Side Cinema
Introduction
An accessible, 48 seat cinema on Newcastle upon Tyne's Quayside, showing great films and available for hire...
Amber opened Side Cinema in 1977. The seats were rescued from the Wallaw in Blyth and include rare doubles, suitable for socially-concerned snogging. Even without the romantic interest, however, it's one of those venues people fall in love with. Different programming strands are developed in conjunction with Side Gallery and a range of different groups. It can be booked for private hires or parties at a cost of £150 + VAT.
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See below for details of upcoming screenings.
Tuesday 9 February: Le Cercle Rouge (PG)
A season of classic French films to celebrate the opening of Buee at the Side Bistro. Come early and get in the mood with some classic French cooking and a glass or two of red.
There's a 10% discount off your bill with your ticket for the evening's film.
Screenings start promptly at 7pm.
Le Cercle Rouge
(Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970, 134 mins, PG, 7pm)
£4.00 - £5.00
Finishing off the season with yet another classic...
Jean-Pierre Melville was offered the film noir heist movie 'Rififi' originally but turned it down, giving his blessing to Jules Dassin to direct it instead. After the resounding success of Rififi however, Melville felt hard done by so decided to make another version of the story with his own... Le Cercle Rouge.
A must see for anyone who enjoys a moustachioed, trigger happy maverick who wears a detective's raincoat, regardless of the weather.
Trailer here
Tickets here
We advise booking tickets in advance as:
a) We've sold out the last three weeks b) There's no booking fee so no extra cost!
Friday 12 February: Alan Courtis & Aaron Moore Argentine Movie & Gig Spectacular!
Following their appearance in The Wire's and other 2009 end-of-year polls for their 'Brokebox Juke' lp, Courtis/Moore return to the UK to perform live improvised soundtracks to this Argentine found-film collage.
The film compiles a selection of Argentine home movies mainly from the 1970’s. The footage was originally recorded in Super-8 and now transferred to digital to be screened in public. The compilation shows diverse aspects of daily life in diverse Argentine cities and rural scenes, bringing a portrait of Argentinian collective memory from those years, to the sound of the drone, abstract psychedelia and free rock improvisation of Alan Courtis and Aaron Moore.
Moore has also of late been touring in his band with NoNeck Blues Band's Dave Nuss, Amolvacy, and has just completed 4 performances in New York as part of Boredoms for their Boadrum9 shows. And of course, he's an integral member of the increasingly seminal Volcano The Bear, who have, in the words of The Wire, "produced some of the finest, wildest British music of the last 10 years on record and on stage…”. Or, as Losing Today puts it, “No one sounds, has sounded or will ever sound quite like Volcano the Bear.” Myspace
Alan Courtis (aka Anla Courtis, Alna Courtis, etc) was a founder member of the Reynols, a band with more than 100 releases on labels from USA, Europe, Japan & NZ, including conceptual and/or absurd projects like: 10.000 Chicken Symphony, Blank Tapes, Whistling Kettle Quartet. He has collaborated with musicians like: Pauline Oliveros, Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Damo Suzuki (Can), Eddie Prevost (AMM), Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls), Yoshimi P-Wee (Boredoms), Chris Corsano, Ashtray Navigations, Michael Snow, Aaron Moore (Volcano the Bear) Birchville Cat Motel, and members of Avarus and Kemialliset Ystävät. He has also released more than one hundred solo releases and collaborations on labels like Tonschacht (Germany), Blossoming Noise (USA), Antifrost (Greece), Celebrate Psi Phenomenon (New Zealand), 267 Lattajjaa (Finland), Jewelled Antler (USA), Riot Season (UK).
Clip from the Culture Lab gig here
In association with No-Fi and VAMOS! Festival
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Concessions apply to: those receiving income support; people in full-time education; young people aged 16 and under; senior citizens; asylum seekers and disabled people. Please show proof of validity upon ticket collection.
We do not send reserved tickets in the post. Names will be added to the relevant screening list and tickets issued upon arrival to film screening.
When paying for your tickets in the delivery section when you are asked to select how you would like your products to be delivered, please select Cinema tickets only (collect at screening) - £0.00 option.
To cancel reserved tickets please email side.cinema@amber-online.com or telephone 0191 232 2208 stating your full name.
Cancellations made within 48 hours of film screening will receive refund - £1 cancellation fee per ticket originally purchased.
Cancellations made within 24 hours will not be eligible for a refund.