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Dirs. Joel & Ethan Coen. USA, UK & France 2009. 1hr 45mins.
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The Coen Brothers return with one of their best and most personal films to date. Set in 1967, this oddball, period black comedy/drama about Jewish suburban angst tells the story of Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a college professor and family man whose life is about to fall apart. His job is looking shaky, his kids are indifferent to him, his unemployed brother is living on his couch, and his wife is about to leave him. Struggling to cope, Larry seeks advice from three Rabbis in hope that they will help him with his afflictions and become a serious man. Dazzling, profound and very, very funny.
“A seriously funny film” Hollywood Reporter
Michael Haneke returns
Dir. Michael Haneke. Austria, Germany, France & Italy 2009. 2hrs 24mins. In German with English Subtitles.
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After wowing us with the fantastic Hidden, controversial Austrian director Michael Haneke returns with this Palme d’Or winning masterpiece. Shot in stark black and white with no musical score, The White Ribbon is set in a small German village just before World War I in a small German Village that is experiencing a number of unexplained accidents beset upon the community’s schoolchildren and their parents. At first they are passed off as coincidence, but as these misdeeds turn into genuine atrocities, the residents begin to mistrust one another.
Haneke once again crafts a film that leaves us with more questions than answers, but is all the more intriguing for it, with stunning cinematography and a powerful theme, this is the master director on top form, proving why he is one of Europe’s best.
Dir. Ang Lee. USA 2009. 2hrs.
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Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) takes a step back from his usual intense dramas to deliver a sunny and breezy tale about famous hippie festival Woodstock, which celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year. Elliot (Demetri Martin), is a down-on-his-luck interior designer who is forced to move back with his parents to help them run their dilapidated motel. When Elliot hears that a neighbouring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers, thinking he can drum up some much-needed business for the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people turn up in his town and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.
Dir. Mira Nair. USA 2009. 1hr 51mins.
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Academy Award winner Hillary Swank stars in this extraordinary tale about famed aviator Amelia Earheart. Director Mira Nair’s (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair) beautiful biopic traces the life of the American pioneer, who made history in 1932 by becoming the first woman ever to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Featuring an all-star cast, including Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston, this compelling story is a fantastic tribute to an amazing icon.
Dir. Philippe Lioret. 109 mins. France 2009. In French and Kurdish with English subtitles.
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A wonderful life-affirming tale of friendship amidst adversity, this is the story of Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurdish boy who’s travelled from the Middle East through Europe to join his girlfriend in England. But his journey comes to an abrupt end when he is stopped by the authorities on the French side of the Channel. Trapped in France, he decides to swim across the freezing waters and goes to a local swimming pool to train, where he meets Simon, a swimming instructor in the midst of a divorce and the pair strike up a friendship transcending age and cultural differences. This timely film was shot in and around ‘the jungle’, a recently-destroyed makeshift refugee camp near Calais.
Dir. Grant Heslov. USA 2009. 1hr 30mins TBC.
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Gateshead-born screenwriter Peter Straughan teams up with director Grant Heslov for this wildly entertaining film version of Jon Ronson’s book starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. The film follows reporter, Bob Wilton (McGregor), who stumbles into the story of a lifetime when he meets special forces agent, Lyn Cassady (Clooney). Lyn reveals his twenty-year involvement in a top secret, psychic military unit and shares details of their activities, each more bizarre than the last (including staring at goats in order to kill them telepathically). The film is just as unconventional as the title suggests, marrying an amazing cast with a wonderfully screwy story, very much in the vein of Dr. Strangelove and classic Coen Brothers.
“A superbly written loony-tunes satire” Variety
Dir. Jane Campion. UK, Australia & France. 1hr 59mins.
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Nominated for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, The Piano director Jane Campion’s intimate and exquisite film tells the story of the secret love affair between 23-year-old English poet, John Keats (Ben Whishaw, Brideshead Revisited), and the girl next door Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish, Elizabeth: The Golden Age), an outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair begin at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she was unimpressed, not only by his poetry but also by literature in general. However, the poetry soon became a romantic remedy that worked not only to quell their feud but fuel an impassioned love affair….
“An exquisite piece of filmmaking.” Daily Telegraph
Book Club
Dir. Robert Aldritch. USA 1955. 1hr 46mins.
Saturday 21 November, 1.50pmBuy tickets
Robert Aldritch’s Kiss Me Deadly mixes film noir with sci-fi in a story about paranoia and nuclear armageddon. Based on Mikey Spillane's novel, Ralph Meeker plays Mike Hammer, Spillane’s amoral detective, whose quest for a suitcase full of fissile material leads him into conflict with the mysterious Dr. Soberin. At this Book Club, audiences have the chance to watch the film and discuss the adaptation with Andrew Pepper, author of the Pyke novels (The Last Days of Newgate, The Revenge of Captain Paine and Kill-Devil and Water). Andrew has published widely on the history of the detective story and promises to give members expert insight into Spillane, noir and the dangers of Radionuclide! Tickets: £7.00/£6.00 concessions.
Monday Cult Classic
Dir. Joel Coen. USA 1998. 1hr 57mins.
Monday 23 November, 8.40pmBuy tickets
The Coen Brothers’ achingly funny quasi-detective story is a thing like no other. Jeff Bridges is The Dude, a fortysomething stoner who lives only for bowling, White Russians, and his rug. But when some unhappy gangsters barge into his home and soil said rug it kicks off a tale of mistaken identity, chopped-off toes and German nihilists that will have you rolling in the aisles.
Monday night is Student night!
Bring your NUS card to any regular screening after 5.00pm and get in for just £3.50*. *Price excludes special events or Classic Circle.
Christmas Monday night Student deal
Get a bottle of Corona, Becks, Heineken or Budweiser for £1.50 with your student ticket.
Michael Haneke returns
Dir. Michael Haneke. France, Germany & Romania 2000. 1hr 56mins. In English, Malinka, Romanian, French, German & Arabic with French sign language and English subtitles.
Tuesday 24 November, 5.45pmBuy tickets
Our Michael Haneke restrospective opens with his first French-language film. In the film five apparently disparate Parisians, including the excellent Juliette Binoche, examine their own identities and attitudes to each other. From an apparently insignificant act of kindness to a beggar, Haneke sets off a dazzling chain of unintended and sometimes life changing consequences, exploring such difficult themes as politics, nationality and communication problems along the way.
The film will be introduced by Haneke specialist Stephen Suri, who after the show will lead a discussion about multiculturalism in modern Europe.
Buy a ticket for all four films in our Haneke retrospective (excluding The White Ribbon) for just £20.00!
Michael Haneke returns
Dir. Michael Haneke. Germany, Poland, France & Austria 2001. 2hrs 11mins. In French with English subtitles.
Thursday 26 November, 5.45pmBuy tickets
Haneke’s brilliant adaptation of Elfriede Jelinek’s novel features an unforgettable performance by Isabelle Huppert, as a repressed music professor in Vienna. Erika Kohut (Huppert) is an outwardly respectable teacher, with a dark and deeply erotic side to her personality, whose life changes when she enters into an intense sexual relationship with one of her students, Walter (Benoit Magimel). An excellent example of the alienation that Haneke finds inherent in modern society, Huppert and Magimel both won prizes for their extraordinary performances at The Cannes Film Festival 2001, where the film also won the Grand Prix.
Before the screening of The Piano Teacher, Dr. Caitriona Ni-Dhuill from the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University. Caitriona will be speaking about the theme of sexual issues in modern Europe and will also say a few words about the Jelinek novel.
Buy a ticket for all four films in our Haneke retrospective (excluding The White Ribbon) for just £20.00!
“Haneke’s courage once again leaves all of his peers standing” Empire
Dir. Graham Fellows. UK 2009. 1hr 12 mins.
Thursday 26 November, 8.15pmBuy tickets
After finding out how grim it was up north in 2005, versatile singer/organist John Shuttleworth travels to the Channel Islands to discover if it’s ‘soft down South’. Filmed by John’s neighbour, Ken Worthington, on his camcorder, then later – when Ken gets fed up and decides to go sunbathing – by a professional crew. Shuttleworth meets a host of fascinating people, and one or two boring ones. But are they Southern Softies? With special guest Martin Parr.
We’re very thrilled to welcome Graham Fellows back to the Tyneside Cinema in person for this special screening of John’s adventure down south. Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 concessions.
Every Monday, Friday & Saturday, 11.00am, until Saturday 12 December
A unique cinema experience for toddlers across the UK, grown-ups can now bring their little ones to see Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka from CBeebies favourite In the Night Garden on the big screen! We’ve teamed up with the BBC for this season and you can catch an episode of the show at 11.00am every Monday, Friday and Saturday from 2nd November! Tickets: £3.50 children, adults free!
The latest DVD release of In the Night Garden, ‘What Fun’, hits shops at the beginning of November. For full listings go to www.inthenightgarden.co.uk.
Dir. Frank Capra. USA 1946. 2hrs 10mins.
Starts Friday 11 December
Christmas Eve screenings are now on sale!Buy tickets
Frank Capra’s amazing festive feel-good hit returns for its sell out Christmas run at the Tyneside. This beloved, tearjerking, hilarious festive masterpiece remains a brilliant audience favourite over 60 years since it came out for the first time at cinemas. James Stewart is George Bailey, the everyman who turns to thoughts of suicide when his life looks to be coming apart at the seams, and then Clarence, the angel with a chance to earn his wings arrives on Earth to teach George just important he is….
These shows on Christmas Eve are the first to go on sale – get yours now! For bigger festive fun make sure you watch out for other It's A Wonderful Life events featuring live entertainment to be announced later in the autumn!
