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of Central Station. Open from noon to midnight Monday to Saturday and from
12:30 to 11pm on Sunday.
306 Argyle St.
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0141/221-7359.
Underground: St. Enoch.
CINEMA
Cineworld Renfrew Street
The towering building in the city center, the
screens at this multiplex formerly known as the UGC are dominated by blockbusters
and big releases, but a couple of the theaters are reserved for foreign films and
independent art house features.
7 Renfrew St.
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0871/200-2000.
www.ugccinemas.co.uk.
Tickets £4.50-£6.50.
Glasgow Film Theatre
Two screens are used for a well-programmed daily
output of independent, foreign, repertory, and art house films. The cinema was
originally called the Cosmo, an Art Deco theater built in the late 1930s. Near the
box office is Café Cosmo, a good place for pre- or post-movie beverages.
12 Rose St.
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0141/332-8128.
www.gft.org.uk. Tickets £4-£6. Underground: Cowcaddens.
Grosvenor
Refurbished and restored on Ashton Lane in the West End, the Gros-
venor is possibly the only neighborhood cinema still operating in Glasgow, with a bar
and two downstairs screening rooms with comfy big leather chairs and sofas that you
can rent. The cinema screens a mix of mostly mainstream and a clutch of indepen-
dent movies.
Ashton Lane.
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0141/339-8444.
www.grosvenorcinema.co.uk. Tickets £2.50-£6.50.
Underground: Hillhead.
Odeon at the Quay
A modern multiplex movie house on the south bank of the
River Clyde, showing Hollywood films and other mainstream movies.
Springfield Quay,
Paisley Rd.
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0141-418-0111.
Tickets £4.50-£6.50.
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