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January-February2015
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Whether it’s battling it out on the big screen as part of a Gaming Party, a conference, a launch or workshop, we’ve got a myriad of interesting spaces, suitable for business, community or personal use, along with the food and drink to suit.
Contact Jamie Jones ([email protected]) to view the Window Gallery, Cinema, Meeting Room or Studio One and to discuss the catering you would like for your event.
“Our event was a success, and the choice of venue was very much appreciated by my team. Lunch was every bit a match and more for our high expectations.” Ocean BMW
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Restaurant booking on 01752 [email protected] - Saturday 10am - lateSunday (bar only) 4.30pm - late
Winner of Best Restaurant in Plymouth 2012
I am extremely proud to be the new Artistic Director at Plymouth Arts Centre, with a role to broaden the exhibition programme beyond the gallery space here and work with artists to make great projects happen.My background is curating exhibitions with international artists, first at Tate Modern and more recently in Cardiff at Artes Mundi. I am excited to mix up this international perspective with the vitality and quality of what is happening here in Plymouth.
Our spring exhibition is Drowning World by award-winning photographer, Gideon Mendel. This series commemorates the landscape, homes, and people affected by last winter’s floods in the West Country and links them to the global impact of climate change and themes of sustainability
On the subject of sustainability, this will be our last print brochure. High print and postage costs, combined with a funding cut of £70,000, unfortunately make our brochure unsustainable. See page 10 for details of how to sign up to our online newsletter to find out about art, films and food.
And on digital matters, we are really excited to have collaborated with i-DAT in developing Artory, a new what’s on app for culture in Plymouth, to keep you up to date with cultural activity in Plymouth. Use it to accumulate ‘Art Miles’ redeemable at venues across the city. As a newcomer, I am looking forward to meeting you very soon and being guided by Artory to the amazing things the city has to offer.
Ben BorthwickArtistic Director
Cover Image: Gideon Mendel, Summer 2014, Drowning World Series. Image Courtesy of the Artist.Brochure design by YonYonson
Welcome
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Contents
Food.............................................................................2
Welcome....................................................................3
Gideon Mendel....................................................4-5
Events..........................................................................6
Emma Critchley........................................................7
Events...........................................................................8
Activities......................................................................9
About Us............................................................10-11
Films....................................................................12-18
Film Diary.................................................................19
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17 January – 15 March
Gideon MendelDrowning World
The work of Gideon Mendel, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading documentary photographers, is presented at Plymouth Arts Centre in collaboration with Fotonow CIC.
Mendel’s practice supports activist purposes; he has worked extensively recording change in South Africa and the impact of HIV/AIDS across the continent. In recent years he has covered global floods caused by climate change. Since 2007, Mendel has been working on the series Drowning World, which visually addresses socio-environmental issues of a warming planet. Much of the work in this exhibition focuses upon the Somerset and Thames Valley floods of winter 2013-14; the images on show include landscapes vanishing underwater and portraits of flood victims within the landscape of their own personal calamity.
Mendel’s intention is to explore the effects of climate change in an intimate way, revealing the impact on the lives of those affected and to depict these people as individuals, not as faceless and nameless statistics. Mendel has documented flooding beyond the UK; in India, Haiti, Pakistan, Nigeria, Australia and Thailand and his moving image works from this global project will also be screened during the exhibition.
Some of the works will be published in the second Fotonow photofold essay, which will be available during the exhibition.
“In a flooded landscape, life is suddenly
turned upside down and normality is
suspended. With an almost ‘tracing paper’
effect on the societies in which they occur,
flood waters often reveal underlying tensions
and difficulties as they recede. It is these
elements that continue to draw me to flood
zones, evoking many questions about our
sense of stability in the world.”
Gideon Mendel
More information and booking: 01752 [email protected]
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www.fotonow.org
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Gideon Mendel, Somerset 2014, Drowning World Series. Image courtesy of the artist
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Friday 20 February 10am – 4.30pm £30 (£15 for students and PAC Home members) Lunch included.
SymposiumThis Symposium, organised by Plymouth Arts Centre and Fotonow CIC, explores climate change and art. Bringing together the creative and scientific community, it will look at the role the arts can play in encouraging communities to take an active role in climate change measures. It will also look at ways in which the wider climate change policy makers can be influenced.The Symposium contributors will include the artists exhibiting at Plymouth Arts Centre; Gideon Mendel and Emma Critchley, who will be joined by:-
Gina Glover and Jessica Rayner, authors of the book The Metabolic Landscape: Perception, Practice and the Energy Transition, in which art, science and philosophy are used to explore the earth’s current state of metabolic distress.
Dr Catherine Butler is currently an advanced research fellow in environment and sustainability in the Geography department at University of Exeter. Her work spans the disciplines of sociology and human geography and examines societal transitions in the context of climate change, with a particular focus on flooding and UK flood policy.
Chloe Uden, Programme Manager, Regen SW. Chloe is responsible for the delivery of Regen SW’s arts and energy programme. This unusual venture brings new voices to the debate around energy; adding colour and diverse perspectives to the energy challenge.
Tao Wimbush, founding member of Lammas eco village. Tao will contribute to the symposium via Skype.
Transition Plymouth, Plymouth Food Waste Partnership and Taste the Difference will also be contributing to the Symposium with presentations, breakout groups and lunch.
Film screening, 6pm, Friday 20 February, £7.50 (£6.50 concessions)
Chasing Ice (12A)
Dir. Jeff Orlowski, US, 2012, 80 mins. With. James Balog, Svavar Jonatansson, Adam LeWinter.
Acclaimed photographer James Balog was once a sceptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In Chasing Ice, Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a record of the world’s changing glaciers. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Chasing Ice depicts a heroic photojournalist on a mission to deliver fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet.
More information and booking: 01752 [email protected]
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Art in the Restaurant
20 February – 10 May
Emma CritchleyWhen The Waters Recede
When The Waters Recede relates to a series of site-specific installations, across three locations along the Bristol Channel that respond to the 1607 floods, the largest and most destructive floods in British history. The floods are now generally believed to be a tsunami due to the similarities in eyewitness accounts to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The flooding resulted in the drowning of some 2000 people, with houses and villages swept away and more than 300 square miles of lowland along 350 miles of coast destroyed. Emma Critchley will present preparation work and sketches from this ambitious regional project, (due to be completed in 2016-17), in Plymouth Art Centre’s restaurant.
Emma Critchley has worked as an underwater image-maker for over ten years, with an MA from The Royal College of Art. Through working with a combination
of photography, video and installation, she explores the human relationship with the underwater environment. Critchley has developed works funded by The Photographers Gallery, The National Media Museum, Arts Council England, The British Council and the Singapore International Foundation. Her award-winning work has been exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at The Australian Centre of Photography, the ICA Singapore, The National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers Gallery and Saatchi Gallery’s New Sensations.
Helping to install When The Waters Recede and promoting the exhibition will be a group of young people we are supporting to achieve their Bronze Arts Award.
Woodcut image from “A true report of certaine wonderfull ouerflowings of Waters, now lately in Summerset-shire, Norfolke and other places of England...”, printed in London 1607
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Sunday 22 February, 8pm£7.50 (£6.50 concessions)
Tamar + Imperfect Cinema
We are delighted to host this live cinema and music performance by Imperfect Cinema and the Imperfect Cinema Orchestra. Tamar is a 30 minute film commissioned by the River Tamar Project, directed by Allister Gall. The film combines original footage shot by Russell Cleave, Richard Gorman and Allister Gall, footage shot by children and original footage from the Claude Endicott archive supplied by SWFTA. Claude Endicott was a butcher who filmed life in and around Plymouth from the 1920s to the mid 1960s. Historical events are mixed with his love of all things modern as we see the times change through his lens, including the building of the Tamar Bridge. The live screen/sound performance is being recorded by Deep Blue Sound and a DVD will be available later in the year.
Forthcoming
Saturday 7 March11am - 5pm, suitable for adults £20 (Undergraduate students and PAC Home members £10)
Organic PhotographyThis workshop offers an opportunity to experiment with several alternative techniques to produce a photographic image. At least one of the processes will be entirely organic, using materials such as flowers and vegetables to replace the chemicals used in the photographic process. Anthotypes and Cyanotypes are photography techniques invented by Sir John Herschel in the mid 19th Century and in recent years a number of artists have revisited these and other camera-less photography processes. This workshop will include both of these processes as well as other experimental techniques. Booking essential on 01752 206114.
Monday 9 March 5pm – 9pm
Climate Change Film EveningJoin us for an evening of documentary films that explore the issue of climate change. See our website at www.plymouthartscentre.org for more information.
28 March – 10 May
Graham Ellard & Steven JohnstoneEverything Made Bronze This work, commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella in 2013 is a study of the ways in which light burnishes objects, and magnifies form.
More information and booking: 01752 [email protected]
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Image: Nicky Thompson, Shed, 2007. Image courtesy of the artist.
Activities
Monday 16 – Friday 19 February10am – 5pm, cost £80 per person for the whole week14 – 18 years
Environmental Art & Photography Week - Bronze Arts Award in a week If you are aged between 14 and 18 years and interested in art, photography and the environmental future of our planet, then take part in this week-long project. You will meet people with similar interests, have fun, meet artists and gain new skills. On completion of the course, you will achieve a Bronze Arts Award, a nationally recognised qualification, equivalent to a GCSE. The five days of activity are focussed on the photography exhibition Drowning World and consider the issues of climate change.
The programme will include: a guided tour of the exhibition with discussion; photography and other forms of image making in response to concerns about the environment; hanging an exhibition of work by underwater photographer Emma Critchley, taking part in the Climate Change Symposium and much more.
A limited number of bursaries are available on application. These bursaries are easy to apply for and are designed to assist anyone who is keen to take part, but who finds the cost a barrier to participation. For more information and to book your place call 01752 206114
Tuesday 27 January, 24 February and 31 March (last Tuesday of each month)1 – 2.30pm, £2 per childUnder 6s and their parents
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. Booking is advisable to guarantee your place.
Thursday 29 January at 11am£5.50 per adult, booking not essential
Bringing in Baby: Big Eyes
Thursday 19 February at 11am£5.50 per adult, booking not essential
Bringing in Baby: WildThese film screenings are for parents, grandparents and carers of babies to enjoy a selection of our films without having to worry about baby making too much noise! Come early for coffee and biscuits beforehand – our treat, or stay for a PAC Lunch for £11, which includes your cinema tickets, Panini or soup and a hot drink.
Image courtesy of Fotonow
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Delivered in collaboration with Fotonow CIC www.fotonow.org
About Us
Brochure Changes
This will be the last brochure from Plymouth Arts Centre in this format. Budget constraints mean that that due to cost of printing and posting, the brochure is no longer viable.
An increasing proportion of our audience are now finding out about our exhibitions, events, films and food through our website, from our social media accounts, or from our weekly e-newsletter updates. If you would like to receive a weekly email with our forthcoming films and events, please complete the form on our website. Alternatively, please fill in your details below and we will add you to the list.
For those who prefer a paper version, from March you will be able to pick up a printed list of the forthcoming films from our Box Office and from local libraries, which will include notes about the films. If you would like to have this list sent to you by post each month, you can join our Subscription Mailing Scheme for an annual cost of £8 – please ask at our Front Desk.
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About Us
Artory: The What’s On App for Culture in PlymouthAvailable for download soon, Artory is a new app which lets you know what is happening locally, according to what you’re interested in. It also enables you to earn Art Miles, by visiting venues and leaving feedback, which can be redeemed for drinks and discounts.
Sign up at www.artory.co.uk to be notified when it’s ready and follow @ArtoryPlymouth or like us at facebook.com/artory.plymouth.
This App has been led, designed and produced by i-DAT and Plymouth Arts Centre in conjunction with Elixel and the Plymouth Culture Guide Group: Theatre Royal Plymouth, Barbican Theatre, Plymouth City Museum and Gallery, The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art, Peninsula Arts Plymouth University, KARST, Ocean Studios, Take a Part, Plymouth Dance and Plymouth Culture.
The app is funded by Plymouth Arts Centre, i-DAT with Plymouth University, Destination Plymouth, Plymouth City Council and Plymouth Culture.
Dementia-Friendly Film
As part of a wider programme of activities which raise awareness of mental health issues, we have been piloting Dementia Friendly Film screenings at Plymouth Arts Centre for people affected by dementia.
We are working towards becoming a dementia friendly organisation. Our staff have received training and we now all have some knowledge of the needs of those affected directly and the issues faced by their family, friends and carers.
Although our film screenings are not specifically for people with dementia, they offer a relaxed
environment in which to enjoy the film. We understand that there may be people talking during the film and the lights are left on low for people who need to move around or leave the cinema.
We offer a free cup of tea or coffee, and biscuits, before the film for people attending Dementia Friendly Film. Our café bar, adjacent to the cinema, also provides a range of drinks, snacks and lunch.
Our next Dementia Friendly Screening is :Thursday 12 February, 1pmTestament Of Youth See page 16 of our Film Guide.
Artory Partners
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Set Fire To The Stars (15)
Fri 2 Jan 6pmSat 3 Jan 8pmSun 4 Jan 5.30pmTues 6 Jan 8.30pmWed 7 Jan 2.30pm & 6pm
Dir. Andy Godard, UK, 2014, 97 mins.Cast. Celyn Jones, Elijah Wood, Kelly Reilly.
In 1950 John Brinnan invited the highly acclaimed and infamous Welshman, Dylan Thomas, to New York for a series of poetry readings, touring the most prestigious college campuses of the United States. Having ignored persistent rumours of Thomas’ frivolities back home, Brinnan finds his hands full when the poet arrives on US shores. Mesmerising and moving when reciting his masterpieces on stage, Thomas is flamboyant and direct when it comes to charming the pants off his admiring female fan base. Desperate to get watchful university chaplains off his back, Brinnan takes Thomas to his family retreat in the woods of Connecticut. But even in the middle of nowhere, the resourceful and cantankerous Thomas finds an audience for his art, passion, love and aggression.
The Homesman (15)
Fri 2 Jan 8.30pmSat 3 Jan 2.30pm & 5.30pmSun 4 Jan 8pmTues 6 Jan 6pmWed 7 Jan 8.30pmThur 8 Jan 5.30pm
Dir. Tommy Lee Jones, US, 2014, 123 mins.Cast. Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Miranda Otto, Grace Gummer, Meryl Streep.
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank). Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones), to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women (Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter) head east, where a waiting minister and his wife (Meryl Streep) have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
2001: A Space Odyssey (U)
Thur 8 Jan 8pmSat 10 Jan 2pmSun 11 Jan 8pm
Dir. Stanley Kubrick US/UK, 1968, 134 minsCast. Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester.
Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 meditation on mankind’s future is one of the most influential of all sci-fi films. Spanning four movements from the Dawn of Man to a mission to Jupiter, computers and humans search for the truth behind a collection of ancient black monoliths with supernatural properties and unknown origins. The soundtrack, mixing highly modernistic compositions of slowly shifting discordant chords with well-known classical and orchestral pieces, is unforgettable and means that visually, narratively, and musically, 2001 A Space Odyssey is a genuine masterpiece. Critic Roger Ebert described the film as “a stand-alone monument, a great visionary leap, unsurpassed in its vision of man and the universe”. Grab this chance to see it on the big screen if you can.
St Vincent (PG)
Fri 9 Jan 6pmSat 10 Jan 8pmSun 11 Jan 5.30pmTues 13 Jan 8.30pmWed 14 Jan 2.30pm & 6pmThur 15 Jan 8.30pm
Dir. Theodore Melfi, US, 2014, 103 mins.Cast. Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd.
Bill Murray at his cantankerous best, playing a cash-strapped retiree with a taste for liquor, loose women and laying bets. He’s a singularly unlikely role model for an impressionable youth. But that’s precisely what he becomes in St. Vincent. He is less than pleased to see Maggie (McCarthy) move into the vacant house next door with her twelve-year-old son Oliver. Desperate times call for desperate measures however, and when Vincent’s bank account bottoms out, he approaches Maggie about minding her boy during her late-night nursing shifts. Soon Oliver is on the receiving end of an uproarious miseducation, yet Vincent’s unorthodox tutelage also yields a tender and mutually beneficial friendship reminiscent of Murray’s unforgettable pairing with Jason Schwartzman in Rushmore.
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The Grandmaster (15)
Sat 10 Jan 5.30pmTues 13 Jan 6pmWed 14 Jan 8.30pmThur 15 Jan 6pm
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong, 2013, 108 mins, subtitled.Cast. Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang.
Wong Kar Wai’s double Oscar-nominated film inspired by the life of legendary Kung Fu master Ip Man (Leung) finally hits the UK after opening 2013’s Berlin Film Festival. Born into a wealthy family in Foshan, Ip’s life changes when a Martial Arts Grandmaster names him as heir to his family, bypassing his only child Gong Er (Zhang Ziyi) as tradition dictates. Bent on restoring her family’s honour, she challenges Ip, igniting a relationship between the two that lasts a lifetime. Spanning China’s chaotic Republican era, war with the Japanese and Ip’s ultimate move to the US, Wong’s approach is, naturally, unconventional. This is less a straightforward Kung Fu biopic than a philosophical, impressionistic ‘kung fu dream’, but a staggeringly beautiful one at that.
The Battles Of Coronel And Falkland Islands (PG)
Fri 9 Jan 8.30pm + INTRO
Dir. Walter Summers, UK, 1927, 105 mins.
This dramatic reconstruction of two decisive naval battles from WW1 is one of the finest films of the British silent era and was originally released on Armistice Day 1927, as a memorial to the thousands who died in the Battle of Coronel and the retaliatory strike six weeks later. Filmed on real battleships and shot mostly at sea near Malta, the Scilly Isles make a convincing stand-in for the Falklands. Scrupulously fair in its treatment of the enemy, this stirring film is presented with a newly commissioned score composed by Simon Dobson and performed by The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines.
We are delighted to welcome the composer, Simon Dobson, to introduce the film.
RESTORED CLASSIC
What We Do In the Shadows (15)
Fri 16 Jan 6pmSat 17 Jan 8pmSun 18 Jan 5.30pmWed 21 Jan 6pmThur 22 Jan 6pm
Dir. Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, New Zealand, 2014, 86 mins. Cast. Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh, Rhys Darby.
Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are three flat mates who are just trying to get by in modern-day Wellington, New Zealand. They have rent to pay, household chores to do, and parties to attend. So essentially, they’re just like anyone else except that they’re immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. A feature-length version of Waititi and Clement’s 2005 short, this hilarious vampire mockumentary is infused with the same absurd, off-kilter humour perfected by Waititi and Clement in the cult series Flight of the Conchords. Featuring exceptional deadpan performances and impeccable comic timing, this peek into the private lives of the undead next door maintains a steady flow of gore, guffaws, and morbid charm.
Stations Of The Cross (15)
Fri 16 Jan 8.30pmSat 17 Jan 2.30pm & 5.30pmSun 18 Jan 8pmTues 20 Jan 6pmWed 21 Jan 8.30pm
Dir. Dietrich Bruggemann, Germany, 2014, 107 mins, subtitled. Cast. Lea van Acken, Lucie Aron, Anna Bruggemann.
Maria (Lea van Acken) is a 14-year old girl caught between a teenage world and her German Catholic family in this note-perfect drama, which is harrowing yet beautiful. Told in 14 chapters, each representing a station of the cross, it follows Maria as she finds herself caught between two worlds, living in constant fear of committing some sort of misconduct, suffering under the yoke of her tyrannical mother, and falling for a cute boy who - gasp - sings soul and gospel (music is considered to have ‘satanic influences’ in her family). She is also preparing herself for a sacrifice - the exact nature of which is best left unspoiled. Edged with satire and wicked humour, director Bruggemann strikes the perfect balance between belief and scepticism.
Citizenfour (15)
Tues 20 Jan 8.30pm + INTROWed 21 Jan 2.30pmThur 22 Jan 8.30pm
Dir. Laura Poitras, UK, 2014,113 mins. Tuesday’s screening will be introduced by Dr Jamie Gaskarth, Associate Professor in International Relations at Plymouth University and author/editor of five books on foreign policy and security.
In January 2013, filmmaker Laura Poitras was several years into the making of a film about abuses of national security in post-9/11 America when she started receiving encrypted e-mails from someone identifying himself as “citizenfour,” who was ready to blow the whistle on the massive covert surveillance programs run by the NSA and other intelligence agencies. In June 2013, she and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with the man who turned out to be Edward Snowden. The film that resulted from this series of tense encounters is absolutely unique in the history of cinema. A 100% real-life thriller unfolding minute by minute before our eyes.
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Big Eyes (TBC)
Fri 23 Jan 6pmSat 24 Jan 8pmSun 25 Jan 5.30pmTues 27 Jan 8.30pmWed 28 Jan 2.30pm & 6pmThur 29 Jan 11am (Bringing in Baby) & 8.30pm
Dir. Tim Burton, US, 2014, mins tbc.Cast. Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Danny Huston.
This latest from Tim Burton is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Waltz), who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s. The artist earned staggering notoriety by revolutionizing the commercialization and accessibility of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes. Keane’s art though was actually created by his wife, Margaret (Adams). The Keanes, it seemed, had been living a lie that had grown to gigantic proportions. Big Eyes centres on Margaret’s awakening as an artist, the phenomenal success of her paintings, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, who was catapulted to international fame while taking credit for her work.
Leviathan (15)
Fri 23 Jan 8.30pmSat 24 Jan 2pm & 5pmSun 25 Jan 8pmTues 27 Jan 5.30pmWed 28 Jan 8.30pmThur 29 Jan 5.30pm
Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia, 2014, 141 mins, subtitled. Cast. Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Roman Madyanov.
Andrei Zvyagintsev (The Return, The Banishment) returns with this magisterial film which deservedly scooped the Best Film prize at the London Film Festival. Set on the edge of civilisation in Northern Russia, it tells of the tragic conflict between a car mechanic Kolia and a corrupt mayor who wants Kolia’s land to build a luxury dacha. Kolia tries desperately to resist the sale with the help of a childhood friend, but of course, the noose tightens around his neck from every perceivable angle. This is a heavy hitting, beautifully photographed film that reflects on grand themes that should not be ignored. As the Guardian put in their 5-star review: “So much cinema is content with small fry - minor themes and manageable topics. Leviathan is hunting bigger game”.
The Theory Of Everything (12A)
Fri 30 Jan 6pmSat 31 Jan 8pmSun 1 Feb 5.30pmTues 3 Feb 8.30pmWed 4 Feb 2.30pm & 6pmThur 5 Feb 8.30pmSat 7 Feb 2.30pmTues 10 Feb 8.30pm
Dir. James Marsh, UK, 2014, 123 minsCast. Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Emily Watson, David Thewlis.
The extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at age 21. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of – time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science. Based on the memoir “Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen,” by Jane Hawking and directed by Academy Award winner, James Marsh (Man on Wire).
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Unbroken (15)
Fri 30 Jan 8.30pmSat 31 Jan 2pm & 5pmSun 1 Feb 8pmTues 3 Feb 5.30pmWed 4 Feb 8.30pmThur 5 Feb 5.30pm
Dir. Angelina Jolie, US, 2014, 137 mins.Cast. Jack O’Donnell, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund.
Academy Award winning actress Angelina Jolie continues in her move away from acting to direct Unbroken, an epic adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling biography of the Olympic runner, turned World War II bombardier Louis Zamperini. He survived 47 days in a life raft after a near-fatal plane crash only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp where he was tortured for two years. With a script by Joel and Ethan Coen, a brilliant cast and a real-life hero at the centre of the story, there is already Oscar buzz around this film.
Testament Of Youth (12A)
Fri 6 Feb 5.45pmSat 7 Feb 8pmSun 8 Feb 5.30pmWed 11 Feb 2.30pm & 5.45pmThur 12 Feb 1pm (Dementia Friendly) & 8.30pmSat 14 Feb 2.30pmSun 15 Feb 5.30pmWed 18 Feb 5.45pm
Dir. James Kent, UK, 2014, 130 mins.Cast. Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West, Emily Watson.
Vera Brittain’s hugely important memoir - a vivid portrayal of both a generation lost to war and a woman’s life in a time of tumultuous change. Mother to politician Shirley Williams, Brittain’s autobiography is a seminal text depicting a life altered by history and a woman finding her own voice. This faithfully rendered interpretation following Vera from her teenage years, through to the shattering impact WW1 had on all their lives, dreams and futures. There is stellar acting talent on display from an excellent cast in this poignant and heartfelt depiction of grief and loss.
Birdman (15)
Fri 6 Feb 8.30pmSat 7 Feb 5.30pmSun 8 Feb 8.15pmTues 10 Feb 6pmWed 11 Feb 8.30pmThur 12 Feb 6pm
Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, US/France, 2014, 119 mins. Cast. Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton.
Birdman, the latest from Alejandro González Inarritu (Amores Perros, Babel), is a hugely inventive black comedy about Riggan Thomson (Keaton), famous for once portraying an iconic superhero, as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. When one of the actors is injured, the lead actress (Watts) brings in her lover, Mike (Norton), an egotistical ‘method’ actor whose actions disrupt an already unstable production. The camera twists and turns around the maze-like corridors of the Broadway theatre at whirlwind pace and the effect is spellbinding as Riggan battles with his own ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself. Endlessly creative, often hilarious and featuring a career-best performance from Keaton, Birdman is a unique satire.
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Paper Souls (tbc)
Fri 13 Feb 6pmSat 14 Feb 8pmTues 17 Feb 8.30pmWed 18 Feb 2.30pmThur 19 Feb 8.30pm Dir. Vincent Lannoo, France, 2014, 100 mins, subtitled. Cast. Julie Gayet, Stephane Guillon, Jonathan Zaccai, Pierre Richard, Jules Rotenberg.
In this quirky comedy from France, a funeral speech writer, a mother and her son, a man who may be a ghost, and a neighbour, all come together in a charming story of loss and love. Paul is a novelist having put his career aside to write funeral orations since the death of his wife. In his spare time, he tries to help his old neighbour Victor to get rid of the memories of his brother, who died in the concentration camps of World War II. Emma, also a widow, would like to help her son recover some memories of his dead father after a year of silence. Paul and Emma meet at a funeral and their working relationship becomes something much more.
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Wild (15)
Fri 13 Feb 8.30pmSat 14 Feb 5.30pmSun 15 Feb 8pmTues 17 Feb 6pmWed 18 Feb 8.30pmThur 19 Feb 11am (Bringing in Baby) & 6pm
Dir. Jean-Marc Vallee, US, 2014, 115 mins.Cast. Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern.
When Nick Hornby (About a Boy) read Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 memoir about a 1,100-mile journey of self-discovery, Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found he wrote, “Wild is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think it’s destined to be a loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time”. Cut to 2014, with Hornby’s screenplay, Jean-Marc Vallee’s (Dallas Buyers Club) direction and Reese Witherspoon cast as Strayed, the film reads like Oscar 2015 buzz right there. Witherspoon transforms herself as a freshly divorced and emotionally raw Cheryl, undertaking a marathon hike along the Pacific Crest Trail, matched in acting talent by Laura Dern, an inspiring life force in her own right.
Into The Woods (PG)
Fri 20 Feb 8.30pm Sat 21 Feb 8pmSun 22 Feb 5.30pmTues 24 Feb 8.30pmWed 25 Feb 2.30pm & 6pmThur 26 Feb 2.30pm & 8.30pm
Dir. Rob Marshall, US, 2014, 125 mins.Cast. Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick.
The long-awaited film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s hit musical. The live-action film stars Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, James Corden and Johnny Depp and is a far cry from the typical Disney Classic release. The studio’s first theatrical adaptation of a Broadway musical sees a childless couple set out on a fantastical journey to end a curse placed on them by Streep’s evil Witch. Directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago), Into the Woods is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a musical format that looks like it is giving the starry cast a whole lot of fun to perform. With Streep as the evil witch and Depp as the Big Bad Wolf this is irresistible fun.
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Amour Fou (12A)
Fri 27 Feb 6pmSat 28 Feb 8pmSun 1 March 5.30pmTues 3 March 8.30pmWed 4 March 2.30pm & 6pmThur 5 March 8.30pm
Dir. Jessica Hausner, Austria/Germany, 2014, 94 mins, subtitled. Cast. Christian Friedel, Birte Schnoeink, Stephan Grossman.
Austrian auteur Hausner crafts an exquisitely beautiful, disarmingly humorous and darkly romantic vision of the last days of nineteenth-century German poet Heinrich von Kleist. Ready to embrace the end, but only if he has a companion on his journey to the great beyond, the po-faced young poet scours Berlin’s high-society in search of a woman who shares his death wish. When his beloved cousin rejects his suicide-pact offer, he becomes (even more) despondent, but just as he is ready to give up hope he meets Henriette. Amour Fou is a masterclass in filmmaking finesse. As incarnated by Friedel, Heinrich is an exceptional and memorable seriocomic creation: charmingly moody, stiffly affectionate and never giving up on love even as he plans to give up on life.
Still Life (12A)
Fri 27 February 8.30pmSat 28 February 2.30pm & 5.30pmSun 1 March 8pmTues 3 March 6pmWed 4 March 8.30pmThur 5 March 6pm
Dir. Uberto Pasolini, UK, 2013, 87 mins.Cast. Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Karen Drury, Andrew Buchan.
For over 22 years, life for the unassuming John May (Marsan) has been his work for the local council, finding the next of kin for those who have passed away alone. But John’s meticulousness and care is no longer deemed necessary, and he is made redundant. He is left with one assignment: a search for the relatives of an elderly neighbour, Billy Stoke. As he journeys beyond London to piece together Billy’s past, John uncovers a life of mischief, misadventure, love and regret, most of all for an abandoned daughter, Kelly (Froggatt) whom John manages to locate. Beautifully observed and profoundly affecting, this is a gem, a resonant celebration of dignity, human connection and ultimately, all that life is worth living for.
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Foxcatcher (15)
Sat 21 Feb 2pm & 5pmTues 24 Feb 5.45 pmWed 25 Feb 8.30pmThur 26 Feb 5.45pm
Dir. Bennet Miller, US, 2014, 135 mins.Cast. Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave.
Foxcatcher tells the story of Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Tatum), who sees a way out from the shadow of his more celebrated wrestling brother Dave (Ruffalo) and a life of poverty when he is summoned by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont (Carell) to move onto his estate and train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Desperate to gain the respect of his disapproving mother, du Pont begins “coaching” a world-class athletic team and, in the process, lures Mark into dangerous habits, breaks his confidence and drives him into a self-destructive spiral. Based on actual events, Foxcatcher is a gripping and profoundly American story of fragile men who pinned their hopes for love and redemption on a desperate obsession for greatness that was to end in tragedy.
January Matinée Early Late Friday 2 – Set Fire to the Stars 6pm The Homesman 8.30pmSaturday 3 The Homesman 2.30pm The Homesman 5.30pm Set Fire to the Stars 8pmSunday 4 – Set Fire to the Stars 5.30pm The Homesman 8pm Tuesday 6 – The Homesman 6pm Set Fire to the Stars 8.30pmWednesday 7 Set Fire to the Stars 2.30pm Set Fire to the Stars 6pm The Homesman 8.30pmThursday 8 – The Homesman 5.30pm 2001: A Space Odyssey 8pm
Friday 9 – St Vincent 6pm Battles of Coronel... 8.30pmSaturday 10 2001: A Space Odyssey 2pm The Grandmaster 5.30pm St Vincent 8pmSunday 11 – St Vincent 5.30pm 2001: A Space Odyssey 8pmTuesday 13 – The Grandmaster 6pm St Vincent 8.30pmWednesday 14 St Vincent 2.30pm St Vincent 6pm The Grandmaster 8.30pmThursday 15 – The Grandmaster 6pm St Vincent 8.30pm
Friday 16 – What We Do in the Shadows 6pm Stations of the Cross 8.30pmSaturday 17 Stations of the Cross 2.30pm Stations of the Cross 5.30pm What We Do in the Shadows 8pmSunday 18 – What We Do in the Shadows 5.30pm Stations of the Cross 8pmTuesday 20 – Stations of the Cross 6pm Citizenfour + Intro 8.30pmWednesday 21 Citizenfour 2.30pm What We Do in the Shadows 6pm Stations of the Cross 8.30pmThursday 22 – What We Do in the Shadows 6pm Citizenfour 8.30pm
Friday 23 – Big Eyes 6pm Leviathan 8.30pmSaturday 24 Leviathan 2pm Leviathan 5pm Big Eyes 8pmSunday 25 – Big Eyes 5.30pm Leviathan 8pmTuesday 27 – Leviathan 5.30pm Big Eyes 8.30pmWednesday 28 Big Eyes 2.30pm Big Eyes 6pm Leviathan 8.30pmThursday 29 Big Eyes 11am (BiB) Leviathan 5.30pm Big Eyes 8.30pm
Friday 30 – The Theory of Everything 6pm Unbroken 8.30pmSaturday 31 Unbroken 2pm Unbroken 5pm The Theory of Everything 8pm
February Sunday 1 – The Theory of Everything 5.30pm Unbroken 8pmTuesday 3 – Unbroken 5.30pm The Theory of Everything 8.30pmWednesday 4 The Theory of Everything 2.30pm The Theory of Everything 6pm Unbroken 8.30pmThursday 5 – Unbroken 5.30pm The Theory of Everything 8.30pm
Friday 6 – Testament of Youth 5.45pm Birdman 8.30pmSaturday 7 The Theory of Everything 2.30pm Birdman 5.30pm Testament of Youth 8pm Sunday 8 – Testament of Youth 5.30pm Birdman 8.15pm Tuesday 10 – Birdman 6pm The Theory of Everything 8.30pmWednesday 11 Testament of Youth 2.30pm Testament of Youth 5.45pm Birdman 8.30pmThursday 12 Testament of Youth 1pm (DF) Birdman 6pm Testament of Youth 8.30pm
Friday 13 – Paper Souls 6pm Wild 8.30pmSaturday 14 Testament of Youth 2.30pm Wild 5.30pm Paper Souls 8pmSunday 15 – Testament of Youth 5.30pm Wild 8pmTuesday 17 – Wild 6pm Paper Souls 8.30pmWednesday 18 Paper Souls 2.30pm Testament of Youth 5.45pm Wild 8.30pmThursday 19 Wild 11am (BiB) Wild 6pm Paper Souls 8.30pm
Friday 20 – Chasing Ice 6pm Into the Woods 8.30pmSaturday 21 Foxcatcher 2pm Foxcatcher 5pm Into the Woods 8pm Sunday 22 – Into the Woods 5.30pm Tamar + Imperfect Orchestra 8pmTuesday 24 – Foxcatcher 5.45pm Into the Woods 8.30pm Wednesday 25 Into the Woods 2.30pm Into the Woods 6pm Foxcatcher 8.30pm Thursday 26 Into the Woods 2.30pm Foxcatcher 5.45pm Into the Woods 8.30pm
Friday 27 – Amour Fou 6pm Still Life 8.30pmSaturday 28 Still Life 2.30pm Still Life 5.30pm Amour Fou 8pm
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.BiB = Bringing in Baby, DF= Dementia Friendly
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 £24, Double Friends membership £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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