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===Independent cinema===
[[File:High Friar Lane at the Tyneside Cinema (geograph 2810241).jpg|alt=|thumb|upright=0.75|[[Tyneside Cinema]], designed and built by Dixon Scott, great uncle of [[Ridley Scott|Ridley]] and [[Tony Scott]].<ref name=RidTonScottcinema/>]]
Newcastle has multiple independent cinemas, including the famous [[Tyneside Cinema]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/ |title=Tyneside Cinema |access-date=18 July 2010}}</ref> located on Pilgrim Street. It originally opened as the 'Bijou News-Reel Cinema' in 1937, and was designed and built by Dixon Scott, great-uncle of film directors [[Ridley Scott]]<ref name=RidTonScottcinema>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2008/05/30/ridley_scott_profile_feature.shtml |title=Profiles – Sir Ridley Scott |publisher=[[BBC Tyne]] |date=30 May 2008 |access-date=18 July 2010}}</ref> and [[Tony Scott]]. The Pilgrim Street building was refurbished between November 2006 and May 2008; during the refurbishment works, the cinema relocated to the [[Old Town Hall, Gateshead]]. In May 2008 the Tyneside Cinema reopened in the restored and refurbished original building.<ref name=tynescinem>{{cite web
 |title        = Cinema Bids Au Revoir
 |date         = 11 April 2008
|url          = http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Council%20and%20Democracy/news/News%20Articles/Cinema%20Bids%20Au%20Revoir%20to%20Gateshead.aspx
 |access-date   = 23 February 2011
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724162459/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Council%20and%20Democracy/news/News%20Articles/Cinema%20Bids%20Au%20Revoir%20to%20Gateshead.aspx
 |archive-date = 24 July 2011
|df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> The site currently houses three cinemas, including the restored Classic<ref name=tynesidecinclassic>{{cite web
 | title = The Classic
 | publisher = tynesidecinema.co.uk
 | quote = the Classic is a magnificently restored auditorium which features balcony seating in its Classic Circle
 | url = http://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/hire/spaces/the-classic
 | access-date = 23 February 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110305211813/http://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/hire/spaces/the-classic
 | archive-date = 5 March 2011
}}</ref> —the United Kingdom's last surviving news cinema still in full-time operation—alongside two new screens, and dedicated education and teaching suites.

As well as this, the city is home to The Side Cinema and Star and Shadow Cinema which are both small venues which have built up cult audiences of film fans.