The Luminaries
April – November 2017
www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/the-luminaries
This year marks Tyneside Cinema’s 80th Anniversary, and to commemorate this milestone, the historic cinema has been putting on an array of special events throughout the year.
This April those events continue with the start of The Luminaries, a programme that sees Tyneside Cinema celebrate eight of the world’s most influential filmmakers over the course of this year, with one director highlighted each month.
The Tyneside will be inviting audiences on a tour through the works of Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, Agnes Varda, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, Stanley Kubrick, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Steven Spielberg, directors whose films have had a major impact on cinema over the past 80 years. North East audiences will have the opportunity to watch some of the world’s greatest films in the surroundings of the iconic art deco cinema.
Tyneside Cinema’s Head of Programme, Holli Keeble said:
‘All of these great directors have made a vital contribution to film history and culture and have inspired the generations of filmmakers that have followed. This is a great chance for us to showcase some of the great and favourite works of all time. . Every month features a different director and alongside films on the big screen we have a range of special events with some of the UK’s finest critics and writers to discuss the canon. .’
The Luminaires starts this April with a retrospective of the films of “The Master of Suspense”, pioneering English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. The retrospective will include North By Northwest, Psycho, The Birds and Vertigo, which was voted as the best film ever made in the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound critics’ poll. The programme will also include an illustrated talk about the director with Trevor Johnston, a film journalist who writes for Sight & Sound, the Radio Times, Time Out London and Little White Lies.
Tickets for all of the films screening as part of The Luminaries: Alfred Hitchcock are on sale now. They can be booked online at www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/the-luminaries, by calling 0191 227 5500 or in person at the Tyneside Cinema box office.
The Luminaries continues in May with a retrospective of Akira Kurosawa, the Japanese filmmaker responsible for cinematic masterpieces such as Seven Samurai, Rashomon and Ran.
THE LUMINARIES PROGRAMME
APRIL: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
VERTIGO PG
STARTS FRI 14 APRIL
NOTORIOUS U
FRI 14 APRIL, 15:00
THE LODGER PG
TUE 18 APRIL, 18:25
ILLUSTRATED TALK WITH TREVOR JOHNSTON
SAT 22 APRIL, 13:45
NORTH BY NORTHWEST PG
SAT 22 APRIL, 15:05
THE 39 STEPS U
SUN 23 APRIL, 15:40
PSYCHO 15
FRI 28 APRIL, 20:45
THE BIRDS 15
SUN 30 APRIL, 13:00
MAY: AKIRA KUROSAWA
SEVEN SAMURAI PG
MON 1 MAY, 14:00
RASHOMON 12A
STARTS FRI 5 MAY
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS PG
SUN 14 MAY, 15:10
YOJIMBO PG
TUE 16 MAY, 18:20
HIGH AND LOW 12
SAT 20 MAY, 17:50
KAGEMUSHA 12
TUE 23 MAY, 20:00
RAN 12A
SUN 28 MAY, 14:30
TICKETS ON SALE SOON.
FUTURE PROGRAMME
JUNE: RAINER FASSBINDER
JULY: STEVEN SPIELBERG
AUGUST: POWELL AND PRESSBURGER
SEPTEMBER: AGNES VARDA
OCTOBER: STANLEY KUBRICK
NOVEMBER: INGMAR BERGMAN
FULL FILM AND EVENTS PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED SOON.