Who says opera is elite art - you can watch a live screening of Don Giovanni from the Royal Opera House at Exeter Picturehouse on Monday September 8 for the cut down price of £20, £19 for concessions and £17.50 for members.

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They don’t make em like they used to. And as if to prove it, Jill Craigie’s 1946 film The Way We Live is making another appearance at the Plymouth Arts Centre, on Tuesday September 9 at 8.30pm.

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Imagine the embarrassment when confronted with Negar Azimi’s curated programme of artists films called ‘She doesn’t think so but she’s dressed for the h-bomb’, and you’re stood there in your A-(bomb) -line dress.

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“This film is made for the people of the Blitz, in the hope that their newly built cities will be worthy of their fortitude,” said Jill Craigie about the documentary The Way We Live, which will be shown tomorrow as part of Plymouth Arts Centre’s 60th anniversary celebrations (July 22) at 8.30pm

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Here’s a little known fact we tripped over on our way to the film listings - the cinema in Barnstaple (part of the Scott family) won the Independent Cinema of the Year award.
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The Exeter Picturehouse is pliet-ing full-tilt into is ballet season, which starts on Sunday July 20 at 4pm with Sylvia.

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There’s nothing quite like a silent movie, especially if there’s sound, especially if it’s a soundtrack that is live and played by a five-piece band from Cornwall. And oddly enough that’s exactly what is going to happen at Plymouth Arts Centre on July 5.

Wurlitza, ‘the completely strange and completely wonderful’ five-piece band from St Germans will play a live soundtrack to classic silent movie Sunrise at the arts centre. The line-up includes guitars, vocals, bass, keyboard, clarinet and percussion, and their carefully orchestrated soundtrack reflects a variety of musical influences – everything from jazz and blues through to ska and pop. Of particular interest to music aficionados will be a mazurka adapted from an original score by Cornish composer Herbert Lanyon, father of artist Peter Lanyon, which will be played for the first time at the screening of Sunrise.

We’re no silent experts, but according to the blurb: ‘Made in 1927 by German Expressionist film maker FW Murnau, Sunrise was one of Hollywood’s most ambitious projects. Groundbreaking filmmaking techniques, distorted sets and expressive lighting demonstrated what was possible near the end of the silent era. Murnau was given complete artistic freedom to make the film, which has become one of the most revered of all time. It tells the story of a countryman and his wife whose lives are invaded by a femme fatale from the city.’

The drums start to roll from 8.30pm on Saturday July 5. Tickets are £8 and advance booking is recommended.

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Film listings from throughout Devon and Cornwall

Check out these cinemas for what’s on

Barnstaple, Bridgewater, Dartington, Dartmouth, Exeter, Falmouth, Great Torrington, Helston, Ilfracombe, Lyme Regis, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Penzance, Plymouth, Redruth, St Ives, Sidmouth, Tavistock, Torquay, Truro, Wadebridge

BARNSTAPLE
The Central Cinema
Boutport Street Barnstaple, EX31 1SR
0871 230 3200

BRIDGWATER
Scott Cinemas Bridgwater
Penel Orlieu Bridgwater TA6 3PH
0871 230 3200

DARTINGTON
Barn Cinema
Dartington Hall, Totnes, TQ9 6DE
01803 847070

DARTMOUTH
the Flavel
Flavel Place, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9ND
01803 839530

EXETER
Exeter Picturehouse
51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, EX4 3AJ
0871 704 2057

EXMOUTH
The Savoy Cinema
Rolle Street Exmouth EX8 1HP
0871 230 3200

FALMOUTH
The Poly
24 Church Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3EG
01326 212300

GREAT TORRINGTON
The Plough Arts Centre
9-11 Fore Street, Great Torrington, Devon
01805 624624

HELSTON
The Flora Cinema
Wendron Street, Helston, TR13 8PT
01326 569977

ILFRACOMBE
The Embassy Cinema
134 High Street, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 9EZ
01271 862323

LYME REGIS
The Regent Cinema
Broad Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3JB
0871 230 3200

NEWTON ABBOT
The Alexandra Cinema
Market Street Newton Abbot TQ12 3RB
0871 230 3200

OKEHAMPTON
The New Carlton Cinema
Market Hall, Market Street, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1HN
01837 658586

PENZANCE
Savoy Cinema Penzance
Causewayhead, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2SN
01736 363330

PLYMOUTH
Plymouth Arts Centre
38 Looe Street, Plymouth, PL4 0EB
01752 206114

REDRUTH
Regal Cinema
Fore St, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 2AZ
01209 216278

ST IVES
Royal Cinema
Royal Sqaure, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2ND
01736 796843

SIDMOUTH
The Radway Cinema
Radway Place Sidmouth EX10 8LT
0871 230 3200

TAVISTOCK
The Wharf
Canal Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8AT
01822 611166

TORQUAY
Central Cinema
Abbey Road, Torquay, TQ2 5NQ
01803 380001

TRURO
The Plaza
Lemon Street, Truro, TR1 2PN.
01872 272894

WADEBRIDGE
The Regal 1 & 2
The Platt, Wadebridge
01208 812791

The boy from Swansea who once said: ‘The function of posterity is to look after itself,’ has had a biopic made of his life, and – now here’s the fun bit – the director, John Maybury, will be interviewed on live satellite link up to be beamed and bounced around the whole of the Picturehouse empire.

love in the devil trailer

On Sunday June 22 there will be a special screening of The Edge of Love about the complicated love life of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, followed by a live interview and Q&A with director John Maybury.
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Bunking off work for the afternoon and going to the pictures can never be condoned, but is always fun. That’s why it’s great that the cheeky crowd up at Plymouth Arts Centre have put temptation in all of our paths and started a matinee performance to its film programme.

Out of the Blue trailer

With an afternoon showing every day except Monday, for the bargain price of £3.50 what could be better [other than making your own films - ed]? And, the newly refurbished cinema apparently has leg-loads of room.

And we’re stuck in the basement with a bunch of Flicks magazines to get through, but is that a migrane coming on…

At 2.30pm today Out of the Blue; tomorrow Mister Lonely, Thursday, Out of the Blue; Friday Where in the World; Saturday XXY; and Sunday Where in the World.

For more details visit the Plymouth Arts Centre website.

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The Don Letts’ will close the Flipside Film Festival tonight at 6pm at Plymouth Arts Centre, with a talk, readings and a panel discussion followed by the events closing party, where the legendary Letts himself will be DJ-ing.
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The Blue Walnut, on Torquay’s Walnut Street, would you believe, is really starting to get recognised for the venue it is. Yesterday the big boys of ITV Westcountry popped along to the cafe to film some tidbits for tonight’s Spotlight show.

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Check out the late show at the Appledore Visual Arts Festival.

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…but yourself is being shown tonight at PCAD, Plymouth, as part of the Flipside Film Festival.

This documentary about a truely anarchist punk band from the ’70s (the two front men, now live in a communce just outside London, as opposed to, err, let’s say Hollywood), premiered at the Raindance Film Festival, London in October 2006, where it was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Jury Prize.

Also, according to the blurb in the programme, director Alexander Oey is a Dutch film director who has directed numerous documentaries for Dutch TV including the controversial Euro-Islam According to Tariq Ramadan and My Life as a Terrorist: The Story of Hans-Joachim Klein.

You can check out some more of the film at the mini-movie site, or take a dip into the producer’s Submarine Channel on youtube.

There is no authority but yourself is on at PCAD Cinema tonight (Friday May 23) at 7.30pm

• also on today is She’s a Punk Rocker UK. PCAD Cinema, at 5pm.

More Flipside Stories on D+CFilm.

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Soon the Butler Brothers will be as familiar to you as the Coens or Wachowskis, if the hype is anything to go by. Described alternately Linklaker-like and Soderbergh-esque, their film Confusions of an Unmarried Couple is screening this evening (5pm) at PCAD cinema as part of the Flipside Film Festival, where you can go and decide yourself.

And have a look at the trailer on their site.

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