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Roll up your sleeves to find out more about movies and moviemaking. Courses will take place in the all-new Tyneside Studios, on the third floor of the Tyneside Cinema. To book or find out more call us on 0191 227 5510 / email Mike Tait. For details about our activities and holiday clubs for young people, please visit the Young Tyneside page.

Film and digital media courses for adults

An Introduction to Editing
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 January, 10.30am-3.30pm
Intermediate Editing
From Saturday 14 February 2009 for 4 weeks, 10.30am–3.30pm
An Introduction to Digital Photography
Compact: Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 January. SLR: Saturday 31 January & Sunday 1 February
An Introduction to Photoshop
Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 February, 10.30am-3.30pm
Intermediate Digital Photography and Digital Imaging
From Tuesday 3 February 2009 for 7 weeks, 6.00pm-9.00pm
Introduction To Screenwriting
From Wednesday 28 January 2009 for 10 weeks, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Hitchcock and his influence
From Thursday 29 January for 10 weeks, 6.00pm-9.00pm
Forbidden Passions and Dark Desires - Exploring The Melodrama Film
From Friday 30 January for 10 weeks, 6.00pm-9.00pm

Special Events

Tyneside Cinema Book Club: Prince CaspianPG Register your interest
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian

Dir. Andrew Adamson. UK & USA 2008. 2hrs 24mins.

Did you think the hero would look like that? Why on Earth did they do that to the ending?! Tyneside Cinema's series of film and literature events continues with its look at big screen adaptations of popular novels and stories.

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG)
Saturday 22 November, 2.00pm

Like the extraordinarily popular movies based on the fiction of J.K. Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkien, Andrew Adamson's evolving series of adaptations of C.S.Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia combine classic children's stories and potent adult fantasies. The second film in the planned cycle, Prince Caspian, takes the children back to Narnia on an epic journey to rescue the kingdom from tyranny and restore its magic and its glory.

Kim Reynolds, professor of Children's Literature at Newcastle University and Noel Brown, who is undertaking research into family films at the University, will be leading a discussion of the Narnia adaptations. Join them for the chance to consider Prince Caspian and to find out more about the power and place of children's stories in the modern cinema. Tickets: £7.00/£6.00 (concessions/Friends)

At each Tyneside Cinema Book Club a guest speaker will introduce a film and afterwards lead a discussion with the audience about its journey from page to screen. Anyone can come to Book Club. If you would like to attend, just come along and buy a ticket and sign up as a FREE Book Club member on the day of the screening. See the Children's Film Club page for details of our screening of Roald Dahl's The Witches.

Please click here to register your interest in Book club and be notified when tickets go on sale.

In partnership with Newcastle University. Newcastle University (logo)

Tyneside Cinema Book Club: Brighton RockPG Register your interest
Tyneside Cinema Book Club (logo) Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock
Dir. John Boulting. UK 1947. 1hr 32mins.

Did you think the hero would look like that? Why on Earth did they do that to the ending?! Tyneside Cinema's series of film and literature events continues with its look at big screen adaptations of popular novels and stories.

Brighton Rock (PG)
Sunday 7 December, 12.30pm

Brighton Rock's depiction of the malevolent Pinkie (played by Richard Attenborough), still haunts modern British cinema today. Adapted by Graham Greene from his own novel and perfectly capturing the sinister atmosphere of the seaside town's underworld, the film delivers a perfect slice of noir.

Adam Baron, author of the Billy Rucker detective novels (Shuteye, Hold Back the Night, Superjack and It was You), and a leading authority on British crime writing and a former resident of Brighton, will host this session. Tickets: £7.00/£6.00 (concessions/Friends)

At each Tyneside Cinema Book Club a guest speaker will introduce a film and afterwards lead a discussion with the audience about its journey from page to screen. Anyone can come to Book Club. If you would like to attend, just come along and buy a ticket and sign up as a FREE Book Club member on the day of the screening.

Events in 2009 include a look at Cormac McCarthy's The Road, and Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. More special guests will be confirmed soon. Anyone can come to Book Club. If you would like to attend, just come along and buy a ticket and sign up as a FREE Book Club member on the day.

Please click here to register your interest in Book club and be notified when tickets go on sale.

In partnership with Newcastle University. Newcastle University (logo)

The Great (Christmas) Tyneside Cinema Quiz  
The Great (Christmas) Tyneside Cinema Quiz

Monday 29 December, 9.00pm (doors 8pm), Tyneside Bar

The biggest event on the social calendar of all hard core movielovers ends 2008 in style. Dozens will be competing to get their picture published in the next Tyneside brochure (as well as on this page!) and their hands on Tyneside goodies. If you have a team desperate to compete in the best quiz in town, then make sure that you get yourself to the Tyneside Bar on the night. Come early to avoid missing out!

Entrance per team is just £5.00 (maximum 5 per team). Sign in from 8.00pm, Quiz starts at 9.00pm.