2009
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Thursday 1 January 2009
Closed
Friday 2 January 2009
A Bit Crack
7:30 p.m.
Story Telling night More »
Saturday 3 January 2009
Closed
Sunday 4 January 2009
Collaborative Handbook Writing
12:00 p.m.
A practical afternoon of discussion and writing up the handbook for new volunteers to explain how running the cinema and programming the cinema works. More »
Monday 5 January 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 6 January 2009
Closed
Wednesday 7 January 2009
Communiversal Entertainment: A Night Of Theatre
7:00 p.m.
Thursday 8 January 2009
Into Great Silence (2006)
7:00 p.m.
This award winning film is a mesmerizing study of the lives of a few monks who live high up in a beautiful, reclusive monastery in the French Alps. More »
Friday 9 January 2009
Closed
Saturday 10 January 2009
Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
The Star and Shadow Cinema is entirely run by volunteers.
If you would like to volunteer, whether that be with a particular skill or resource or a general enthusiasm to make the cinema run come along to our monthly session for new volunteers.
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Sunday 11 January 2009
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
7:30 p.m.
This must be Herzog's most controversial film. Set in an unidentified institution a rebelion has taken place and anarchy reigns supreme.
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Monday 12 January 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Closed
Wednesday 14 January 2009
Closed
Thursday 15 January 2009
Heart Of Glass (Herz Aus Glas) (1976)
7:30 p.m.
Truly a masterpiece. More »
Friday 16 January 2009
Closed
Saturday 17 January 2009
Urban & Eastern Present: Kathryn Williams
7:30 p.m.
Tonight, Mercury Prize nominee Kathryn Williams plays a benefit for us in the company of local heroines Mush, and one of the best up-and-coming singer-songwriters in Newcastle, Kate Young.
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Sunday 18 January 2009
Other Meeting
2:00 p.m.
Stroszek (1977)
7:30 p.m.
The deluded search of the American dream. Utterly brilliant. More »
Monday 19 January 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 20 January 2009
Closed
Wednesday 21 January 2009
Consent
7:00 p.m.
Tyneside Rape Crisis Centre (TRCC) are celebrating their 30th Year! As part of the celebrations TRCC are screening "Consent" and asking audiences to stay for an informal discussion in the Star & Shadow Bar afterwards. More »
Thursday 22 January 2009
Iron Giant
3:30 p.m.
Family Film: In1957 during the height of the Cold War a giant metal man falls to Earth.
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Aguirre, Wrath Of God (1972)
7:30 p.m.
The season wouldn't be complete without a film starring the inimitable Klaus Kinski. The most famous of W. Herzog films. T
ranscendent.
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Friday 23 January 2009
Two Documentaries About W. Herzog (1980 And 1982)
7:30 p.m.
Two documentaries about Werner Herzog: Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982) and Werner Herzog Eats his Shoe (Les Blank, 1980). More »
Saturday 24 January 2009
Manorbeast
8:00 p.m.
MAN or BEAST - cos it's no use to... MAN or BEAST has seen the future & it throbs & gyrates. More »
Sunday 25 January 2009
Iron Giant
2:30 p.m.
Family film: In1957 during the height of the Cold War a giant metal man falls to Earth.
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Badlands + Discussion (1973)
7:30 p.m.
One of the most striking cinematic debuts of all time, Terrence Malick's super cult film Badlands has brilliant cinematography, a haunting soundtrack and beautiful performances from its two young leads.
Film followed by a discussion with a specialist of American culture.
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Monday 26 January 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Blue Monday Film Club
8:00 p.m.
Film, Music, Cake, Drink and positive action to beat the blues on the most miserable day of the year.
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Tuesday 27 January 2009
Closed
Wednesday 28 January 2009
This Event Has Been Canceled (2008)
7:30 p.m.
Captain Wardobe Must Die Mirroring real life events. after a chance meeting an inept film maker seizes upon the opportunity to make a documentary about the comeback of the equally inept and unstable nineties underground techno legend Captain Wardrobe. More »
Thursday 29 January 2009
Eyes Wide Open
7:30 p.m.
This is an open submission video night, but will also feature videos and digital photography delights produced by the Year 2 Interactive media course at Gateshead college – Bring your films. One per film maker. max 15 minutes. Any format. More »
Friday 30 January 2009
Closed
Saturday 31 January 2009
Closed
Sunday 1 February 2009
Swimming Against The Tide (2007)
3:00 p.m.
How is it possible that Cuba has achieved so much in the health of its population with so few resources?
Followed by a speaker from Medact.
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Flesh For Frankenstein A.K.A. Andy Warhol’S Frankenstein (1974)
7:30 p.m.
Frankenstein but not as you know it.
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Monday 2 February 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Closed
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Day After Day After Day Opening
7:00 p.m.
A special exhibition preview of new work by Laura Lancaster, Rachel Lancaster, Emma McLaughlin and Flora Whiteley, exploring their preoccupation with collecting and making.
Come along to this special social opening of new and beautiful works. The bar will also be open for you to enjoy a merry night!
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Thursday 5 February 2009
California Dreamin' (2007)
7:30 p.m.
Internationally acclaimed, an absolute gem coming from the refreshing recent Romanian new wave.
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Day After Day After Day
7:30 p.m.
An exhibition of new work by Laura Lancaster, Rachel Lancaster, Emma McLaughlin and Flora Whiteley, exploring their preoccupation with collecting and making.
5th February - 1st March (open alongside cinema events + Sat 7th, 21st & 28th February, 11am-6pm)
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Friday 6 February 2009
Closed
Saturday 7 February 2009
Under The Covers
8:00 p.m.
A night of cover versions performed live and followed by a covered disco.
FIELD MUSIC,
MEANDTHETWINS...SING!
JOHN EGDELL,
JOHNNY VALENTINE,
plus special TOTP DJ set from Michael Clunkie!
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Sunday 8 February 2009
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)
7:30 p.m.
This no budget super 8 feature film was an instant cult classic when released in the underground LA punk scene.
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Monday 9 February 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 10 February 2009
Closed
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Changing The Wheel - Bert Brecht And Me
8:00 p.m.
Peter Thomson performs his one man show about the life of Bertolt Brecht. More »
Thursday 12 February 2009
A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
7:30 p.m.
Cult - from American genius John Cassavetes, and with an incredible performance from Gena Rowlands. Film followed by a discussion with a members of the Institute of Psychoanalysis.
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Friday 13 February 2009
Darren Hayman
8:00 p.m.
Darren Hayman plays songs old and new with ukulele, electronics, guitar and drum machines.
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Saturday 14 February 2009
Songs About F*¢King
7:30 p.m.
An evening of aural sex for Valentine's Night
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Sunday 15 February 2009
American Astronaut (2001)
7:30 p.m.
Combines conventions of Sci-Fi, Western and Musical genres without actually being conventional at all...
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Monday 16 February 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Closed
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Closed
Thursday 19 February 2009
Repulsion (1965)
7:30 p.m.
Seen as a masterpiece of the psychological thriller, this is an early film from a great cinema master: Roman Polanski.
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Friday 20 February 2009
Closed
Saturday 21 February 2009
Closed
Sunday 22 February 2009
Sirens Of The 23rd Century (2003)
7:30 p.m.
A neoclassical, sci-fi, fairytale satire set in the 23rd century after cosmetics and modeling have been outlawed by a fascist, government regime called The Men's Plainness Advocacy. More »
Monday 23 February 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Closed
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Closed
Thursday 26 February 2009
Eyes Wide Open Night Special - Madness On Film Season
7:30 p.m.
Open film night: Make a film on madness under 10 minutes and come and show it at the cinema. Or just come and watch what these unknown filmmakers have produced....
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Friday 27 February 2009
People And Planet Season: We Feed The World (2005)
7:30 p.m.
A film about food and globalisation, fishermen and farmers, long-distance lorry drivers and high-powered corporate executives, the flow of goods and cash flow–a film about scarcity amid plenty. With its unforgettable images, the film provides insight into the production of our food and answers the question what world hunger has to do with us.
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Saturday 28 February 2009
Ukulear Meltdown Ii
7:30 p.m.
For the second glorious year, the Star & Shadow celebrates the cheapest, easiest-to-play, most lo-fi, most punk rock instrument in the world - the Ukulele. With live performers, films and workshops, our Saturday night and Sunday afternoon will be dedicated to worshipping a "Thirty dollar wooden box with wires".
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Sunday 1 March 2009
Ukulear Meltdown Ii
12:00 p.m.
For the second glorious year, the Star & Shadow celebrates the cheapest, easiest-to-play, most lo-fi, most punk rock instrument in the world - the Ukulele. With live performers, films and workshops, our Saturday night and Sunday afternoon will be dedicated to worshipping a "Thirty dollar wooden box with wires".
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Naked (1993)
7:30 p.m.
Excellent and surprising film from one of the best UK directors: Mike Leigh. Film followed by a discussion with members of the Newcastle Philosophy Society.
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Monday 2 March 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 3 March 2009
Closed
Wednesday 4 March 2009
People And Planet Season: Climate Fever
7:30 p.m.
Organised in conjunction with Transition Initiative Newcastle. Two short films looking at the effects of global warming, followed by discussion with guest speakers More »
Thursday 5 March 2009
Baran (2001)
7:30 p.m.
This month's Cinema of the World season brings you a sheer delight from Iran.
In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Kurdish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.
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Friday 6 March 2009
Closed
Saturday 7 March 2009
Collective Game Of Battleships
2:00 p.m.
To launch the exhibition of stickman battle tableaux, there will be a friendly group game of battleships in the hallway of the cinema.
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Aufgehoben
8:00 p.m.
This legendary guitar-based noise band are at the extreme outside limits of psychedelic rock, with a metallic core of harsh industrial noise.
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Sunday 8 March 2009
Market's First Birthday
11:00 a.m.
This Sunday 8th March sees the 1st birthday event of the bi-monthly art, craft and flea market.
20 new stalls offering a wonderful array of 2nd hand, vintage and handcrafted -
Clothing, jewellery, art, music, books, homewares and more in the artium and bar area.
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Cannibal The Musical A.K.A Alfred Packer (2008)
7:30 p.m.
The debut film by the South Park creator Trey Parker.
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Monday 9 March 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 10 March 2009
Closed
Wednesday 11 March 2009
People And Planet Season: Between Midnight And The Rooster's Crow (2005)
7:30 p.m.
In the aggressive search for the 'black gold' that drives Western economies, multinational corporations are working to extract billions of dollars of oil reserves from beneath Ecuador's rainforest. This documentary investigates how the operations of the Canadian EnCana corporation are answerable for widespread environmental contamination and human rights violations in the region.
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Thursday 12 March 2009
Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo
7:30 p.m.
Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo is a mockumentary film by Primus lead-man Les Claypool.
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Friday 13 March 2009
Masked Ball
8:00 p.m.
Prepare yourself for a night of music, suprises and intrigue...
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Saturday 14 March 2009
Troubled Sleep
7:21 p.m.
A song cycle with music from The Band of Holy Joy, play from Ben, Tilly and Sukie, soundscape from Jonny Mugwump and visuals from Inga. The event starts at 8 runs til 9 and will be followed by music in the bar until midnight. It is the tale of a talent gone to waste and locked in room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel with a lover and a stranger. Raising the spirits of all the great dead talents, Burroughs, Joplin, Hendrix, Rimbaud, Behan, feel free to add your own. A night of raising ghosts and incantations of hope and celebration. To reserve tickets; call Mark on 07765 272759. Or just buy on the door.
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Sunday 15 March 2009
Finding Nemo (2003)
3:00 p.m.
Classic post-post-modern fable of friendship?
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Oh, Mr Porter (1937)
7:30 p.m.
This is the best and most famous of Will Hay's films from the pre-war era. Like the Marx Brothers, but British, this bumbling madcap trio manage to save the day when posted at a isolated train station where suspicious goings on are afoot ...
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Monday 16 March 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Closed
Wednesday 18 March 2009
People And Planet Season: Drowned Out
7:30 p.m.
A film about a family's stand against the building of a dam in India, a fight against the destruction of their land, home and culture.
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Thursday 19 March 2009
Family Films: Make Your Own Films!
3:30 p.m.
Make your own films and watch them at the cinema
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Co-Operative Film Festival: The People's Cinema
7:30 p.m.
Films shown as part of the Co-operative Film Festival. Tonight we will be celebrating the history and politics of the movement, by showing fascinating films from the national co-operative film archive. More »
Friday 20 March 2009
Lady Caroline Mary In Concert
8:00 p.m.
One of the gig-going highlights of the past couple of years has been finding (Lady) Caroline Mary on the bill, invariably supporting less talented types.
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Saturday 21 March 2009
Morrissey Disco, Girls X 3 And More
8:00 p.m.
A Night of pop punk with the bands Education Education Education, British Lichen Society, The Wooden Spoons and Girls Girls Girls followed by a Morrissey disco until 3 with art in the foyer.
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Sunday 22 March 2009
Family Films: Make Your Own Films!
1:00 p.m.
Make your own film and watch it at the cinema!
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Orgazmo
7:30 p.m.
The Life Beyond South Park season finishes with the rude, crude and hilarious Orgazmo.
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Monday 23 March 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Closed
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Co-Operative Film Festival: Cooperatives As An Alternative Economic Order
7:30 p.m.
2 films: Electrification of Pignon and Tsunami.
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Thursday 26 March 2009
Co-Operative Film Festival: Youth And Futures
7:30 p.m.
Co-operative Film Makers / UK / 120 min’s with interval 120 minutes of 6 minute shorts, all films made by groups of young people in co-operative youth groups. More »
Friday 27 March 2009
The 2nd Newcastle Bike Festival: Ayamye (2004)
6:00 p.m.
A documentary which considers the effects that the lack of reliable transport has on rural Ghania but also about how the solutions to such problems aren't nearly as complicated as one might expect. More »
The 2nd Newcastle Bike Festival: A Boy, A Girl And A Bike (1949)
8:00 p.m.
Filmed around Hebdon Bridge, Yorkshire this is a amiable romantic comedy about a 'love triangle between a working class woman, a man from a cycle club and a middle class motor fanatic. More »
Saturday 28 March 2009
The 2nd Newcastle Bike Festival: Check Y Bmx
12:00 p.m.
A drop in session for anyone interested in sorting out any mechanical problems with the support and advice of a trained mechanic also an opportunity for riders to go spoke to spoke and discuss customising and modifications. Guest speaker tbc. More »
The 2nd Newcastle Bike Festival: Bmx Bandits (1982)
1:00 p.m.
A nostalgic afternoon with a brilliant film -as long as you don't take it to seriously and just enjoy the great stunts, long chases and be amazed at the cringing Scooby Doo one liners- and terrible acting- Nicole Kidman, you will leave wishing that life could be as exciting. More »
Sunday 29 March 2009
Can't Beat It Alone (1985)
7:30 p.m.
Made by Amber’s Current Affairs Unit, the video grew out of the engagement with the campaign against pit closures, the anti-nuclear and the peace movement.
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Monday 30 March 2009
Bar Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Closed
Wednesday 1 April 2009
Tibet Film Festival 2009: Asiemut + Eclipsed (2007 )
7:30 p.m.
Two documentaries
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Thursday 2 April 2009
Tibet Film Festival 2009: Kitchen Stories + History Of Momos + Tsampa To Pizza
7:30 p.m.
Three Tibetan food themed films made by young talent in exile. Join us for some Tibetan culinary delights in the bar afterwards.
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Friday 3 April 2009
Closed
Saturday 4 April 2009
Road To Rimini Minimalrome Special
10:00 p.m.
Sunday 5 April 2009
Fear Eats The Soul (1974)
7:30 p.m.
Film + Discussion. In homage to Douglas Sirk’s Hollywood melodrama, Fassbinder brings us the story of a young Moroccan mechanic who falls in love with a German widow almost 30 years his senior. Dr Tobias Hochscherf from Northumbria University will introduce and lead a discussion after this screening.
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Monday 6 April 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Closed
Wednesday 8 April 2009
Tibet Film Festival 2009: What Courage Means To Me + Tibet: Murder In The Snow
7:30 p.m.
2 documentaries about Tibet
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Thursday 9 April 2009
Tibet Film Festival 2009: A Brief History Of Life + Undercover In Tibet
7:30 p.m.
Friday 10 April 2009
Now We Are Three!!!
8:00 p.m.
It's our unofficial, official third birthday party! 3 years ago Star and Shadow got the keys to the building and, like a toddler testing its powers, has been wobbling around ever since. Come and throw some temper tantrums and take your first tentative steps to threedom! Expect dancing and ping pong.
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Saturday 11 April 2009
Bridie Jackson - Prolong Ep Launch
8:00 p.m.
Urban and Eastern presents: Bridie Jackson's EP Launch, with support from: Laputa / Nathalie Stern
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Sunday 12 April 2009
Fox And His Friends (1975)
7:30 p.m.
Fassbinder stars as Fox himself in this tale of a working class, homosexual man who wins a small fortune on the lottery and finds new ‘friends’ willing to spend it.
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Monday 13 April 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 14 April 2009
Closed
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Closed
Thursday 16 April 2009
Das Boton, Cissy And Beak
8:00 p.m.
THREE BANDS + GREAT DJS
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Friday 17 April 2009
Age Of Stupid (2009)
7:30 p.m.
A film using drama and documentary to tell a story set in 2055. More »
Saturday 18 April 2009
Live Cinema
7:30 p.m.
"A Feast for the Senses" - Short films, cutting edge 3-screen projection VJ performance, and live music from Semi Mojo Revue, Newcastle's latest 10 piece outfit to funk up the North East's music scene with a groovy mix of funk, soul, and rare groove.
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Sunday 19 April 2009
Chinese Roulette (1976)
7:30 p.m.
This is a tale of psychological games and true personalities being drawn out by them. A husband and wife take separate business trips and discover each other at their country home with their respective lovers. This situation is accepted until their daughter arrives and insists upon a game of Chinese Roulette…
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Monday 20 April 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Closed
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Russ Meyer's Vixen (1968)
7:30 p.m.
Politics and sexploitation combine in Meyer's taboo-busting exploration of racism, violence and the creeping threat of Communism, and featuring the IRA and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police!
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Thursday 23 April 2009
Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (1931)
7:30 p.m.
R.L. Stevenson’s celebrated tale of terror, first published in 1886, has inspired countless screen adaptations, but none has ever matched the achievement of the very first sound version: R. Mamoulian's sensual and stylish masterpiece of 1931. Academy Award winner for F. March for his virtuoso performance. Rare, terrifying, stunning.
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Friday 24 April 2009
Studio 54
7:30 p.m.
To celebrate the 21st birthday of the opening of legendary New York nightclub Studio 54, the Star and Shadow presents a night of unbridled hedonistic disco pleasure.
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Saturday 25 April 2009
Closed
Sunday 26 April 2009
The Marriage Of Maria Braun (1979)
7:30 p.m.
Determined to emerge from WWII a success, Maria marries a man, spending half a day and one night with him, before he is doomed for war and then to prison. She is ambitiously driven and will do whatever it takes to succeed.
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Monday 27 April 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Closed
Wednesday 29 April 2009
Beyond Language: The Films Of George Barber (1983-2008)
7:30 p.m.
Beyond Language presents a broad selection of Barber's influential video work from past 30 years from proto-Scratch works of the early ’80s to his 90's lo-tech 'slacker' videos and his recent return to assemblage and appropriation. Narrative is at the centre of much of his work, whether deconstructing it as in Scratch, or creating humorous and absurd situations to find existential meaning in the margins of modern life. We are very fortunate to have George Barber in person, in conversation with the programme's curator Matthew Noel-Tod.
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Thursday 30 April 2009
Migrant Stories
7:30 p.m.
An evening of films, discussion, photos and information about the situation for migrants on the shores of Northern France.
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Friday 1 May 2009
A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7:30 p.m.
Our regular and successful monthly night of story telling... More »
Saturday 2 May 2009
Work Songs For Labour Day
7:30 p.m.
A benefit for Labourstart.org to assist imprisoned trade unionists...
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Sunday 3 May 2009
Art, Craft And Flea Market
11:00 a.m.
An bi-monthly independent market offering handmade, 2nd hand/vintage - art, clothing, jewellery, books, music and more
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Show Boat (1936)
7:30 p.m.
Sing-a-long-a-Sunday! The first stop on our monthly jazz-hands journey through the decades via the glorious medium of musical film.
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Monday 4 May 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Closed
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Closed
Thursday 7 May 2009
Vhs Kahloucha (2006)
7:30 p.m.
In this unusual film, Tunisia's premier amateur auteur filmmaker is portrayed with loving honesty and gut-busting hilarity in this thrilling documentary.
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Friday 8 May 2009
The Reinactors (2008`)
7:30 p.m.
UK PREMIERE - SCREENING & AFTER-PARTY IN THE BAR
*********************************The Reinactors interweaves the disparate lives of film character impersonators and celebrity look-a-likes on Hollywood Boulevard over the span of a year. Recognizable characters and stars of movies are portrayed by self-employed rogues who forge a living one-dollar at a time, posing for photos with tourists.
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Saturday 9 May 2009
Other Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Viva + Music! (2007)
7:30 p.m.
Hot lounge tunes, go-go dancers, drug education and nudie cutie films and live music!
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Sunday 10 May 2009
The Age Of Stupid (2009)
3:00 p.m.
A drama-documentary-animation hybrid which stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
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Lucrecia Martel Season: La Cienaga (2001)
7:30 p.m.
'La Cinéaga' tells the story of two families, one upper class and in decline, the other middle class and harried, and through them builds a devastating portrait of life in the Argentine provinces.
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Monday 11 May 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Closed
Wednesday 13 May 2009
Closed
Thursday 14 May 2009
Lucrecia Martel Season: La Nina Santa (2004)
7:30 p.m.
Dealing with the confusion between sexual awakening and religious fervour in an adolescent girl, holidaying in a hotel hosting a medical conference for ear, nose and throat specialists...
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Friday 15 May 2009
Diy Aye Festival
7:00 a.m.
A 2 day festival celebrating radical and DIY culture. Including live music, a free shop, open gallery space, radical films and a huge range of workshops and discussions including zine making, percussion workshop, book binding, patchwork, black and white photography, squatting, immigration and no borders, make your own dildo, surveillance, stencil graffiti and many more tbc. Admission free/ donations are welcome. More »
Saturday 16 May 2009
Diy Aye Festival
10:00 a.m.
A 2 day festival celebrating radical and DIY culture. Including live music, a free shop, open gallery space, radical films and a huge range of workshops and discussions including zine making, percussion workshop, book binding, patchwork, black and white photography, squatting, immigration and no borders, make your own dildo, surveillance, stencil graffiti and many more tbc. Admission free/ donations are welcome. Films and discussion and live music start at 7pm on Friday night. All workshops run on Saturday from 10pm onwards. Live music in the evening. Check out the website, diyayefest.wordpress.com, for further information. More »
Sunday 17 May 2009
Killers Kiss (1955)
7:30 p.m.
Kubrick's first feature (except it's not but never mind) is really great.
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Monday 18 May 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti + Sdf Collective + Hapsburg Braganza + Enoma
7:30 p.m.
The music is gorgeous and beautiful stemming from a lovely individual's mind and soul, with lots of synth and reverb and muted beats.
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Tuesday 19 May 2009
Closed
Wednesday 20 May 2009
The Films Of Robert Breer
7:30 p.m.
A night sampling the delights of Artist Robert Breer's collection of stop frame animation.
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Thursday 21 May 2009
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
7:30 p.m.
Peckinpah's masterpiece of grit and filth. A work of genius.
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Friday 22 May 2009
Evolution Unsigned
7:30 p.m.
Free gig as part of the evolution unsigned festival. Warm Digits The Cornshed Sisters Balao Nathalie Stern More »
Saturday 23 May 2009
Sublime Frequencies With Omar Souleyman (Syria) And Group Doueh (Western Sahara)
6:00 p.m.
Its the event you've all been waiting for - Sublime Frequencies come to Newcastle, with the amazing Omar Souleyman (Syria) and Group Doueh (Western Sahara) both live, plus Sublime Frequencies DJs, film screenings and q&a's, and much more!
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Sunday 24 May 2009
Closed
Monday 25 May 2009
Closed
Tuesday 26 May 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
The Killing (1956)
7:30 p.m.
We're still in noir-ish lowlife territory here but this time it's a heist film...
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Wednesday 27 May 2009
Closed
Thursday 28 May 2009
Paths Of Glory (1957)
7:30 p.m.
Conventional wisdom says this film is a masterpiece.
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Friday 29 May 2009
Closed
Saturday 30 May 2009
Closed
Sunday 31 May 2009
Dr Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
7:30 p.m.
Simply one of the greatest films EVER made. Fact.
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Monday 1 June 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 2 June 2009
Closed
Wednesday 3 June 2009
Closed
Thursday 4 June 2009
Iraq In Fragments (2006)
7:30 p.m.
"... a one-man production of startling audacity and aesthetic provocation. ... if Longley's astonishing feat of poetic agitation has a precedent in the entire history of documentary, I'm not aware of it."
-- Rob Nelson, The Village Voice
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Friday 5 June 2009
A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7:30 p.m.
Journeys: Pat Renton, Adam Bushnell, Noel Watkins and Paul Martin More »
Saturday 6 June 2009
Road To Rimini
8:00 p.m.
Sunday 7 June 2009
42nd Street (1933)
7:30 p.m.
The quintessential "backstage" musical More »
Monday 8 June 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Closed
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Every One's A Winner (1960s)
7:30 p.m.
A two-part film-festival featuring the early films of MICHAEL WINNER
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Thursday 11 June 2009
The Cool Mikado (1963)
7:00 p.m.
Its the Mikado, Jim, but not we know it.
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Friday 12 June 2009
Star And Shadow Pa Fundraiser
8:00 p.m.
SORRY! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL JULY! More »
Saturday 13 June 2009
The Actionettes
7:30 p.m.
LIGHTS ... CAMERA ... ACTIONETTES!
LIGHTS ... CAMERA ... ACTIONETTES!
London's premier dancing girls THE ACTIONETTES dancestep across the Watford gap to return to the Star and Shadow after their memorable performance at 'Lulu's Pension Party' last year for an actionette packed night.
plus ...
Live music from local heroes FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS, a 35mm film screening of BEAT GIRL, starring Gillian Hills, Adam Faith, Christopher Lee, Shirley Anne Field AND Oliver Reed; and plenty of spinning discs a go-go plus a pre-show dance class for those arriving with two left feet.
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Sunday 14 June 2009
The Romance Of Astrea And Celadon (Les Amours D’Astree And Celadon) (2007)
7:30 p.m.
"A surprising yet subtly fitting coda to one of the most extraordinary directorial careers in the history of cinema" - SIGHT AND SOUND
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Monday 15 June 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Other Meeting
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 17 June 2009
The Telly Savalas Quota Quickies
7:30 p.m.
Starlight Serenade
7:30 p.m.
Get Em Off
7:30 p.m.
Thursday 18 June 2009
Closed
Friday 19 June 2009
Swinging Uk And The Mood Man
8:00 p.m.
Star and Shadow Cinema, Sounds of Seduction and DJ Michael Clunkie Vinyl Junkie present:
SWINGING UK and THE MOOD MAN
Hip-swinging sixties mayhem! Dress appropriately!
Films!
Music!!
Dancing!!!
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Saturday 20 June 2009
Asylum Dialogues
7:30 p.m.
Touching stories of real-life friendships between asylum seekers and British people are coming to Newcastle this month.
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Sunday 21 June 2009
3 Short Films From The 1960'S (1963)
7:30 p.m.
Tonight is a very rare chance to see Rohmer’s first short films, absolute little gems.
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Monday 22 June 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 23 June 2009
Closed
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Closed
Thursday 25 June 2009
Born To Film + Media Man
7:30 p.m.
2 great films Danny Lyon - film maker photographer.
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Friday 26 June 2009
Woodland Recordings Showcase
8:00 p.m.
Three helpings of beautifully handmade alt-folk from Brighton
Featuring Birdengine, Kristin McClement and Hiawatha Telephone Company.
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Saturday 27 June 2009
Our Tired Eyes Presents - Lanterns On The Lake
8:00 p.m.
8pm - £5
Support from Fieldhead plus others TBC
Visuals by Toby Lloyd
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Sunday 28 June 2009
Los Niños Abandonados (1975)
7:30 p.m.
An early film by Danny Lyon made in the streets of a small Columbian City with a cast of abandoned children.
An unsentimental intense meditation on childhood on the borders of life.
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Monday 29 June 2009
Other Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Closed
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Claire’S Knee (Le Genou De Claire) (1971)
7:30 p.m.
Absolute masterpiece and great commercial success, the film tells the story of a man being tempted by a young woman and her knee...
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Thursday 2 July 2009
Ahlaam (2005)
7:30 p.m.
The second in our Reel Iraq season: In 2003 Al-Daradji, after the liberation of Iraq from Saddam Hussein, travelled back to his homeland. There he found heartbreaking chaos with countless psychiatric patients.
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Friday 3 July 2009
Closed
Saturday 4 July 2009
Road To Rimini Summer Special
8:00 p.m.
Sunday 5 July 2009
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
7:30 p.m.
Monday 6 July 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 7 July 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Jackie-O Motherfucker + Support
7:30 p.m.
JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER + DRAGGING AN OX THROUGH WATER + JAZZFINGER + ONOMA
That’s right, this is happening, the incredible Jacki-O Motherfucker are coming to Newcastle. This group doesn’t need many introductions, but for those of you who are not familiar with them, the JOMF collective is one of the earlier, true titans of the American experimental improvisation scene, and have had stuff released on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace! Label in the past.
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Thursday 9 July 2009
My Night At Maud’S (Ma Nuit Chez Maud) (1969)
7:30 p.m.
Nominated for 2 Oscars and officially selected at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
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Friday 10 July 2009
Man Or Machine: Star & Shadow Pa Fundraiser
8:00 p.m.
An eclectic Extravaganza - blending dub with pop and electronica with funk - Delia Smith would do her nut. Let's be having you! Raising valuable funds to put towards a new PA system for the finest venue in Newcastle. A worthy cause indeed.
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Saturday 11 July 2009
Closed
Sunday 12 July 2009
Pauline At The Beach (Pauline A La Plage) (1983)
7:30 p.m.
Winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, "Pauline at the Beach is another rare Rohmer treat.” – The New York Times
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Monday 13 July 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Closed
Wednesday 15 July 2009
The Brood (Dir. David Cronenberg) (1979)
7:30 p.m.
Oliver Reed (!!) stars as an unconventional therapist who encourages Samantha Eggar to undergo “psychoplasmic” therapy – whereby mental and emotional trauma takes physical form – and produces scores of deformed, murderous children who prey upon her young (human) daughter. Made after a difficult custody battle between Cronenberg and his former wife, The Brood is perhaps the director’s most cathartic and autobiographical film.
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Thursday 16 July 2009
Special People (2008)
7:30 p.m.
Friday 17 July 2009
Ghost Trace Stellar
7:30 p.m.
Free music at Star and Shadow, Newcastle
Artists Eileen Simpson and Ben White are working with independent artists led organisation, Polytechnic and artist Kate Sweeney, along with Urban & Eastern records to develop an evening of free music at Star and Shadow, Newcastle.
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Saturday 18 July 2009
North East Steiner Community Agm
10:00 a.m.
Narcfest
6:00 p.m.
Alternative music stage as part of Narcfest. Feat. Kunt, Bong, Peach, Dressed In Wires. Free! More »
Sunday 19 July 2009
Art, Craft And Flea Market
11:00 a.m.
20 stalls offering a diverse range of handmade and 2nd hand goods i nthe atrium and bar area.
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Ukelear Meltdown: The Movie (2009)
2:00 p.m.
Featuring the Dulwich Ukulele Club, Molly and Me, Eilidh Macaskill, Cat Green Bike and Staggerin' Jon Lee, UKELEAR MELTDOWN: The Movie looks at the phenomenal success of the second national festival of extreme Ukulele and the big personalities with small instruments.
Come and see if you can spot yourself!
And due to popular demand (and the permission of director William Preston Robertson) we're showing UM: THE MOVIE as a double bill with ROCK THAT UKE - the film that started it all.
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Existenz (1999)
7:30 p.m.
Cronenberg returns to original-screenplay work with the crafty virtual-reality adventure eXistenZ (1999), which glistened with spinal bioports and sticky-icky “game pods”. Released around the same time as The Matrix, the movie appeared as the smarter, scrappier arthouse cousin to the self-important blockbuster.
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Monday 20 July 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Other Meeting
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 22 July 2009
Mudhoney (1965)
7:30 p.m.
In the first of our series of films from Meyer's Southern Gothic era, an odd job man gets involved with his employer's wife. Featuring a typical pneumatic female lead, a drunken sadist, a preacher with a mysterious past, and a lucrative inheritance, this is Meyer at his darkest.
With a full programme of period shorts, newsreels and advertisements.
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Thursday 23 July 2009
Motorpsycho (1965)
7:30 p.m.
Meyer goes motorcycle crazy, as a veterinarian (whose wife is raped by a motorcycle gang led by a sadistic Vietnam veteran) are hunted down and dealt with in suitably Meyeresque style.
Presented by Lady K and Lord Leigh Park, the film is supported by a full programme of period road safety and child-kidnapping horror shorts from the San Francisco Police Dept.
With a full programme of period shorts, newsreels and advertisements.
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Friday 24 July 2009
Scanners (1981)
7:30 p.m.
Very Cult Sci-Fi horror....
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Saturday 25 July 2009
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
7:30 p.m.
Period juvenile delinquency films ... go-go dancers ... psych sounds from Leeds freakbeat heroes THE BACCHAE and Sunderland's own surf-guitar legends SENOR BEATNIK ...
PLUS Sounds of Seduction DJs Michael Clunkie and Lord Leigh Park ...
And framing it all .... Russ Meyer's masterpiece, starring his scariest starlet, Tura Satana.
FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
Pussycat is the tale of three thrill-seeking gogo dancers in sports cars who terrorise a backwoods family with a hidden stash of loot. We'll have live bands, gogo dancers and period juvenile delinquency films, so tonight promises to be B-Movie heaven.
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Sunday 26 July 2009
Dead Ringers (1988)
7:30 p.m.
What could be better than Jeremy Irons?
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Monday 27 July 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 28 July 2009
Closed
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Stereo (1969)
7:30 p.m.
We’ll be ending the season with the master’s first two feature films.
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Crimes Of The Future (1970)
7:30 p.m.
We’ll be ending the season with the master’s first two feature films.
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Thursday 30 July 2009
Common Law Cabin (1967)
7:30 p.m.
Because too much Meyer is never enough, we finish with Babette Bardot and Alaina Capri in a broken down tourist trap along the Colorado River. A tale of alcohol, incestuous backwoods couplings and gogo dancing to surf rock and beat music.
Presented by Lady K and Lord Leigh Park, with a full supporting bill of period US holiday and travel shorts.
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Friday 31 July 2009
New York Disco
10:00 p.m.
A night of the finest NY Disco, Post-Punk, leftfield electro and more. If you love Larry Levan, Arthur Russell, David Mancuso, The Tom Tom Club, etc. then come. With a special treat in the form of DJ Patrick Belcher, one of the Fratelli Di Rimini, showing off his sleazier side. More »
Saturday 1 August 2009
Closed
Sunday 2 August 2009
Closed
Monday 3 August 2009
Other Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Closed
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Closed
Thursday 6 August 2009
Closed
Friday 7 August 2009
Closed
Saturday 8 August 2009
Closed
Sunday 9 August 2009
Closed
Monday 10 August 2009
Closed
Tuesday 11 August 2009
Closed
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Closed
Thursday 13 August 2009
Closed
Friday 14 August 2009
Closed
Saturday 15 August 2009
Closed
Sunday 16 August 2009
Closed
Monday 17 August 2009
Closed
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Closed
Wednesday 19 August 2009
Closed
Thursday 20 August 2009
Closed
Friday 21 August 2009
Closed
Saturday 22 August 2009
Closed
Sunday 23 August 2009
Closed
Monday 24 August 2009
Closed
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Closed
Wednesday 26 August 2009
Closed
Thursday 27 August 2009
Closed
Friday 28 August 2009
Closed
Saturday 29 August 2009
Closed
Sunday 30 August 2009
Closed
Monday 31 August 2009
Closed
Tuesday 1 September 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 2 September 2009
Closed
Thursday 3 September 2009
Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Volunteer Induction - participants welcome to stay for this evening's film More »
Cinema Of The World: America/India - Sita Sings The Blues (2008)
7:30 p.m.
Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana, scored with 1920's jazz. Director Nina Paley has taken the unusual step of making Sita Sings The Blues available to everyone under a Creative Commons License so the film will be beamed to our plush auditorium direct from the internet. More »
Friday 4 September 2009
A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7:30 p.m.
Price: £6/£4 concessions More »
Saturday 5 September 2009
Alasdair Roberts Live In Concert With Bridie Jackson
7:30 p.m.
Tonight sees the return of two Star and Shadow favourites, Joanna Newsom and Will Oldham collaborator Alasdair Roberts; and the wonderful Bridie Jackson. It will be a night of hard-focus folk and songs that tell stories you'll never forget.
Tickets: £7 members / £8 non-members (and available in advance from alt.vinyl)
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Sunday 6 September 2009
Make And Mend Market
11:00 a.m.
An indy craft, art and flea market offering goodies from new designers alongside
2nd hand/vintage bargains. A great alternative to high street shopping.
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An American In Paris (1951)
7:30 p.m.
We push on through to the fifties with this Gene Kelly / Vincente Minnelli classic. The story of ex-G.I. Jerry's (Gene Kelly) sojourn in Paris, this has everything you could ask for in a musical. Gems such as 'I Got Rhythm', Embraceable You and Nice Work If You Can Get It, glorious Technicolor (as ever) and an 18 minute long mini-ballet. Quite possibly why celluloid was dreamt up.
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Monday 7 September 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Closed
Wednesday 9 September 2009
In Transition (2009)
7:00 p.m.
The Premiere of the new documentary charting the spread of the inspiring Transition Movement; could this be our best chance yet of surviving climate change and peak oil? More »
Thursday 10 September 2009
Les Silences Du Palais (Tunisia) (1994)
7:30 p.m.
Stunningly acted, beautifully shot. A deliciously scored masterpiece.
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Friday 11 September 2009
Damo Suzuki Network + Support
8:00 p.m.
Ex lead singer of legendary German Krautrock group, Can, who sang with the band through the height of their creative and commercial success. The man has even had a song named after him by The Fall's Mark E. Smith - 'nuff said.
As part of his Damo Suzuki Network project, Damo will be playing with Mark Spybey and Robin Storey, previously of Zoviet France, Christian Alderson of local band Helictite, and Oscar Ruiz Fernandez of Onoma in a night of completely improvised music.
£7 members / £8 non-members
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Saturday 12 September 2009
Pyjamarama - Sounds And Style Of Bryan Ferry And Roxy Music
8:00 p.m.
Roxy Music night!
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Sunday 13 September 2009
Hyenas (Senegal) (1992)
7:30 p.m.
Masterful parable of greed, power and insanity.
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Monday 14 September 2009
Closed
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Closed
Wednesday 16 September 2009
Closed
Thursday 17 September 2009
Finzan (Mali) (1989)
7:30 p.m.
Two women rebel against the traditions of their village in Mali in a film by one of the key auteurs of African cinema.
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Friday 18 September 2009
Closed
Saturday 19 September 2009
Closed
Sunday 20 September 2009
Barakat! (Algeria) (2006)
7:30 p.m.
Set in war–torn Algeria in the 1990s, Barakat! (Enough!) follows two women on the dangerous search for the younger woman's husband, a journalist whose writings resulted in his disappearance.
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Monday 21 September 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 22 September 2009
Closed
Wednesday 23 September 2009
Monster Ceilidh Band
8:00 p.m.
THE MONSTER CEILIDH BAND CD LAUNCH PARTY!! - "The coolest ceilidh band around" - Kathryn Tickell
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Thursday 24 September 2009
Zulu Love Letter (South Africa) (2004)
7:30 p.m.
“There have been terrible abuses towards humanity exacted under apartheid that the film is in a position to visualise, on behalf of those who survive them. Zulu Love Letter has bravely created a new cinematic space for representing historical truths.”
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Friday 25 September 2009
Star And Shadow Evening In Sydney
10:30 a.m.
For Star and Shadow fans exiled on the other side of the world, the wonderful Mu-mesons archive are holding a Star and Shadow night on September 25 2009 at the Mu-meson Archive in Annandale, Sydney.
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Saturday 26 September 2009
Wild Combination - Arthur Russell Club Night!
7:30 p.m.
Arthur Russell was one of the most extraordinary musicians ever produced by New York...
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Sunday 27 September 2009
Ornette Coleman: Made In America (1985)
7:00 p.m.
Don't miss Shirley Clark's last film; a tribute to a great free player by one of the great independent voices of US cinema.
Starts 7:00pm (note earlier than usual)
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The Gannets
8:30 p.m.
The Gannets formed by Fyfe Dangerfield from Indie band the Guillimots have taken the improv world by storm. With players Cundy Ward Lash and Noble a quintet not so much rewriting rules as throwing them out the window.
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Monday 28 September 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Closed
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Nite Jewel
8:00 p.m.
Nite Jewel - lo-fi avant-pop veering into melancholic disco out on Human Ear Music (Ariel Pink & Haunted Graffiti).
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Thursday 1 October 2009
Cinema Of The World - Ramchand Pakastani (2008)
7:30 p.m.
showing in partnership with the Pakastan Cultural Society
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Friday 2 October 2009
A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7:30 p.m.
Price: £6/£4 concessions More »
Saturday 3 October 2009
Manorbeast : The Ecstasy Of Rave
8:30 p.m.
MANorBEAST finally returns to The Star and Shadow with their Parisian Rave Effort!
A cut price celebration of the power of late 80's & early 90's dance music featuring the cream of Newcastle's TronicRave Scene. A smorgasboard of cutting edge DJs + Electrifying Live Acts...
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Sunday 4 October 2009
Les Femmes De Jazz (2004)
6:00 p.m.
An incredible assemblage of the best contemporary women free jazz player and vocalists. Shot in NYC '99 'Femmes' lays down the special relationship between women and jazz.
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Jailhouse Rock (1957)
7:30 p.m.
1950s musical
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Monday 5 October 2009
Closed
Tuesday 6 October 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Vampira: Double Bill (2006/1959)
7:30 p.m.
VAMPIRA THE MOVIE (2006) and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959). This double bill brings together Kevin Sean Michels 2006 documentary and Ed Wood Jr.’s ‘Plan 9 from Outer Space’, in which Maila Nurmi starred, and which has been described as the "worst movie ever made". It really is that good!
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Thursday 8 October 2009
Andromeda Strain (1971)
7:30 p.m.
A small town in New Mexico is almost wiped out after a space probe crashes there...You will not believe this science is science fiction.
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Friday 9 October 2009
James Blackshaw
7:30 p.m.
Initially inspired by the guitarists of the 60’s Takoma label to teach himself fingerpicking, James Blackshaw writes long-form pieces primarily for solo 12-string guitar and piano that are heavily influenced by minimalist composers and European classical music and which use drones, overtones and repeating patterns alongside a strong inclination for melody to create instrumental music that is both intelligent, hypnotic and emotionally charged.
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Crazy Horses
8:00 p.m.
Saddle up as The Smoking Sisters do the Osmonds, rosette winning Caroline Mary embarks upon a pony trek through the Music archives and Dial 'H' for Department Horse (formerly Dial 'O' for Department Owl) attempt to clear the water jump clutching bassoon and accordian. Featuring special guests haybales and stylophone karaoke.
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Saturday 10 October 2009
Closed
Sunday 11 October 2009
Hammer Horror's Dracula (1958)
7:30 p.m.
To start our Classic British Horror Season in style, we will screen the quintessentially British 'Dracula'!
Brought to you by Hammer House of Horror in the 1950s, starring Christopher Lee as the blood sucker and Peter Cushing as possibly the best cinema Van Helsing!
Don't dare see it...alone!
***Plus special guest: Cultural historian extraordinaire, Gail-Nina Anderson, will introduce and lead a discussion after the film.
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Monday 12 October 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Closed
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Telly Heaven And The Girls (Last Century)
7:30 p.m.
3 films from the Baim Collection More »
Thursday 15 October 2009
The Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback (2007)
7:30 p.m.
THE TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK (2007)
The Monks were 5 American GI’s in cold war Germany who billed themselves as the anti-Beatles; they were heavy on feedback and nihilism, had strange haircuts, mocked the military and rocked harder than any of their mid-sixties counterparts while creating a marriage between art and pop music that presaged the Velvet Underground.
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Friday 16 October 2009
Wave Pictures Gig
7:31 p.m.
Portions For Foxes plus Ex Libris and Pop Klubb present THE WAVE PICTURES... More »
Saturday 17 October 2009
Open Storywriting Zine Session
10:00 a.m.
Come for Breakfast at about 10.30. All welcome.
Choose a part of the Star and Shadow, or even the Tanners or postbox outside, and go in there with a paper and pen.
Write a fantasy, a hardboiled crime drama, a horror story or romantic melodrama.
We'll type em up the same day, print them and turn them into a free fanzine.
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Road To Rimini
10:00 p.m.
Rude 66 (live) Oppenheimer Analysis (live) Emergency Librarian (live) Tadge (DJ) Fratelli Di Rimini (DJs) More »
Sunday 18 October 2009
Peeping Tom (1960)
7:30 p.m.
The second in our Classic British Horror Season, from the 1960s.
A British masterpiece, Peeping Tom is a psychological thriller/horror, which explores voyeurism and violence, Michael Powell’s extraordinary film is the story of a lonely psychopathic cameraman—his childhood traumas, sexual crises, and murderous revenge as an adult.
*** Plus special guest: Ken Robinson, Psychoanalyst (British Psychoanalytical Society) will lead a discussion after the film
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Monday 19 October 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Closed
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Billy Childish Is Dead (2005)
7:30 p.m.
A documentary by Graham Bendel
Musician, writer, painter, enigma, cultural icon - all of these and more apply to Billy Childish. He’s influenced the lives and art of White Stripes, Tracey Emin, Larry Clark and Kurt Cobain. Over three years in the making, "Billy Childish Is Dead" is the first ever in-depth documentary to explore the extraordinary life of the man behind the myth.
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Thursday 22 October 2009
Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans (1927)
7:30 p.m.
Cinematic landmark in the history of film, this film is unmissable. Showing tonight on a special new 35mm print sent by the British Film Institute - a very rare occasion to see this gorgeous film with such image quality. Accompanied by the restored original soundtrack from 1927.
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Friday 23 October 2009
The Devil And Daniel Johnston (2006)
7:32 p.m.
Documentary showing covering Daniels life as a troubled artist through his cassette tape and super-8 recordings and interviews with friends and family. This is a beautiful portrait of a man struggling with his demons and the resultant art that came from it.
The film will be followed by music from Johnny Valentine and John Egdel and a showing of the Laurie and Daniel reunion featurette.
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Saturday 24 October 2009
Gig + Film: Garage Rock Night + Performance (1970)
7:30 p.m.
Sunday 25 October 2009
Tales From The Crypt (1972)
7:30 p.m.
Five unfortunate people find themselves lost in a vault with a mysterious crypt-keeper as their host. As each is told the story of their last moments, we look on in horror... DEATH LIVES in the vault of horror!
***Plus special guest: Professor Peter Hutchings, Professor of Film Studies at Northumbria University and expert in British Horror, will introduce and lead a discussion after the film.
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Monday 26 October 2009
Closed
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Closed
Wednesday 28 October 2009
*Cancelled* Trad Gras Och Stenar
8:00 p.m.
Unfortunately the Swedes' tour has fallen through meaning this date has been cancelled. Very sorry to all hoping to attend, hopefully they'll make it over here again some time. More »
Thursday 29 October 2009
The Short Films Of Anna Biller
7:30 p.m.
American feminist film-maker Anna Biller is a true auteur. Writer, producer, director, actor, musician and art director. When we showed her sexploitation feature, VIVA, earlier in the year, it was one of our most controversial nights. Tonight we show Anna's short films, and she joins us in conversation from Hollywood (via the miracle of Skype).
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Friday 30 October 2009
Martins Night - *****Hate
8:00 p.m.
“…in our timidity let each make a choice; whether to remain consciously a servant of falsehood…” More »
Saturday 31 October 2009
Hallowe'en Pumpkin Carving
2:00 p.m.
Let's carve pumpkins and get ready for the Hallowe'en Double Bill Party!
Everyone is welcome to join in, but all we ask is that you bring your own pumpkin and sharp knife. Adults are kindly asked to leave their pumpkins in the cinema to help decorate for the night, but kids can take their pumpkins home.
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Hallowe'en Double Bill Party
8:00 p.m.
October has been leading up to this... A double bill of horror to end the Classic British Horror Season and, of course, Hallowe'en!
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Sunday 1 November 2009
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
7:30 p.m.
"The Greatest of all Great MGM Musicals!" Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew meets Cole Porter in this play within a musical within a film. Originally filmed in 3D - expect a surfeit of objects thrown at the camera as well as classic ditties 'So In Love', 'Too Darn Hot' and (in canny preparation for next week's festival of the same name!) 'Wunderbar'. Keep your eyes peeled for the Bob Fosse cameo.
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Monday 2 November 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Postponed - Wor Diary Launch - Pub Quiz!
7:00 p.m.
Informal quiz and pint to launch the 2010 Wor Diary. Come down to get your diaries at cost price! THIS IS ALMOST DEFINITELY POSTPONED, AS WE DON'T THINK THE DIARIES WILL HAVE ARRIVED IN TIME, TBC! More »
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Castanets + Support From Lazarus And Hapsburg Crow
8:00 p.m.
***WHO?***
Castanets is the musical project of San Diego’s Raymond Raposa, generally considered one of the earliest proponents of the Freak Folk - or New Weird America - movement from the past 5-6 years.
"Listen to it. You're in for one hell of a dream." Pop Matters
£7 on the door.
Some links:
Castanets
http://www.myspace.com/castanets
Lazarus
http://www.myspace.com/williamlazarus
Hapsburg Crow
http://www.myspace.com/hapsburgbraganza
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Thursday 5 November 2009
Euros Childs
8:00 p.m.
Ploughing the field of Rock and scattering tunes as a solo artist since the summer of 2005, the earlier phase of his agricultural activities in the music world began aged 14 or 15 or something like that with Gorkys Zygotic Mynci.
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Friday 6 November 2009
Wunderbar Festival
6:00 p.m.
A dynamic new festival of contemporary performances, visual art and extraordinary happenings for the North East. Intriguing encounters and stop-in-your-tracks moments across in traditional and everyday spaces - with five events specially made for Star and Shadow More »
A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7:30 p.m.
Price: £6/£4 concessions More »
Saturday 7 November 2009
Action Hero - Watch Me Fall
7:30 p.m.
I’m going over in a barrel. I’m leaving the cannon, hitting the ramp at 90mph and clearing ten double decker buses. I might fall. I might break my body into several pieces, but then I’ll pick myself up, dust myself off and do it all over again. This time, I’m going higher, further and faster. Tonight, I will attempt the impossible
Action Hero have measured it out, done a few calculations and they’re confident ... it could go either way. Come along and cheer for us, pull for us, pray for us and watch us fall.
If at any point you see me on fire, don’t try and help, just stand well back and wait for my own people to be there.
Join us for a night of daredevil stunts, Evel Knievel paraphernalia and music until late.
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Sunday 8 November 2009
Make And Mend Market
11:00 a.m.
A monthly craft, art and flea market which alternates between the llovely Star and Shadow and the Grainger market in Newcastle City Centre, offering a diverse array of goodies from fashion to food.
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Life On Earth Perhaps (1985)
3:00 p.m.
A short cartoon film by Oliver Postgate that compares the behaviour of people with the behaviour of nations, focusing on the dangers of war in a nuclear age.
Followed by a speaker discussion on nuclear disarmament.
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Photofit
7:30 p.m.
Our Wunderbar-take-on-film is an event created especially for Star and Shadow and Wunderbar of documentary films presented as part of and alongside live performance and photographs.
Artist Mem Morrison creates performance and installation events that use documentary film within them, but he hasnt ever presented these in a cinema, to a cinema audience before. So Photofit is a special opportunity created just for us.
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Monday 9 November 2009
Istanbul Newcastle Xchange (Inx)
3:00 p.m.
A unique event celebrating diversity and commonality, based around a cultural exchange between five North East based and five visiting Turkish artists: Alper Akcay, Deniz Aygun, CLAIRE, David Foggo, Paul Grimmer, Genco Gulan, Insel Inal, Funda Karakus, Carole Luby and Sally Madge.
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Tuesday 10 November 2009
Istanbul Newcastle Xchange (Inx) - Wunderbar 2 Day Event
3:00 p.m.
A unique event celebrating diversity and commonality, based around a cultural exchange between five North East based and five visiting Turkish artists: Alper Akcay, Deniz Aygun, CLAIRE, David Foggo, Paul Grimmer, Genco Gulan, Insel Inal, Funda Karakus, Carole Luby and Sally Madge.
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Wednesday 11 November 2009
The Wooden Lightbox - Alex Mackenzie
7:30 p.m.
"the wooden lightbox: a secret art of seeing" is a hand-processed black and white film created partially with some hand-made emulsion, and presented on a hand-cranked 16mm projector which Alex constructed out of cast off pieces of projectors and rewinds and then encased in wood.
Image of projector and info on the piece:
http://www.alexmackenzie.ca/lightbox.html
You can see a sample of it here:
http://www.alexmackenzie.ca/lightbox_sample_clips.html
and stills here:
http://alexmackenzie.ca/images/lightbox_1.jpg
http://alexmackenzie.ca/images/lightbox_2.jpg
http://alexmackenzie.ca/images/lightbox_3.jpg
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Thursday 12 November 2009
Cleo From 5 To 7 (1962)
7:30 p.m.
A milestone in the history of cinema.
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Friday 13 November 2009
The Magic Hour (2009)
7:30 p.m.
The Magic Hour is a dhort film sheme for disabled directors. It's also a feature composed of 5 shorts which was premiered recently at the London film Festival 2009. The screening is accompanied by a Q&A with filmmakers Katherine Arienello and Willaim Mager.
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Saturday 14 November 2009
Scrap Club
6:00 p.m.
This evening begins at 6pm down the road at Hangar 51 on Lime Street and will move up to the Star and Shadow at 10pm with music provided by Helictite. The Star and Shadow will open at 9pm for those who wish to move up the hill before the Scrapping has finished, and for those who would like to come along for a drink before the party starts.
“When the klaxon sounds - obliterate everything in sight!”
Have you ever sat in front of a computer and wanted to smash it up? Or a TV, or a cooker, or a car, or a chair...? Scrap Club gives you the chance to do just that!
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Sunday 15 November 2009
One Sings, The Other Doesn’T (1977)
7:30 p.m.
“This film is about the fight for contraception, and for women’s sexual and corporal freedom." – A. Varda.
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Monday 16 November 2009
Other Meeting
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Closed
Wednesday 18 November 2009
From Australia: Two Films About Obsession By Megan Spencer
7:30 p.m.
Megan Spencer is one of Australia's most well-known film-makers, critics and broadcasters. Her documentary work often explores the space between fandom and fame, and tonight we show her groundbreaking documentaries on Aussie Rules football fans (Heathens) and one woman's love of pro-wrestling (Lovestruck). Megan will join us (via the miracle of Skype) from Fiji.
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Thursday 19 November 2009
Vagabond (1985)
7:30 p.m.
A harsh film that stunned audiences at its release, and won numerous prestigious international awards.
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Friday 20 November 2009
Francois And The Atlas Mountains
8:00 p.m.
François is a musician, filmmaker, painter and more. He has toured the UK, Europe and North America extensively, frequently collaborating with members of Electralane, Camera Obscura and the like.
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Saturday 21 November 2009
The Folk Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
Plus support (TBA) 'Timothy Voctir's Folk Orchestra blend the folk of Eastern Europe and the USA with Timothy's bawdy Essex humour . Raucous, original and uplifting. Come down and have a jolly'. www.folkorchestra.com £5/4 More »
Sunday 22 November 2009
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Sholay (Flames Of The Sun) (1975)
7:30 p.m.
Finally! An awesome Indian film whips its way into the Star and Shadow programme.
A truly spectacular film kicks off our (hopefully) regular INDIAN FILM NIGHT. Sholay 1975 was directed by Ramesh Sippy and is an absolute classic, a massive hit at the time around the world.
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Monday 23 November 2009
Closed
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Closed
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Demand Dignity (2009)
7:30 p.m.
An Amnesty International campaign. Around the world, people living inpoverty are challenging abuses of power and demanding a voice in decisions that sffect their lives. In this film, people in 3 different communities in different parts of the world tell their own stories of struggle for dignity and human rights... With speakers Peter Sagar - Amnesty International UK NE and Yorkshire Regional Rep. And Naomi McAuliffe, Campaign Manager for the Demand Dignity Campaign from Amnesty International UK More »
Thursday 26 November 2009
The Gleaners And I (2000)
7:30 p.m.
This is one of the best documentaries ever – mostly because it doesn’t try to be one.
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Friday 27 November 2009
Closed
Saturday 28 November 2009
Naked Lunch At 50
7:30 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL THIS EVENT. Naked Lunch is one of the most influential books of the 20th century. It was first published in 1959 and is written by William S. Burroughs. His style and areas of interest were unique at the time and there are still few who could claim to match him for his sheer originality and ability to express the individuals and groups that exist out of sight of the mainstream. So, we plan to raise some ghosts and improvise some incantations, this may involve some serious inebriation with whatever poison gets you there. Bring any copy of a Burroughs book and will get someone who isn't old Bill to sign it for you. Watch out for the cars. Mark. For details and enquiries call 07765 272759 More »
Midnight Movie: Woman Of The Dunes (1964)
11:55 p.m.
A rarely seen, but much talked-about Japanese classic. Surreal and at times absurd, Woman of the Dunes has been compared to existentialist works such as Sartre's No Exit and Beckett's Happy Days. A man trapped in a mysterious seaside town, a woman confined to a hole in the ground, and the ever shifting sand, which almost becomes a character in its own right.
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Sunday 29 November 2009
Double Bill: Breakfast Club And Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1985, 1986)
5:00 p.m.
A tribute to the king of 80s teen movies, director John Hughes.
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Monday 30 November 2009
Other Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Wor Diary Launch
7:30 a.m.
Wor diary launch! Roll up roll up for a night of wor diary! We will organise a pub quiz that will get you through some exciting moments of our local history. There might be prizes..who knows? but there will be definitely surprizes and a copy of a diary of 2010 for everyone who turns up. plus.. special dj Nick Ireland's goodbye Raffle of free shop surplus Tombola Dancing Laughter Somethimg special to put in your wor diary . Come gather hinnies and admit that 2009 is nearly run, let's plot a stronger, happier and fairer 2010. Wor diary has been drawn, compiled, planned and loved by hundreds of people since its conception in 2008, the 2010 diary is as useful & inspirational, and will surely be as loved, Available at launch or see www.wordiary.org Entrance to pub quiz £4 - including a free copy of the diary. More »
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle (1974-1981)
7:30 p.m.
Film-maker and writer Kenneth Anger was a seminal figure in both gay and experimental film, and influenced rock and roll, theatre and dance almost as much as film.
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Thursday 3 December 2009
Cinema Of The World - Waltz With Bashir (2008)
7:30 p.m.
This is simply one of the best films of 2008
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Friday 4 December 2009
A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7:30 p.m.
Millstones and Hairy Gobs told by Nick Hennessey and Malcolm Green Stories gathered from a year's project working in the North Pennines. This will be the first performance of an experimental piece which will involve audience discussion Price: £6/£4 concessions More »
Saturday 5 December 2009
A Little Lost
10:00 p.m.
After playing two packed out nights at the Star & Shadow, A Little Lost and friends bring you another fun packed party.
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Sunday 6 December 2009
Make And Mend Market
11:00 a.m.
The 2nd installment of our two Christmas markets. 20 stalls with offerings from local designers, artists and crafts people. A great alternative to high street shopping.
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Everybodys Presents: Générique Newcastle
5:00 p.m.
Générique uses the post-show artist talk as the format for a game. The sole rule is that everyone discusses as if a performance had just taken place - that the performers performed it and the audience watched it. A meeting between a club, performance, and a game. All welcome!
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The Proud Valley (1940)
7:30 p.m.
Musical or manifesto?
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Monday 7 December 2009
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Closed
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Electra Glide In Blue (1973)
7:30 p.m.
Neo-Western
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Thursday 10 December 2009
Christmas On Mars And Zaireeka Experiment (2008)
7:30 p.m.
Best described as Erasorhead meets Wizard of Oz, this is a disturbing look at what Christmas might be like in a twisted, scary broken version of the future.
Warning : Contains Disturbing Scenes Of Genitalia.
Followed by a playback on Zaireeka by the Flaming Lips, where we will playback multiple CDs from the album simulateneusly. Bring a CD player and join in!
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Friday 11 December 2009
Echolalia Workshop
11:00 a.m.
This workshop will precede the performance on December 12 and will take place in the cottage behind the cinema. The artists and a number of selected workshop participants will create a series of tape-based compositions from an archive of rare cassette material, to be realised in front of a live audience. More »
Platform 09
6:00 p.m.
platform north east's annual event for emerging live art practice in the region More »
Saturday 12 December 2009
Echolalia
8:00 p.m.
Echolalia is a live investigation into cassette culture led by Adam Thomas. Involving public submissions of audio material, a workshop and a publication, the project will climax in a collaborative sound performance. Participants will include the legendary Machinefabriek (NE), Jazzfinger (UK), Preslav Literary School (UK/DE), Poldr (FR/DE) and Posset (UK). More »
Sunday 13 December 2009
Bus 174 (2002)
7:30 p.m.
In the summer of 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, a 21-year-old hijacked a commuter bus and held its passengers hostage...
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Monday 14 December 2009
Closed
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Closed
Wednesday 16 December 2009
***Cancelled***Titi Senegalese Singer - African Music Night
8:00 p.m.
WE ARE SORRY TO SAY THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE PROMOTER AND THE BAND SEND THEIR APOLOGIES, BUT IT COULDN'T BE HELPED. SORRY EVERYONE!
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Thursday 17 December 2009
Open Film Night - Entries Needed!
7:30 p.m.
Anybody who has made a film under 10 minutes can come along and share their film on a big screen! FREE More »
Friday 18 December 2009
A Christmas Tale (Un Conte De Noël) (2008)
7:30 p.m.
Come and enjoy mince pies, mulled wine, music and a light-heartedly depressing family Christmas film!
A dysfunctional middle class family are brought together at Christmas-time in Arnaud Despleschin's 2008 dark Christmas movie. The great Catherine Deneurve and the mercurial Mathieu Almalric star in this tragi-comic delight.
PLUS... MeandthetwinS will be playing a LIVE set after the film as a special treat!
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Saturday 19 December 2009
Closed
Sunday 20 December 2009
The Gremlins (1984)
7:30 p.m.
They are back...
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