15 Things Only Tyneside Cinema Fans Will Understand
The best cinema in the UK isn't a secret any more.
In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theatre with great sound and pristine picture. It was legendary director Ridley Scott who said the above, and it was his great uncle (theres definitely an opportunity for at least one Great Scott! here) Dixon Scott, who founded the Tyneside Cinema back in 1937. While it isnt necessarily the largest cinema around, you could still imagine it as the sort of place Sir Ridley was referring to. The Tyneside Cinema is the sort of place youd imagine would only exist in the movies. You could picture a couple outside it, on a rainy night, shot in Noirish black-and-white. It is the sort of place a geeky cinephile in an indie coming-of-age movie attends alone, before finally getting the girl and taking her on a date there. Theres probably a reason Im not a screenwriter... In reality the Tyneside is even more magical. Set inside a grade-II listed building, just a stones throw away from Monument Metro Station, it is surely one of the finest independent cinemas in the UK today. Showing a mix of independent, world, and Hollywood films, it is the perfect place whatever your cinematic taste. Originally opened as a news cinema, it is now the only newsreel cinema operating full-time in the UK, and screens archive newsreel footage daily. It also hosts a range of special events and free screenings. Just as stunning on the inside as it is the outside the Classic screen is a particular delight this offers the requisite great sound and pristine pictures, along with the sense that this is exactly how cinema should be. If youre a fan of the Tyneside, or your own local independent cinema, then you may just understand a few of these
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