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The Tyneside Cinema proudly welcomes a new female majority Board of Trustees, marking a major step in strengthening its charity mission and cultural impact across the North East.

Reality Bites immediately struck a chord with me growing up in the 90s.

“We’ll always have this island - and your beautiful music....”

Peter Bogdanovich’s seminal hustler road trip movie Paper Moon may have its roots in Kansas but its tale of faith in connections unites us all.

28 Years Later is due to hit cinemas this June, and I found myself wondering if past themes - specifically, the gendered way that survival is framed - will be continued.

In her first performance post Academy Award nomination for Anatomy of a Fall, Sandra Hüller channels the warmth and subtle comic timing so expertly showcased in Toni Erdmann for this breezily charming ensemble heist comedy, based on real events.

What makes Shiva Baby especially striking is how its bisexual representation isn’t a side note or a source of trauma, but rather something quietly embedded into the film’s fabric.

Uberto Pasolini’s stoic, naturalistic and thoughtfully slow-burn adaptation of the final chapters of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey casts the great Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus in his first role following his Oscar-nominated turn as Cardinal Lawrence in Tyneside favourite Conclave.