have resulted in theatre performance, works on paper, walks and installations in locations as diverse as airports, shop windows, open fields and even on bicycles.

Using locative media and data collection, plan b have worked across Europe mapping their daily journeys, changing moods and exchanged text messages. In gathering such detailed records they draw attention to how much information can be collected and sold by faceless companies but also open their everyday movements for examination with unusual candidness.

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Image: plan b. Courtesy of Chris de Lutz

Activities

Tuesday 30 September and 28 October 1 - 2.30pm, £2 per childFor children under 6 years

Creative PlayCreative Play sessions offer a stimulating environment where your child leads you on a journey of discovery. Artists and learning specialists support these open-ended activities for children aged under 6 and their adults. These sessions link to the current exhibition and involve walking and crawling creative activity. Booking is advisable to guarantee your place.

Saturday 4 October 10am – 1pm, freeFamily drawing fun

Big Draw Breakfast ClubJoin in fun, experimental drawing activities for all the family. Start at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery then journey on foot to Plymouth Arts Centre. Help us to make marks all along the route - we will be observing and sketching along the way and, at the same time, your walking movements will create automatic drawings.

The Big Draw is a national project led by the Campaign For Drawing, which raises the profile and changes attitudes towards drawing. This year’s Big Draw theme, It’s Our World, is a celebration of our environment including urban and rural landscapes. Advance booking essential.

Saturday 1 November 10.30am - 3pm, £6 per child8 – 15 yrs

Making Space (Halloween)Join Plymouth Arts Centre and the Haunted Plymouth Investigation Team for a spooky walk around Plymouth. After visiting the homes of ghosts and ghouls, we will be creating our own menacing

Bringing in Baby£5.50 per adultBooking not essential

These film screenings are for parents, grandparents and carers of babies to enjoy a selection of our films. You are welcome to attend without a baby, but please be prepared for noise! Stay for a PAC Lunch for £11, which includes your cinema ticket, Panini or soup and a hot drink.

Thursday 9 October, 11am

Pride

Thursday 23 October, 11am

Magic In The Moonlight

meander at Plymouth Arts Centre by making masks and costumes, image projections and sound recordings.

Booking is essential to guarantee your place. Dress for the weather and bring a packed lunch. Please note that the walk will last for more than an hour.



Events

Thurs 11, Fri 12 and Sat 13 September from 8pm

Open Air Cinema at Royal William Yard

Plymouth Arts Centre will be ‘on tour’ in September – transported to the impressive surroundings of The Green at Royal William Yard, which will again provide the perfect setting for three magical evenings of film and fun.

This year’s films, part of Plymouth’s Ocean City Festival, are Roman Holiday, Sing-a-long-a-Grease and the recently-released Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

Advance booking is recommended for standard tickets which cost £4 or £3 for concessions. Bring a chair and a blanket to keep you warm as the sun goes down. Snacks and a bar will be available. A limited number of VIP tickets are also available for £12 which includes a seat in the VIP area, a blanket and a glass

of Prosecco or soft drink. VIP tickets are only available in advance.

Open Air Cinema is run in collaboration with Dartington Barn Cinema. Thanks must also go to Plymouth City Council on behalf of the Ocean City Festival and to our sponsors, Goldbergs Solicitors and Gillespie Yunnie Architects. The fencing has been supplied by Rock City.

Friends EventMonday 20 October, 6pm, £6.50

Magic in the MoonlightJoin other Friends for a sociable evening watching Woody Allen’s latest film, Magic In The Moonlight, with an introduction and post-film discussion from Plymouth Arts Centre’s Film Programmer, Anna Navas. Advance booking essential.


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A Promise (15)

Fri 5 Sept 6pmSun 7 Sept 5.30pmTues 9 Sept 8.30pmWed 10 Sept 2.30pm & 6pm

Dir. Patrice Leconte, UK/France, 2013, 98 mins.Cast. Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden.

Patrice Leconte’s first English language film is led by a trio of stellar performances. Set in pre-World War I and based on a novella by Stefan Zweig it is a story of longing and thwarted desire. Karl Hoffmeister (Rickman) is a wealthy, ailing German steel manufacturer whose younger wife (Hall) begins to fall in love with his assistant (Madden). Through minute changes of expression and tone of voice, Rickman is a master of insinuation and ambiguity. As he stealthily observes the beautiful Lotte resisting her attraction to his bright, handsome new young assistant, Friedrich (Madden), you’re never quite sure if he wants to kill Friedrich or adopt him.

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Open Air Cinema at Royal William Yard

Plymouth Arts Centre goes On Tour to Royal William Yard with Dartington Barn Cinema.

Thur 11 September from 8pm

Roman Holiday (U)

Have Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck ever been more beautiful and perfect than in this Hollywood classic, falling in love with Rome and each other?

Fri 12 September from 8pm

Sing-A-Long-A-Grease (PG)

Sandy and Danny (and us, the audience) singing about Summer Lovin’ never gets old. Fun for everyone who ever tried to be cool in school.

Sat 13 September from 8pm Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (12A)

The summer blockbuster of 2014 which proves that you can sometimes go back to the classics and take them to a whole new level.

The Lady From Shanghai (PG)

Friday 5 Sept 8.30pmSat 6 Sept 2.30pm Sun 7 Sept 8pmTues 9 Sept 6pmWed 10 Sept 8.30pm

Dir. Orson Welles, US, 1947, 87 mins.Cast. Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders.

Orson Welles’ fourth feature, now restored, is at once a virtuoso film noir and a mischievously witty pastiche of the Hollywood thriller. The writer-director himself plays merchant seaman Michael O’Hara, so besotted after a chance encounter in New York with beautiful Elsa Bannister (Hayworth, then soon to become Welles’ ex-wife) that he accepts a job on the yacht owned by her husband Arthur (Sloane) when the couple embark on a cruise. Thus the scene is set for illicit intrigue, treachery and murder. Welles offers an engaging study of human greed, corruption and blinkered desire. If the labyrinthine, dog-eat-dog plot is so complex as to be virtually incomprehensible, that doesn’t hurt the film one jot. This is without doubt truly great filmmaking: thought-provoking, playful and exhilaratingly cinematic.

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Lilting (15)

Sun 14 Sept 5.30pmTues 16 Sept 8.30pmWed 17 Sept 2.30pm & 6pmThur 18 Sept 8.30pm

Dir. Hong Khaou, UK, 2014, 86 mins.Cast. Ben Whishaw, Pei Pei Cheng, Peter Bowles, Laila Wong, Andrew Leung, Naomi Christie

Set in London, Lilting depicts Chinese-Cambodian Junn (Pei Pei) mourning the death of her son, Kai (Leung). Despite living in London for over 20 years, she has not assimilated and is completely isolated by his death. Kai never came out to her but, after his death, his boyfriend Richard (Whishaw) gets in touch. Struggling to communicate, Richard brings along an interpreter, Vann (Naomi Christie) and gradually he and Junn begin to talk, and to mourn the man they both adored together. Lyrical and suffused with tenderness, Lilting is eloquent on the pain of loss and how grief can mirror other types of alienation, but it’s also funny, particularly in relation to retiree Alan’s (Bowles) romantic pursuit of Junn.

Wakolda (12A)

Sun 14 Sept 8pmTues 16 Sept 6pmWed 17 Sept 8.30pmThur 18 Sept 6pm

Dir. Lucia Puenzo, Argentina/France, 2013, 93 mins, subtitled. Cast. Florencia Bado, Alex Brendemuhl, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Pereth.

Lilith and her family move to Patagonia where her parents are taking on a lakeside hotel. Coinciding with their arrival is a visiting doctor, Helmut Gregor, from Germany who moves in while he waits for his wife to join him. Gregor becomes fast friends with the family but particularly with Lilith, whose stunted growth, due to hormone deficiencies, Gregor is eager to treat. Unbeknownst to Lilith’s family and the townspeople who come to accept the charismatic man as one of their own, Gregor is not at all who he appears to be. Based on Director Lucía Puenzo’s (XXY) own novel, Wakolda is a gripping drama inspired by true events. Beautiful cinematography by Nicolas Puenzo complements Lucia’s taut script and assured direction.

Blood Ties (15)

Fri 19 Sept 6pmSat 20 Sept 8pmSun 21 Sept 5.30pmTues 23 Sept 8.30pmWed 24 Sept 2.30pm & 6pmThur 25 Sept 8.30pm

Dir. Guillaume Canet, US/France, 2014, 125 mins. Cast. Marion Cotillard, Clive Owen, Mila Kunis, Billy Crudup.

Chris (Owen) has just been released from prison and waiting for him outside the gates is his younger brother, Frank (Crudup), a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different yet blood ties are the ones that bind, and Frank, hoping that his brother has changed, is willing to give him a chance. He shares his home, finds him a job, and helps him reconnect with his children and his ex-wife, Monica (Cotillard). But Chris’ inevitable descent back into a life of crime proves to be the last in a long line of betrayals, and after his brother’s latest transgressions, Frank banishes him from his life. But it’s already too late, as the brothers’ destiny is bound together.

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The Rover (15)

Fri 19 Sept 8.30pmSat 20 Sept 2.30pm & 5.30pmSun 21 Sept 8pmTues 23 Sept 6pmWed 24 Sept 8.30pmThur 25 Sept 6pm

Dir. David Michôd, Australia/US, 2014, 103 mins.Cast. Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy.

Following his acclaimed film Animal Kingdom, David Michôd returns with a visceral and menacing thriller. Ten years after a collapse in the western economic system, Australia’s mineral resources have drawn the desperate and dangerous to its shores. With society in decline, the rule of law has disintegrated and life is considered cheap. Eric is a cold and angry drifter who has left everything and everyone behind. When his car – his last possession – is stolen by a gang of desert hustlers, Eric embarks on a ruthless mission to track them down.

Two Days, One Night (15)

Fri 26 Sept 6pmSat 27 Sept 8pmSun 28 Sept 5.30pmTues 30 Sept 8.30pmWed 1 Oct 2.30pm & 6pmThur 2 Oct 8.30pm

Dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Belgium/Italy/France, 2014, 95 mins.Cast. Marion Cotillard, Olivier Gourmet, Fabrizio Rongione.

Rapturously received at this year’s Cannes, the latest from France’s masters of social realism, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, stars Cotillard as a woman who must convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so she can keep her job. With only a weekend to persuade her colleagues, she is a disturbing presence, intruding on their weekends and asking them to give up a much-needed bonus to help a colleague they barely know; all the while still battling the depression and anxiety that saw her off work in the first place. A parable of anonymity and alienation in the workplace, Two Days, One Night is also a very effective story: with Cotillard superb as a woman on the edge generating palpable narrative tension.

The Grand Seduction (12A)

Fri 26 Sept 8.30pmSat 27 Sept 2.30pm & 5.30pmSun 28 Sept 8pmTues 30 Sept 6pmWed 1 Oct 8.30pmThur 2 Oct 6pm

Dir. Don McKellar, US, 2013, 113 mins.Cast. Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch, Gordon Pinsent, Liane Balaban

The tiny Newfoundland outpost of Tickle Head is set for financial salvation if they can secure a petrochemical plant. Their odds are slim, as the town must have a resident doctor to land the contract. When one candidate, a big city doctor (Kitsch) lands in their lap, the town rallies to seduce him to stay beyond his trial. Paul’s fondness for the village grows as the month passes — though he’s clueless to the fact that everything he has grown to love is an elaborate web of lies concocted by the locals to convince him he has found the perfect place. A fish-out-of-water fable set within a fabulously scenic backdrop, with another brilliant performance by Gleeson make this the feel-good film of the season.


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Pride (15)

Fri 3 Oct 5.45pmSat 4 Oct 8pmSun 5 Oct 5.30pmTues 7 Oct 8.30pmWed 8 Oct 2.30pm & 6pmThur 9 Oct 11am (BIB), 6pm & 8.30pm

Dir. Matthew Warchus, UK, 2014, 120 mins.Cast. Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Paddy Considine.

The closing film in Director’s Fortnight Cannes, this bittersweet comedy is based on the true story of how a group of lesbian and gay activists came together in 1984 to support the striking miners. At a Gay Pride march a group of activists decide to raise money to support the families but there is a problem... the NUM is institutionally homophobic. Undeterred, the activists drive to a mining village in deepest Wales to offer their donation. There ensues a joyful British comedy of manners, yet amid the film’s slapstick it never loses sight of the socialist camaraderie that is forged between these two seemingly oppositional groups. The film boasts a stellar ensemble cast in a moving, candy coloured piece of LGBT history.

Night Moves (15)

Fri 3 Oct 8.30pmSat 4 Oct 2.30pm & 5.30pmSun 5 Oct 8pmTues 7 Oct 6pmWed 8 Oct 8.30pm

Dir. Kelly Reinhardt, US, 2013, 112 mins.Cast. Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard.

A rich, nail-biting thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (Meek’s Cutoff, Wendy & Lucy), Night Moves stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard as three radical environmentalists coming together to blow up a hydroelectric dam. Reichardt’s film focuses on the consequences of political extremism as the characters walk the fine line between idealist heroes and ignorant villains, forcing us to decide for ourselves whether or not their actions are just, which serves to make the film all the more riveting. A tale of suspense and a meditation on the consequences of political extremism, the film questions at what point legitimate convictions truly demand illegal behaviour, and what happens to a person’s political principles when they find their back against the wall.

The Hundred Foot Journey (PG)

Fri 10 Oct 2.30pm (Dementia Friendly Screening) + 6pmSat 11 Oct 8pmSun 12 Oct 5.30pmTues 14 Oct 8.30pmWed 15 Oct 2.30pm & 6pmThur 16 Oct 6pm & 8.30pm

Dir. Lasse Hallstrom, US, 2014, 122 mins.Cast. Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon.

Hassan Kadam is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. When Hassan and his family, led by Papa (Puri), move to a quaint village in the South of France with the grand plan of opening an Indian restaurant in the picturesque countryside, they are undeterred by the fact that only 100 feet opposite stands a Michelin starred classical French eatery. However upon encountering the icy proprietress, Madame Mallory (Mirren), the Kadam family realise they may have bitten off more than they can chew. Outraged by the new arrivals, Madame Mallory is determined to have their business shut down.

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A Most Wanted Man (15)

Fri 10 Oct 8.30pmSat 11 Oct 2.30pm & 5.30pmSun 12 Oct 8pmTues 14 Oct 6pmWed 15 Oct 8.30pm

Dir. Anton Corbijn, UK/US/Germany, 2014, 121 mins. Cast. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Willem Defoe, Rachel McAdams.

Adapted from John Le Carre’s novel, this gripping post-9/11 contemporary espionage thriller delivers in spades. The late Seymour Hoffman is riveting as a cynical German intelligence officer on the trail of a suspected Chechen terrorist. The story exposes the territorial power-plays by competing national and international intelligence agencies within Germany who are more concerned with their political ambitions than the job of keeping their citizens safe from terrorists. Throw in a conflicted banker played by Willem Dafoe, an understated attraction between the terrorist and his left-wing lawyer (McAdams), and an intricate plot which constantly shifts under our feet and we have a grown up thriller which is both entertaining and thought provoking.


What We Did On Our Holiday (TBC)

Fri 17 Oct 6pmSat 18 Oct 8pmSun 19 Oct 5.30pmTues 21 Oct 8.30pmWed 22 Oct 2.30pm & 6pmThur 23 Oct 8.30pm Dir. Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin, UK, 2014, mins tbc. Cast. David Tennant, Rosamund Pike, Billy Connelly, Celia Imrie.

Doug (Tennant) and Abi (Pike) are taking their three children to Scotland for a big family gathering, but the couple are in the midst of a difficult divorce and have asked their kids to keep it a secret from the rest of the family. As the inevitable feuds kick in, a completely unexpected turn of events involving the children causes further tensions to rise to the surface. And with the repercussions that ensue - hilarious and emotional in equal measure - the family are forced to put aside their differences and work together or else risk losing what they hold most dear. From the creators of the hit BBC comedy series Outnumbered, What We Did On Our Holiday is a heart-warming, uplifting comedy.

Magic In The Moonlight (12A)

Fri 17 Oct 8.30pmSat 18 Oct 2.30pm & 5.30pmSun 19 Oct 8pmTues 21 Oct 6pmWed 22 Oct 8.30pmThur 23 Oct 11am (BIB) 6pm Dir. Woody Allen, US, 2014, 98 mins.Cast. Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver.

Chinese conjuror Wei Ling Soo is the most celebrated magician of his age, but few know that he is the stage persona of Stanley Crawford (Firth), a grouchy and arrogant Englishman with an aversion to phony spiritualists’ claims. Persuaded by his friend, Howard Burkan (McBurney), he goes on a mission to the Côte d’Azur mansion of the Catledge family where he presents himself as a businessman in order to debunk an alluring young clairvoyant Sophie Baker (Stone). What follows is a series of events that are magical in every sense of the word and send the characters reeling as we are given further proof that Woody Allen is the master of this kind of comedy.

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In Order Of Disappearance (15)

Fri 24 Oct 6pmSat 25 Oct 8pmSun 26 Oct 5.30pmTues 28 Oct 8.30pmWed 29 Oct 6pmThursday 30 Oct 8.30pm Dir. Hans Petter Moland, Norway, 2014, 116 mins, subtitled. Cast. Stellan Skarsgarrd,

Unassuming Nils Dickman (Skarsgarrd) lives an uneventful life in an isolated part of Norway, spending his days dutifully clearing the snow that incessantly falls. Nils has just won an award for “Citizen of the Year”. All that changes when he learns that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, he takes matters into his own hands. What starts out as a grieving father’s quest for justice quickly turns into an altogether more bloody affair as he becomes embroiled in a dark underworld drug dealing ring led by a man only known as “The Count”. At once a rampaging bloodfest and a stylish revenge thriller, the film’s pitch black humour ensures it is as intelligent as it is entertaining.

20,000 Days On Earth (15)

Fri 24 October 8.30pmSat 25 October 2.30pm & 5.30pmSun 26 October 8pm

Dir. Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, UK, 2014, 97 mins.Cast. Nick Cave, Susie Bick, Warren Ellis, Blixa Bargeld, Kylie Minogue.

This much anticipated profile of musician, screenwriter and novelist Nick Cave has been wowing audiences on the festival circuit since its World Premiere in Berlin in February. A fascinating, illuminating exploration of the creative process, the film skilfully transcends its formidable polymath subject, appealing to a wider audience than Cave’s following. It’s a cinematic odyssey told with a rare wit and candour as we tour through Cave’s life meeting band-mates, family, collaborators and perhaps most revealingly his psychoanalyst. The film’s directors are also visual artists and their flare for image making lifts this documentary well above the standard ‘talking heads’ fare of most typical musician docs. A real treat for music lovers with more than a couple of belly laughs along the way.

God’s Pocket (15)

Tues 28 October 6pmWed 29 October 2.30 & 8.30pmThur 30 October 6pm

Dir. John Slattery, US, 2014, 88 mins. Cast. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro, Richard Jenkins.

Slattery makes an assured directorial debut. Set early 80s South Philadelphia, Leon, a borderline sociopath gets himself killed on the job, the crime covered up by co-workers. His mother Jeannie (Hendricks) knows it’s not an accident, and so her husband Mickey (Seymour Hoffman) makes inquiries in the booziest, most idiotic way possible. Also on the lookout is columnist (Jenkins), a sodden lush who soon loses his mind and falls head over heels in love with Jeannie. The upshot that follows includes beatings, maimings, shootings, and even a corpse schlepped around in the back of a meat truck. Deftly balancing both humour and humanism, God’s Pocket oozes with talent.

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PROGRAMMER’S PICK

September Matinée Early Late Tuesday 2 – Chef 6pm Camille Claudel 1915 8.30pmWednesday 3 Camille Claudel 1915 2.30pm Camille Claudel 1915 6pm Chef 8.30pm Thursday 4 – Chef 6pm Camille Claudel 1915 8.30pmFriday 5 – A Promise 6pm The Lady from Shanghai 8.30pmSaturday 6 The Lady from Shanghai 2.30pm Charlie Woolleys’s Biker Movie Marathon 5.30pm - 12amSunday 7 – A Promise 5.30pm The Lady from Shanghai 8pm

Tuesday 9 – The Lady from Shanghai 6pm A Promise 8.30pmWednesday 10 A Promise 2.30pm A Promise 6pm The Lady from Shanghai 8.30pmThursday 11 – Open Air Cinema at Royal William Yard: Roman Holiday 8pmFriday 12 – Open Air Cinema at Royal William Yard: Sing-Along-A-Grease 8pmSaturday 13 – Open Air Cinema at Royal William Yard: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 8pmSunday 14 – Lilting 5.30pm Wakolda 8pm

Tuesday 16 – Wakolda 6pm Lilting 8.30pmWednesday 17 Lilting 2.30pm Lilting 6pm Wakolda 8.30pmThursday 18 – Wakolda 6pm Lilting 8.30pmFriday 19 – Blood Ties 6pm The Rover 8.30pmSaturday 20 The Rover 2.30pm The Rover 5.30pm Blood Ties 8pmSunday 21 – Blood Ties 5.30pm The Rover 8pm

Tuesday 23 – The Rover 6pm Blood Ties 8.30pmWednesday 24 Blood Ties 2.30pm Blood Ties 6pm The Rover 8.30pmThursday 25 – The Rover 6pm Blood Ties 8.30pmFriday 26 – Two Days One Night 6pm The Grand Seduction 8.30pmSaturday 27 The Grand Seduction 2.30pm The Grand Seduction 5.30pm Two Days One Night 8pmSunday 28 – Two Days One Night 5.30pm The Grand Seduction 8pm

Tuesday 30 – The Grand Seduction 6pm Two Days One Night 8.30pm

October Wednesday 1 Two Days One Night 2.30pm Two Days One Night 6pm The Grand Seduction 8.30pmThursday 2 – The Grand Seduction 6pm Two Days One Night 8pmFriday 3 – Pride 5.45pm Night Moves 8.30pmSaturday 4 Night Moves 2.30pm Night Moves 5.30pm Pride 8pmSunday 5 – Pride 5.30pm Night Moves 8pm

Tuesday 7 – Night Moves 6pm Pride 8.30pmWednesday 8 Pride 2.30pm Pride 6pm Night Moves 8.30pm Thursday 9 Pride (Bringing in Baby)11am Pride 6pm Pride 8.30pm Friday 10 The Hundred Foot Journey (DF) 2.30pm The Hundred Foot Journey 6pm A Most Wanted Man 8.30pmSaturday 11 A Most Wanted Man 2.30pm A Most Wanted Man 5.30pm The Hundred Foot Journey 8pmSunday 12 – The Hundred Foot Journey 5.30pm A Most Wanted Man 8pm

Tuesday 14 – A Most Wanted Man 6pm The Hundred Foot Journey 8.30pmWednesday 15 The Hundred Foot Journey 2.30pm The Hundred Foot Journey 6pm A Most Wanted Man 8.30pmThursday 16 – The Hundred Foot Journey 6pm The Hundred Foot Journey 8.30pmFriday 17 – What We Did On Our Holiday 6pm Magic In The Moonlight 8.30pmSaturday 18 Magic In The Moonlight 2.30pm Magic In The Moonlight 5.30pm What We Did On Our Holiday 8pmSunday 19 – What We Did On Our Holiday 5.30pm Magic In The Moonlight 8pm

Monday 20 – Magic In The Moonlight (Friends Screening) 6pm Tuesday 21 – Magic In The Moonlight 6pm What We Did On Our Holiday 8.30pm Wednesday 22 What We Did On Our Holiday 2.30pm What We Did On Our Holiday 6pm Magic In The Moonlight 8.30pmThursday 23 Magic In The Moonlight (BiB) 11am Magic In The Moonlight 6pm What We Did On Our Holiday 8.30pmFriday 24 – In Order of Disappearance 6pm 20,000 Days On Earth 8.30pmSaturday 25 20,000 Days On Earth 2.30pm 20,000 Days On Earth 5.30pm In Order of Disappearance 8pmSunday 26 – In Order of Disappearance 5.30pm 20,000 Days On Earth 8pm

Tuesday 28 – God’s Pocket 6pm In Order of Disappearance 8.30pmWednesday 29 God’s Pocket 2.30pm In Order of Disappearance 6pm God’s Pocket 8.30pmThursday 30 – God’s Pocket 6pm In Order of Disappearance 8:30pmFriday 31 (Full listing in Nov/ Dec Brochure) The Riot Club 6pm Manuscripts Don’t Burn 8:15pm

Film Diary

Films and timings are correct at the time of going to press, but unfortunately these do sometimes change due to reasons beyond our control. Our cinema is small, so we recommend that you check our website, or phone us, to check times and availability before visiting.

Information

Free entry to the exhibitionsPlymouth Arts Centre is a nationally renowned centre for contemporary art, independent cinema and creative learning. We want to make Plymouth a vibrant cultural city, engaging and stimulating our visitors and the local community with our dynamic arts programme and the warmth of our welcome.

Booking informationCinema tickets can be purchased at our Box Office, on our website or by phone. We are unable to refund or exchange tickets after purchase, unless a performance is cancelled. Proof of concessions must be shown. Seats can be reserved at the time of booking.

Venue hireOur cinema, meeting room, studios and café are available for hire, contact us to arrange a visit

Cinema ticketsStandard ticket £7.50 / Concessions £6.50 / Under 25s £5.50 (proof needed for over 60s, under 25s and unwaged) / Members 75p discount and £5.50 tickets on Tuesdays / Matinees £5.50

Your helpWe urge you to consider making a donation to us, to volunteer or to join as a Friend.

FriendsAs a Friend you will receive free and discounted tickets and will also benefit from discounted Cinema Suppers, offers in the café, priority booking and special events.

Single Friends membership £20, Double Friends membership £30. Please note the price will increase from 1 Sept: Single £24, Double £36.

Getting hereWe are close to Plymouth’s bus station and Royal Parade, where most buses terminate. The train station is a 15 minute walk away. There is limited on-street parking and car parks nearby. Bike racks are also available to the rear of the building.

AccessThere is full access to our ground floor, including reception, window gallery, cinema, café bar and WC. We regret that the first floor is only accessible by stairs. The cinema features a hearing loop. There are two wheelchair spaces in the cinema – please inform our Box Office if you would like to use them. Our brochure and other materials are available in large print.

Plymouth Arts Centre 38 Looe Street, Plymouth, PL4 0EB

Registered Charity No 800664

Box Office, Gallery and ShopTuesday – Saturday 10am–8:30pmSunday 4pm–8:30pmMonday Closed

Information and booking on 01752 206114Restaurant booking 01752 [email protected]


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