Plymouth Arts Centre: May 2015 films

Listings and information about the films being shown at the Plymouth Arts Centre are below. Tickets are from £5.50:

Blind (18)
Friday 1, 5.45pm, Saturday 2, 8pm, Tuesday 5, 5.45pm, Wednesday 6, 2.30pm and 8.30pm, Thursday 7, 5.45pm

Dir. Eskil Vogt, Norway, 2014, 96 mins, subtitled.

Cast. Ellen Dorritt Petersen, Henrik Rafaelson, Vera Vitali, Marius Kolbenstvedt.

Info: Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home.  But Ingrid’s real problems lie within, not beyond the walls of her apartment, and her deepest fears and repressed fantasies soon take over.

 

Mommy (15 )

Friday 1, 8pm Saturday 2, 2pm and 5.15pm Tuesday 5, 8pm Wednesday 6, 5.45pm Thursday 8pm Dir. Xavier Dolan, Canada, 2015, mins, subtitled. Cast. Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clement. 

Info: Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, this challenging drama sees a feisty, single mom burdened with her 15-year-old ADHD son. As they struggle to make ends meet, Kyla, the peculiar and mysterious new neighbour across the street, offers her help.

While We’re Young (15)

Friday 8, 6pm Saturday 9, 8pm Tuesday 12, 6pm Wednesday 13, 2.30pm and 8.30pm Thursday 14, 11am (Bringing In Baby) and 6pm

Dir. Noah Baumbach, US, 2015, 97 mins. Cast. Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried.

A touching tale of a couple who try to reinvigorate their lives by befriending two twenty-something hipsters who throw their lives into disarray as they encourage them to live life as youthfully as possible. Hilarious, heartfelt and honest - another gem from Baumbach.

 

The Dark Horse (15)

Friday 8, 8.30pm Saturday 9, 2.30pm and 5.30pm Thursday 14, 8,30pm

Dir. James Napier Robertson, New Zealand, 2014, 124 mins.

Cast. Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston

True story based on the life of a charismatic, brilliant chess champion, who battled bipolar disorder. A hit in Australia and New Zealand, it doesn’t romanticise mental illness or adhere to any triumph over adversity conventions, and it’s all the better for it.

 

Blade Runner (15)

Tuesday 12, 8.30pm, Wednesday 13, 6pm

Dir. Ridley Scott, US, 1982, 117 mins. 

Cast. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah.

Ridley Scott’s sci-fi masterpiece returns to the big screen thanks to the BFI.  Praised as one of the most influential science-fiction films of all time, this final cut is Scott’s definitive vision of a cinematic classic.

 

Woman In Gold (12A)
Friday 15, 6pm, Tuesday 19, 8.30pm, Wednesday 20, 2.30pm and 6pm, Thursday 21, 1pm (Dementia Friendly) and 8.30pm, Saturday 23, 2.30pm, Wednesday 27, 6pm

Dir. Simon Curtis, UK, 2015, 109 mins.  

Cast. Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl, Charles Dance

Dame Helen Mirren stars as an elderly holocaust survivor who begins a lawsuit to reclaim the artwork stolen by the Nazis. It’s a film that entertains with warmth and humour while teaching us something about history, law and justice with enormous heart and compassion.

Force Majeure (15)
Tuesday 19, 6pm, Wednesday 20 8.30pm, Thursday 21, 6pm

Dir. Ruben Ostlund, Sweden/France, 2014, 119 mins, subtitled.

Cast. Johannes Bahkuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Vincent Wettergren, Clara Wettergren.

Whilst having lunch during a skiing holiday, an impulsive decision leaves a marriage hanging in the balance and explores the survival instinct and role of the patriarch in modern family life. And what happens when they don’t live up to expectations? A wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama.

 

A Little Chaos (12A)
Friday 22, 6pm. Saturday 23, 5.30pm, Tuesday 26, 6pm, Wednesday 27, 2.30pm and 8.30pm, Thursday 28, 6pm, Friday 29, 8.30pm, Saturday 30, 2.30pm
Tuesday 2 June, 6pm

Dir. Alan Rickman, UK, 2015, 116 mins.

Cast. Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Helen McCrory, Matthias Schoenaerts.

Rickman has fashioned a spritely period romp, and plays King Louis XIV with a dry bemusement. But the film’s greatest strength lies in its emphasis on women and their relationships, with a sublime performance from Winslet. A Little Chaos is a delicious treat for green-fingered romantics.

 

Lost River (15)
Friday 22, 8.30pm, Saturday 23, 8pm, Thursday 28, 8.30pm

Dir: Ryan Gosling, US, 2014, 95 mins. 

Cast. Christina Hendricks, Matt Smith, Eva Mendez, Saoirse Ronan.

Ryan Gosling makes his directing debut with this dark fantasy drama. Featuring an underwater town, dreamy visuals, a magical curse and an eclectic score, it’s clear Gosling has been influenced by David Lynch and Nicolas Winding Refn, but this film is very much his own.

The Falling (15)
Friday 29, 6pm, Saturday 30, 5.30pm and 8pm, Tuesday 2 June, 8.30pm
Wednesday 3 June, 5.45pm, Thursday 4 June, 8.30pm

Dir: Carol Morley, UK, 2014, 100 mins. 

Cast: Maisie Williams, Maxine Peake, Greta Scacchi, Joe Cole.

After a tragedy occurs at a school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved; this bold head-rush of a film is confirmation that Morley is fast becoming one of Britain’s most distinctive and exciting filmmakers.

Far From The Madding Crowd (U)
Wednesday 3 June, 2pm and 8pm, Thursday 4 June, 5pm

Dir. John Schlesinger, UK, 1967, 168 mins. 

Cast. Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates.

Thomas Hardy’s headstrong and independent, farmer Bathsheba Everdene is among the most modern of 19th-century heroines. She captivates the hearts and minds of three very different men: an honest and hardworking farmer, a wealthy but tortured landowner, and a reckless and violent swordsman. But as emotions become entangled, free spirited and innocent folly soon leads to devastating tragedy. Almost 50 years on, this restoration reveals the film as an immersive piece of cinema with Hardy’s cruel ironies and bleak lyricism fully intact. What resonates so deeply is the way in which Schlesinger and cinematographer Nicolas Roeg frame the passions and tragedy at the film’s heart against the patterns of rural life and the harsh, sodden beauty of the Dorset landscape.

 

TICKET INFORMATION

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

Phone: 01752 206114

Website: www.plymouthartscentre.org.uk

Box Office, open Tuesday-Saturday 1-8.30pm.  

For further information, contact Kate Foster at kate.foster@plymouthartscentre.org