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Friday 1 January 2010
A Bit Of Crack - Stories From The Floor
7:30 a.m.
Stories from the Floor A Bit Crack's popular Open Nights are for anyone who wants to share a yarn, tell a story, or just enjoy listening to others tell theirs. This is your chance to bring a story to tell or a song to sing to welcome in the New Year - supported by our hosts and encouraged by you, the audience. Open Nights are always fun and full of surprises so join us as a teller or listener. Tickets £4 More »
Saturday 2 January 2010
Closed
Sunday 3 January 2010
Closed
Monday 4 January 2010
Closed
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Closed
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Closed
Thursday 7 January 2010
Cinema Of The World: Tulpan (2008)
7:30 p.m.
By a celebrated film-maker, this film has won awards all over the place.
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Friday 8 January 2010
Closed
Saturday 9 January 2010
Volunteer Induction And Building Maintenance Day
11:00 a.m.
The Star and Shadow Cinema runs on the love and work of a large and ever-growing collective of volunteers. We are always looking for people to work with us to share the work. This is also the time for a general fix up and sort out of the building. If you have the time and skills, or even if you don't, come along and help make the cinema an even greater place. More »
Gary War Gig - Christo
8:00 p.m.
Sunday 10 January 2010
Les Demoiselles De Rochefort (1967)
7:30 p.m.
Agnes Varda and Jacques Demy collaborate directing the charming Catherine Deneuve and Gene Kelly. Its a companion piece to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 using the same magical combination of a Michel Legrand score, immaculate kitsch art direction and a romantic story line to make the heart sing too.
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Monday 11 January 2010
Other Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 12 January 2010
Closed
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Subsonics: Avant-Garde Music Films From Australia (2003)
7:30 p.m.
SUBSONICS was a documentary series about experimental music that was produced in 2003 for Australian TV channel SBS. Under the editorial eye of musician Oren Ambarchi, it traced an arc from the classical avant-garde of the '50s through to today's laptop generation. Made on a budget of £400 per episode and edited on iMovie, the series featured such key figures as Masonna, Sun Ra, Faust, Harry Partch and Phill Niblock.
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Thursday 14 January 2010
Ted V Mikels Retrospective: The Corpse Grinders (1972)
7:30 p.m.
Outrageous, camp and definitively low-budget,
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Friday 15 January 2010
Little Glitches
8:00 a.m.
Beautiful songs infused with jazz piano and beach harmonies to die for. Film projections + other attractions to make it a magical intimate party of epic proportions.
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Saturday 16 January 2010
Hybrid-Making
12:00 p.m.
We will splice together the Star & shadow with some other things, using scissors and prittstick. All welcome - bring a page of your favourite novel/going for growth report/trashy celeb magazine, cut out the words and mix them up with ones from star & shadow programmes. Let's see what hybrid monsters we can create with a bit of cutting-up and sticking-back-together! Bring a bite to eat. Raunchy words welcome. More »
Sunday 17 January 2010
Ted V Mikels Retrospective: Blood Orgy Of The She Devils (1972/2008)
7:30 p.m.
If Ted V Mikels is good enough for John Waters (who described Mikels as the man who "put the 'exploit' in exploitation"), then he's good enough for the Star and Shadow!
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Monday 18 January 2010
General Meeting
6:30 p.m.
To Shoot An Elephant (2009)
7:30 p.m.
To shoot an Elephant , a film by Alberto Arce and Mohammed Rujaila, is an eyewitness account from the Gaza strip during the Israeli embargo. The film shot between December 25 2008 and Jan 16 2009, 21 days of urgent, insomniac dirty shuddering images from the only foreigners who decided and managed to stay in Gaza, embedded with the ambulance workers who pick up the wounded and dead from the streets. The film takes its title form an essay by George Orwell denouncing colonial politics. More »
Tuesday 19 January 2010
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1967)
7:30 p.m.
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.
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Wednesday 20 January 2010
Tales From The Isles (1920s-1960s)
7:30 p.m.
Four films from the Scottish Screen Archive reflecting on life in the Scottish Isles More »
Thursday 21 January 2010
Wanda + Dicussion! (1970)
7:30 p.m.
Wanda Barbara Loden (US 1970 100 mins) DVD Barabara Loden Michael Higgins
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Friday 22 January 2010
Cgi Fridays! King Kong (2005)
7:30 p.m.
Come for the launch of the first in a series of Friday night screenings celebrating the wonder and horrors of computer-generated imagery! Tonight: King Kong, the 2005 remake of the 1933 classic.
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Saturday 23 January 2010
The Trash Shack: With The Nuns And Senor Beatnik
7:30 p.m.
A night dedicated to the glamour and excess of Little Richard, the Ronettes, the MC5, Stooges, New York Dolls and Ramones. We'll be joined by THE NUNS - riot grrrl alumni and the world's only all-female Monks tribute act, and we'll be showing girl biker classic SHE DEVILS ON WHEELS (1967). All this, plus support from Senor Beatnik and tunes from DJ Michael Clunkie Vinyl Junkie. Dress to excess and be prepare to be trashy!
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Sunday 24 January 2010
The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972)
7:30 p.m.
Jack Nicholson’s greatest performance.
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Monday 25 January 2010
Programming Meeting
5:30 p.m.
Other Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Closed
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Memory Of The Camps + Nuit Et Broulliard (1945 + 1960)
7:30 p.m.
Two films of documentary style depiciting the horrors of the concentration camp system More »
Thursday 28 January 2010
The Last Picture Show (1972)
7:30 p.m.
The Last Picture Show Peter Bogdanovich (1972 USA 118 min 35 min) Tim Buttons, Jeff Bridges
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Friday 29 January 2010
Zanjeer (1973)
7:30 p.m.
The second of our new Hindi film night slot.
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Saturday 30 January 2010
Attack Of The 50ft Film Quiz
7:30 p.m.
Think you know your movies? So do we! This is the film trivia night for people who hate trivia nights and we'll have lovely prizes, organic ales, trashy pop and wonderful company. Questions on anything from Japanese monster movies to the French New Wave and everything in between, and from the Golden Age of Hollywood to Lollywood, Bollywood and beyond. Get there early as this is sure to be sold out.
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Sunday 31 January 2010
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
7:30 p.m.
Transgender, disturbing, great oscar winner.
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Monday 1 February 2010
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 2 February 2010
English Language Learning Conversation Group
4:00 p.m.
Group meeting weekly to learn and teach English. All welcome. Volunteers welcome as language assistants. From 4pm - 7pm. More »
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Closed
Thursday 4 February 2010
Cinema Of The World; Son Of A Lion (2007)
7:30 p.m.
This brave film is set in the troubled region of the Hindu Kush, the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It tells of a boy, resistant to picking up his father's trade of gun-making as he challenges the expectations of those around him. Made secretly and with non-professsionals this is rough, gorgeous cinema that speaks from the heart. this film speaks of personal freedom, AK47s and poetry. More »
Friday 5 February 2010
A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7:30 p.m.
Price: £6/£4 concessions More »
Saturday 6 February 2010
Other Meeting
12:00 p.m.
C86-Night
8:00 p.m.
A night celebrating the spirit of C86, both past and present. Local luminaries such as Milky Wimpshake and Pale Man Made will be performing covers by the likes of the Brilliant Corners, Shop Assistants, Sea Urchins and Field Mice, as well as tracks from their own fine repertoires, whilst rare archive footage of the period plays in the cinema next door. Lancaster's finest funsters, The Lovely Eggs, round the night off with their unique brand of quiet-loud indiepop. £5 on door (£6 non-members) 8pm-12am
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Sunday 7 February 2010
Make And Mend Market
11:00 a.m.
A diverse art, craft and flea market offering amazing items from artists, new designers and fresh creative talent alongside 2nd hand and vintage goodies. Anything from homewares & fashion to art and books.
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The Sound Of Music (1965)
7:30 p.m.
'The Hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years'.
Come and see this ever-favourite Hollywood musical. Every song is a classic that you will want to belt out, or whistle, or hum, or mime while you watch the story of love, fun and song unfold on screen.
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Monday 8 February 2010
Closed
Tuesday 9 February 2010
English Language Learning Conversation Group
4:00 p.m.
Weekly group for informal teaching and practising English language. Volunteers welcome as learning assistants. 4-7pm. More »
For A Few Dollars More (1965)
7:30 p.m.
The man with no name is back... The man in black is waiting! As if one wasn't enough . . . as if death needed a double!
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Wednesday 10 February 2010
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Mv & Ee + Support From The Doozer And Cath & Phil Tyler
8:00 p.m.
Matt Valentine and Erika Elder combine Indian raga style composition with Appalachian folk and post-psychedelic electrical experimentalism, using Western and Eastern acoustic instruments amplified and augmented with effects.
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Thursday 11 February 2010
Bricks And Mortar (Various,)
7:30 p.m.
A collection of Artists film and video that use architecture as their main theme.
Includes a performance by Mat Fleming and Gordon Matta-Clark's Conical Intersect.
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Friday 12 February 2010
Reformed Faction + Bruce Gilbert (Ex-Wire) + Emergency Librarian
8:00 p.m.
Reformed Faction (pioneers of the ambient music genre who have collaborated with some of the most important figures in experimental music and the Krautrock scene),
Bruce Gilbert (founding member of legendary post-punkers, Wire, widely acknowledged as one of the most ground-breaking bands that come out of the UK punk scene and leading into such genres as post-punk or ‘art’ punk),
and an appearance from Newcastle’s very own Emergency Librarian providing a glimpse into the fine electronic music produced by some of our contemporary local musicians.
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Saturday 13 February 2010
Publicist + Support From Sdf + Onoma And Road To Rimini Djs
8:00 p.m.
Publicist is Sebastian Thomson from other acts such as Trans Am and Weird War. He plays a solo act on drums, synths and vocoder, playing ultra-energetic sets on the floor rather than the stage. Support from SDF + Onoma + music from Road to Rimini DJs and special guests. On till late!
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Sunday 14 February 2010
Anti Valentine's Night
6:00 p.m.
A 70's Abigails party inspired dinner party... the non camera shy read on!!
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Monday 15 February 2010
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 16 February 2010
A Fistful Of Dollars (1964)
7:30 p.m.
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge...
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Wednesday 17 February 2010
The Rumble Man: Link Wray (1997)
7:30 p.m.
One of the most influential guitar players of all time, Link Wray pioneered an overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound, and invented the power chord, paving the way for punk and heavy rock. THE RUMBLE MAN follows the guitarist on his 1996 UK tour, and features classic tracks like 'Rumble' and 'Rawhide', as well as the man himself on music, life and friendship.
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Thursday 18 February 2010
The Films Of Enrico Cocozza (1950-60s)
7:30 p.m.
Five short films by Enrico Cocozza film maker showing his diverse subject range Enrico Cocozza (1921–1997), was a Scottish filmmaker who won many film awards during the 1940s and 1950s. His often surreal films were mainly filmed in and around the town of Wishaw in Scotland, where his family owned the popular Belhaven Cafe. These include Chic's Day (1950), a prize winner at the 1951 Scottish Amateur Film Festival, The Living Ghost (1957), and Glasgow's Docklands (1959). Illness later forced him to give up making films and he spent most of his working life teaching at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. In 2001 he was the subject of the Channel 4 documentary Artery: the Story of Enrico Cocozza. More »
Friday 19 February 2010
Closed
Saturday 20 February 2010
Cambridge Super8 Festival On Tour
7:30 a.m.
Cambridge Super 8 festival has been going on a couple of years now held together by a tight group of filmmakers who love small format film.
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Sunday 21 February 2010
Closed
Monday 22 February 2010
Programming Meeting
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Golden Ghost + George Thomas & The Owls + Richard Dawson
8:00 p.m.
GOLDEN GHOST - is a band fronted by Laura Goetz from the village of Endicott in Upstate New York.
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Wednesday 24 February 2010
Closed
Thursday 25 February 2010
Closed
Friday 26 February 2010
Closed
Saturday 27 February 2010
Ukelear Meltdown Iii
6:00 p.m.
The third annual festival of extreme ukulele, Ukelear Meltdown celebrates lo-fi, punk rock approaches to the ukulele. This year we'll have films, workshops and bands from as far afield as the USA, Pakistan and Finland. Saturday night is gig night, so be there early for five uke led bands from across the globe.
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Sunday 28 February 2010
Ukelear Meltdown Iii
12:00 p.m.
The second day of Ukelear Meltdown is the day we chill out. There'll be more bands, but there'll also be workshops for children, for beginners, and on using effects pedals and making avant-garde noise. There'll also be films and the British premiere of THE MIGHTY UKE, a new feature length documentary from America.
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Monday 1 March 2010
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Northern Lights Film Festival Volunteer Inductions
3:00 p.m.
English Language Conversation Group
4:00 p.m.
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Copenhagen - "System Change Not Climate Change!" (2010)
7:30 p.m.
Reel News return to the Star and Shadow to show their new film about social and environmental protests at the Copenhagen Climate Talks.
COPENHAGEN - "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE!"
PLUS: BOLIVIA IS NOT FOR SALE!
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Thursday 4 March 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Cinema Of The World: The Pool (2008)
7:30 p.m.
A new film from India delving into the curiosity we human beings possess.
Look through the eyes of a young man working in a hotel in India. Follow his
dream, over the garden wall, through the mango branches, into the neighbouring
house with its wealth and allure...This is a story both authentically specific
and profoundly global.
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Friday 5 March 2010
A Bit Crack: Story Telling Night
7:30 p.m.
Doon the Waggonway Storytelling and music devised and performed by Storyteller Chris Bostock and Musicians Ken Patterson and Richard Scott. Doon the Waggonway is a celebration of the lives of people living and working in the industrial North east, exploring their roots and culture in music, songs and stories. £6 / £4 More »
Club Night: The Astro-Botanical Garden
9:00 p.m.
S&S launches as AV Festival 10 late night hub with a 70's sci-fi inspired hallway-makeover - remember the Hawaiian Beach Party makeover from Summer 07?
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Av Festival 2010 At The Star And Shadow Cinema
9:00 p.m.
Star and Shadow Cinema is very proud to be hosting some of the great events of the AV Festival 10, including its late night hub.
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Saturday 6 March 2010
Club Night: Road To Rimini: Moustache Records Speciale
10:00 p.m.
One more of Rimini's legendary parties for tonight: in an attempt to harness more energy than the boffins at CERN, the Rimini brothers have looked to the Rotterdam-based Moustache Records...
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Sunday 7 March 2010
Double Bill: The Day The Earth Caught Fire + Silent Running
7:00 p.m.
Nervous Energy - Double Bill
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Monday 8 March 2010
Ten Skies (2004)
9:00 p.m.
Ten Skies is one of the great works of US experimental filmmaker James Benning: ten shots of the sky, each lasting ten minutes.
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Tuesday 9 March 2010
Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
11:00 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Child Tax Credit, Pension Credit, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc. More »
English Language Conversation Group
4:00 p.m.
An English Langauge Conversation group for asylum seekers, refugees and other students of English. All welcome: volunteers and learners alike. More »
Av Festival & No-Fi: Atsuhiro Ito
8:00 p.m.
Japan’s Atsuhiro Ito performs using his device the Optron, essentially fluorescent light tubes with integrated guitar pick-ups sent through a guitar amp stack. Produced by NO-FI.
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Wednesday 10 March 2010
Power Down
9:00 p.m.
With only communal energy and candles as fuel, expect to see mesmerising pre-cinematic technologies and early animation devices including shadow puppetry, magic lanterns and the predecessor of the zoetrope... More »
Thursday 11 March 2010
Craig Baldwin: Mock Up On Mu (2008)
9:00 p.m.
Special guest appearance by Craig Baldwin, filmmaker and founder of the Other Cinema in San Francisco. Mock Up On Mu (114 mins) is a radical mix of spy, sci-fi, Western and even horror genres.
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Friday 12 March 2010
Datarama - Av Festival 2010
8:30 p.m.
Datarama is a democratic data-sharing event: a show-and-tell session for all people who like to make interesting things with technology.
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Saturday 13 March 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Crafty Diy Session
12:00 p.m.
1st in a series of lo-tech, non-expert skillshares and creative sessions, run by whoever turns up on the 2nd Saturday of the month (which is also volunteer induction day). More »
Nothing Is New, Everything Is Permitted
9:00 p.m.
This incredible evening includes live performances by artists, musicians and poets who have creatively dissected, recycled and quoted.
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Sunday 14 March 2010
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
2:00 p.m.
Waltz with Bashir (Hebrew: ואלס עם באשיר - Vals Im Bashir) is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War. To be followed by a talk with Miri Weingarten of Israeli Physicians for Human Rights.
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Lucky Dragons - Av Festival Closing Party!
9:00 p.m.
The Festival closing party harnesses all of the human energy of the past 10 days...
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Monday 15 March 2010
General Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 16 March 2010
English Language Conversation Group
4:00 p.m.
An English langauge conversation group for asylum seekers, refugees and students of English. All welcome: volunteers and learners alike. More »
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Pulgasari (1978)
7:30 p.m.
Produced by movie buff Kim Jong-Il, Pulgasari is a giant-monster movie directed by kidnapped South Korean director Shin Sang-ok. When a blacksmith is imprisoned, he creates a doll out of rice, which comes alive with a drop of blood. A fable on the power of the collective in the fight against evil Capitalism?
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Thursday 18 March 2010
Eyes Wide Open
7:30 p.m.
Open Submission film night!
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Friday 19 March 2010
The Zapatista Movement Fundraising - 'The Resistance Of Social Movement Under Neoliberal Homogenization In Latin America'
7:30 p.m.
The Zapatista movement - resistance under neoliberal homogenization / FUNDRAISING for Zapatista communities /
Introduction of Zapatista movement /speakers from Edinburgh-Chiapas Solidarity group/
Projection of movie 'Massacre Foretold' by Nick Higgins
Open discussion
Music /band TBC, possibly No Fit State and Casual Terrorist/
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Saturday 20 March 2010
Diy Film Reviews Launch Event: Top Uk Film Magazine In Newcastle: Little White Lies
11:00 a.m.
Little White Lies is by far one of the most interesting, ambitious, passionate, genuine and beautiful film magazines in the UK. We are extremely proud to be welcoming the Publisher and the Editor of Little White Lies at the Cinema, to give a talk, to launch the Northern Lights Film Festival, and the DIY film review project.
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Northern Lights Film Festival (20-28 March) - Diy Film Review
11:00 a.m.
Throughout the Northern Lights Film Festival we will be encouraging people to put pen to paper, fingers to keyboard and write their own film articles and reviews - to create their won film magazine.
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The Trash Shack
7:30 p.m.
It’s teenage rampage time … a night dedicated to the glamour and excess of Iggy, Ziggy, Bolan and the New York Dolls, with an ear lashing of prime Little Richard, Ronettes, MC5, Shangri-las, Sonics and Ramones.
We’ll be joined by THE BACCHAE – psychedelic San Francisco inspired garage rockers from Leeds, feral jungle beat from RUSSELL & THE WOLVES, and we’ll be showing go-go B-movie classic BLAST OFF GIRLS (1967).
All this, plus support from Senor Beatnik and tunes from DJ Michael Clunkie Vinyl Junkie. Dress to excess and be prepare to be trashy!
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Sunday 21 March 2010
Takeshis (2005)
7:30 a.m.
A new old film from an absolute master.
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Monday 22 March 2010
Closed
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
11:00 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Tax Credits, Pension Credits, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc. More »
Other Meeting
11:00 a.m.
Chris T-T Plus John Egdell
7:30 p.m.
Influential Indie/Folk cult singer Chris T-T arrives in Newcastle. While Chris T-T is too young (and swears too much) to be an old school folk hero he is travelling the right path, with powerful unique songwriting, an uncompromising outlook and flashes of sardonic humour. "A folk wonder! Funny wise and builds to a clistering climax" (NME). Supporting Chris will be the wonderful John Egdell. A night not to be missed. Tickets £6 on the door. Plus free cakes. What is not to love? www.myspace.com/christtuk http://christt.com/ More »
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Involuntary (2008)
7:30 a.m.
A preview of a great new film from Sweden, It has received massive acclaim at festivals around the world and is brought to the North East ahead of it's UK distribution later this year by Star and Shadow and Northern Lights Film Festival.
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Thursday 25 March 2010
Nagisa Oshima Double Bill: Naked Youth + In The Realm Of The Senses (1960)
7:00 p.m.
Two rare Japanese treats: In the Realm of the Senses is one of the most famous and acclaimed "erotic" films of all times.
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Friday 26 March 2010
Night And Fog In Japan (1960)
7:30 p.m.
Third film in the Oshima Nagisa series brought to you by Star and Shadow and the Northern Lights Film Festival.
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Pangaea
10:00 p.m.
OneWorld music night as a fundraiser for the green festival. More »
Saturday 27 March 2010
Postponed - The Man Who Laughs And Maximo Park (1928)
2:00 p.m.
This event has had to be postponed because of very sad circumstances. The Band, The Cinema and Northern Lights Film Festival are determined to make it happen as soon as possible. Sorry and thanks for your understanding.
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Postponed - The Man Who Laughs And Maximo Park (1928)
7:30 p.m.
This event has had to be postponed because of very sad circumstances. The Band, The Cinema and Northern Lights Film Festival are determined to make it happen as soon as possible. Sorry and thanks for your understanding.
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A Little Lost@Star & Shadow With Special Guest Dj P. Skillz
9:30 p.m.
A Little Lost returns for its fourth outing at the Star & Shadow – this time as part of the Northern Lights Film Festival and with special guest, DJ P. Skillz - for another one of its parties inspired by New York disco in its many different forms, from the dreamiest New York disco to the danciest bass lines, including David Mancuso, Larry Levan, ESG, Arthur Russell, Mutant Disco, Post Punk and much more…
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Sunday 28 March 2010
Make And Mend Market
12:00 p.m.
The Make and Mend Market is now the grand old age of two and to celebrate we’re having an extra special market event on Sunday 28th March.
This will be at the new time of 12noon - 5pm in our homeland the Star and Shadow Cinema.
We’ll have 20 stalls of goodies for you to feast your eyes on from some of the best creative local talent as well as a host of vintage and 2nd hand traders offering you some retro bargains. Heres a sneaky peek at some of the sellers we’ll have this time round:
*Black Flame books will be in residence with a huge variety of 2nd hand literature for all you book worms out there.
*Pinnies for Hinnies will be offering their handmade retro chic aprons for the domestic goddess in your life.
*Dolls and Molls offering their super-cute kitsch accesories and jewellery. * Artist Emma McClaughlin offering her beautiful original artwork.
*Alan Edge will be bringing his great taste in music in the form of all things vinyl.
* Louise Bradley will be setting up shop with her enormous array of uber-cool retro and vintage homeware
As well as the usual fab stalls we’ll also be bringing some nibbley snacky things to get you in the party mood and Phil Tyler and friends will be giving us a little tune as well as some music from another local musician.
Everyone is welcome and its free entry as usual.
Thanks for all your support over these last 2 years we couldn’t have got here without you. Please tell your friends and family to join the party.
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Hindi Film Night
7:30 p.m.
Our regular Hindi film night. Featuring films as picked by our audience. More »
Monday 29 March 2010
General Meeting
12:00 a.m.
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Other Meeting
7:12 p.m.
Wednesday 31 March 2010
File Under Sacred Music (2004)
7:30 p.m.
In 1978 The Cramps played a legendary gig at Napa State Mental Institute, California, 25 years later, artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard set about remaking the infamous video of that show... This is 'File under Sacred Music'
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Thursday 1 April 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Shirin (2008)
7:30 p.m.
A homage to the women of Iran.
With Shirin, the highly regarded Abbas Kiarostami continues to explore the potential of cinema , reimagining an iconic story, based on a 12th century Persian poem, through showing us an audience of women deeply absorbed in watching a film we never see ; an activity women have traditionally been excluded from in Iran.
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Friday 2 April 2010
A Bit Crack
7:30 p.m.
Our Regular Storytelling Night featuring Tim Ralphs More »
Saturday 3 April 2010
Closed
Sunday 4 April 2010
New York, New York (1977)
7:30 p.m.
Scorsese's homage to the 1940's MGM musical and to the titular city.
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Monday 5 April 2010
Closed
Tuesday 6 April 2010
Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
11:00 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Tax Credits, Pension Credits, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc. More »
General Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Thundercrack! (1975)
7:30 p.m.
The most unique cult film of the 70s, and imbued with the spirit of sexual anarchy rife in that decades San Francisco, THUNDERCRACK! is an outrageous parody on "The Old Dark House" plot —i.e., a group of people forced to take refuge in a remote, creepy estate during a storm—THUNDERCRACK! features about half a dozen young people who are as uninhibited as they are attractive and get it on in various combinations (and positions).
An absolute must see for any and all fans of John Water-esque bad taste, and exploitation cult weirdness.
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Thursday 8 April 2010
Metalking
7:00 p.m.
Hallucinating high energy noise cinema
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Friday 9 April 2010
Cgi Fridays! James Hutchinson Chooses The Fifth Element (1997)
7:30 p.m.
Come for the second in a series of Friday night screenings celebrating the wonder and horrors of computer-generated imagery! Tonight local artist James Hutchinson will show some of his short animations and following that he has chosen The Fifth Element for us to see, on 35mm.
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Saturday 10 April 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Crafty Diy Session
12:00 p.m.
2nd in a series of lo-tech, non-expert skillshares and creative sessions, run by whoever turns up on the 2nd Saturday of the month (which is also volunteer induction day).
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The Masked Ball
8:00 p.m.
Prepare yourself for a night of music, surprises and intrigue...
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Sunday 11 April 2010
Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
7:30 p.m.
An L.A. street gang declares war on a police station about to be shut down that has given refuge to a man who has witnessed a gang slaying. Gang members hold siege outside where the precinct has been totally shut off from the outside world.
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Monday 12 April 2010
Programming Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 13 April 2010
Closed
Wednesday 14 April 2010
Our Oil, And Other Tales
7:30 p.m.
Censored documentary about the environmental and social impact of Venezuela's oil industry, by the Gattacicova Collective
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Thursday 15 April 2010
La Ardilla Roja (The Red Squirrel) (1993)
7:30 p.m.
The Red Squirrel is a complex comedy which crosses several genres.
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Friday 16 April 2010
Laberinto De Pasiones (Labyrinth Of Passion) (1982)
7:30 p.m.
You shouldn't miss this rare chance to glimpse early Almodovar, from an era when he was a filmmaker like John Waters.
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Star And Shadow's 4th Birthday Party
9:00 p.m.
You are cordially invited to celebrate our 4th birthday. Following the great Labyrinth of Passion, there will be a Night on the Pop for you to dance the night away and wish the building, volunteers and everyone who's walked through the doors a very happy birthday. Hip Hip Hooray!
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Saturday 17 April 2010
Street Trash (1987)
7:30 p.m.
This shocker will most likely appeal to fans of pitch-black beyond-bad-taste comedy.
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Sunday 18 April 2010
They Live (1988)
7:30 p.m.
Featuring the longest and possibly the best fight scene of all time!!! A down on his luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is as people are being subdued and controlled by aliens through the media and the government.
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Monday 19 April 2010
General Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
11:00 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Tax Credits, Pension Credits, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc. More »
The Circle (Dayereh) Screening In Support Of Jafar Panahi (2000)
7:30 p.m.
Jafar Panahi, internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker has been arrested and held without charge following a raid on his Tehran home in March. We're screening one of his films tonight as part of an international campaign to show our support, with cinemas around the world screening his films this week.
We're screening The Circle (Dayereh) which won 11 awards internationally including the prestigious Golden Lion in Venice:
Set over the course of a single day, Jafar Panahi's powerful film is an ensemble piece that tells the stark tales of several young Iranian women and the harsh society in which they live.
Beginning with a childbirth, and the ensuing despair at the discovery that the baby is a girl, the film touches upon the myriad hardships endured by women living in Iran's male dominated world of bureaucracy, constant surveillance and age old inequalities.
But even in the midst of this stifling environment, the spirit, strength and courage of the circle of women cannot be extinguished.
Panahi's gripping and controversial film is further confirmation that Iranian cinema is now among the most original, vital and exciting in the world.
'Cries out to be seen... Devastating'
- THE INDEPENDENT
'Arresting and deeply involving'
- EMPIRE
'Powerful' - FILM REVIEW
'Powerful... This is a compelling, humane and deeply serious film' - THE GUARDIAN
'One of the outstanding films of the year' - WHAT'S ON
'Compelling... Essential, if devastating viewing. Don't hesitate' - TIME OUT
info taken from Artificial Eye, the films distributors: http://www.artificial-eye.com/film.php?dvd=ART212DVD
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Wednesday 21 April 2010
Xxy (35mm)
7:30 p.m.
Another chance to see the Cannes Critics' Week grand prize winning Argentinian drama about a teenager dealing with being a hermaphrodite.
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Thursday 22 April 2010
Huevos De Oro (Golden Balls) (1993)
7:30 p.m.
A satire on macho culture and 80s excess, it's a rise and fall sex comedy which seems to represent perfectly a certain vintage of Spanish Film.
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Friday 23 April 2010
The Life Of Tupsa Grüber With After Party By The Swung Eight Club Night
8:00 p.m.
An evening from the past: A play - The Life of Tupsa Grüber - set amongst the political undercurrents of 1930s Germany is followed by a celebration of liberation in the form of a vintage-themed afterparty by The Swung Eight.
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Saturday 24 April 2010
Fundraiser For The Indigenous Communities Affected By The Massacre In Bagua, Peruvian Amazon
7:30 p.m.
This fundraiser is in the solidarity with Indigenous communities from the Peruvian Amazon who have been struggling for their human and environmental rights against oppressive government who sold 72% of the Peruvian Amazon to the oil and mining companies.
7:30 PM FILM : 'Amazonia For Sale'
+ speakers form the Newcastle University (Dr. Patricia Oliart)
9:00 PM LIVE PUNK MUSIC
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Sunday 25 April 2010
Escape From New York (1981)
7:30 p.m.
In this futuristic fight for survival adventure a condemned criminal Snake Plisskin (Kurt Russel) is offered his freedom if he can rescue the President of the United States( Donald Pleasance) from the walled prison island of Manhattan after a terrorist brings down the President's plane. Very influential science fiction.
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Monday 26 April 2010
Closed
Tuesday 27 April 2010
You've Probably Heard These Songs Before
6:30 p.m.
Caroline Pugh in a solo vocal show with folk songs and improvisation
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Wednesday 28 April 2010
The Thing (1982)
7:30 p.m.
Members of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. As they don't know which members of the team have already been assimilated their paranoia threatens to tear them apart. Classic 80’s horror which ends our John Carpenter season.
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Thursday 29 April 2010
Toreomolinos 73 (2003)
7:30 p.m.
A serious and apparently straight laced encyclopedia salesman's career takes a new turn making soft core porn, with his wife.
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Friday 30 April 2010
Talk Normal (Brooklyn)
8:00 p.m.
STAR & SHADOW & PRMNT VIBES Present a night of scuffed up and boundary pushing DIY.
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Saturday 1 May 2010
Diy Aye 2010
10:00 a.m.
DIY Aye and the IWW combine to celebrate May 1st, see separate publicity for the distinct but cooperative programmes.
Everyone is welcome to participate, entry on a donations basis.
Explore our radical history, organise some kick-ass events, learn new skills and relax with new friends!
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Sunday 2 May 2010
Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern
8:00 p.m.
Acclaimed solo artist and star of one of John Peel's favourite bands, Hefner returns with his band to play songs old and new.
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Monday 3 May 2010
Closed
Tuesday 4 May 2010
Other Meeting
11:00 a.m.
Other Meeting
6:00 p.m.
The Man Who Laughs And Maximo Park (1928)
7:30 p.m.
An amazing opportunity to see an all time classic silent film and a unique performance by one of the most exciting bands in the UK right now. Brought to you by Northern Lights Film Festival
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Wednesday 5 May 2010
Riot On Sunset Strip (1967)
7:30 p.m.
Made in 1967, Riot on Sunset Strip is a low-budget exploitation movie, released within six weeks of the actual late-1966 Sunset Strip curfew riot. The Sunset Strip curfew riots, also known as the "hippie riots," were a series of clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California, beginning in the mid-1960s and continuing through the early 1970s.
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Thursday 6 May 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
James Holcombe Super 8 Films
7:30 p.m.
James Holcombe makes amazing films made on Super 8 and 16mm film. He's well placed to master these magical materials, - he works at No.w.here lab, an artist's film lab in London, where he passes the alchemy on - teaching processing and printing techniques at regular workshops.
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Election Night Party
10:00 p.m.
To coincide with the climax of this year’s nail-biting campaigns, the Star and Shadow will be hosting an election special all-nighter. Watch the results dribble in with a bottle of Freedom in hand. And take your mind off them with interventions from artists and S+S regulars.
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Friday 7 May 2010
A Bit Crack
7:30 p.m.
Regular Storytelling evening Helen East and Musician Rick Wilson tell The Wood Cutters Wife More »
Saturday 8 May 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Crafty Diy Session
12:00 p.m.
Next in a series of lo-tech, non-expert skillshares and creative sessions, run by whoever turns up on the 2nd Saturday of the month (which is also volunteer induction day).
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The Slits
8:00 p.m.
The Slits bring their unique brand of punk/ethno/reggae boundary teasing, pigeonhole evading, rawk to the Star and Shadow...
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Sunday 9 May 2010
Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom (1976)
7:30 p.m.
The final vision of a controversial filmmaker
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Monday 10 May 2010
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 11 May 2010
Asylum Dialogues
7:30 p.m.
Launched in collaboration with Refugee Action during Refugee Week 2008, Asylum Dialogues is
'drawn from real life conversations with three pairs of friends – one an asylum seeker and the other a British citizen – this play explores the positive transformations created by their encounters with each other.'
Scripted by Sonja Linden
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Wednesday 12 May 2010
The Trip (1967)
7:29 p.m.
Directed by Roger Corman, and shot on location in and around Los Angeles, The Trip is the seminal LSD drama. Our hero (Peter Fonda) takes his first dose of acid while going through a divorce. As he wanders around the Sunset Strip, into nightclubs, and the homes of strangers and acquaintances, he considers the roles played by commercialism, sex, the role of women in his life.
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Thursday 13 May 2010
Barnado's Film Festival
9:00 a.m.
A day of films and workshops for Barnados on youth, homlessness. More »
The Gold Diggers (1983)
7:30 p.m.
A feminist sci-fi musical extravaganza... Gold Diggers is a key film from Eighties feminist cinema. Made with an all-woman crew, it features stunning photography, an awesome score and a radical and experimental narrative structure. As Ruby and Celeste cross paths they come to sense that there could be a link between the male struggle for economic supremacy and the female ideal of mysterious but impotent beauty. More »
Friday 14 May 2010
Closed
Saturday 15 May 2010
Other Meeting
12:00 p.m.
Lucky Me
10:00 p.m.
The Blessings are founding members of Glasgow's LuckyMe collective, whose take on hip-hop and dubstep has taken the world by storm and given us the likes of Hudson Mohawke and Rustie. The party will go on till late; for fans of Dam Funk, Flying Lotus, Joker, Neon Indian and wider life. More »
Sunday 16 May 2010
Double Bill: Freaks + The Devil Doll (1932 + 1936)
7:00 p.m.
Freaks is simply one of the most mind-blowing films ever made - absolute must see. Accompanied by another film from director Todd Browning - a very special treat.
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Monday 17 May 2010
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 18 May 2010
Tyneside Claimants Union
11:00 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Tax Credits, Pension Credits, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc. More »
G20 Fundraiser
7:02 p.m.
In April 2009 the G20 met in London, sparking massive anti-capitalist protests across the city. Activists from all over the country were involved, including Newcastle. This gig is help raise money for activists More »
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Wild In The Streets (1968)
7:30 p.m.
Tune in. TEEN OUT! When Congress gives 15-year-olds the right to vote, the youngsters promptly elect a rock-star President. But after the new prez decrees mandatory retirement at 30 and LSD therapy at 35, Americans begin to suspect that democracy has hit a minor snag in this "often chilling" (Variety) and "wickedly funny" (The Overlook Film Encyclopedia) satire!
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Thursday 20 May 2010
Film + Gig: "Awake, My Soul" And Music From Cath & Phil Tyler And Horse Loom
7:30 p.m.
A night of film and music with Cath & Phil Tyler, who have programmed tonight's documentary about Sacred Harp singing, the oldest surviving American music, which has survived over 200 years tucked
away from sight in the rural deep south.
£5
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Friday 21 May 2010
Stellar Om Source (Netherlands) / Mithras (London) / Morgellons
8:00 p.m.
Hypnogogic synthesizer experimentation from the Netherlands and jazz tropical rock rites from London. This double bill sees opposing types of weird get cosmic in respective ways; Stellar OM Source’s 90s’ VHS summonings and synthetic synth grooves mix sci-fi with New Age thrills while Mithras’ mutant riffs and stoned bass funk is like some inverse Ghana covers band.
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Saturday 22 May 2010
The Trash Shack
7:30 p.m.
Our unusual mix of live music, B-movies, DJs and glamour, all influenced by Little Richard, the Ronettes, the MC5, Stooges, New York Dolls and Ramones. Dress to excess and be prepared to be trashy!
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Sunday 23 May 2010
Sacred Harp Singing Workshop With Cath & Phil Tyler
2:00 p.m.
A Sacred Harp singing workshop to complement Thursday's film and gig. Entry is completely free, so feel free to come along and participate. More »
The Birth Of A Nation (1915)
7:30 p.m.
Mighty Spectacle! The dawn of a new art! The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan! Lincoln's Assassination. The fatal blow that robbed the South of its best friend!
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Monday 24 May 2010
Programming Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 25 May 2010
The Golden Hour: Forest Cafe On Tour
8:00 p.m.
Join the gang from Edinburgh's legendary Forest Cafe for a literary cabaret which has played to sold-out audiences in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, London and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It is poetry and prose, original eclectic songs and visual amazement. It is physical and mental. It is a reading. It is a gig. It is a party.
£4/3
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Wednesday 26 May 2010
Gas-S-S (1971)
7:30 p.m.
Gas-s-s-s (aka It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It) is a dark post-apocalyptic comedy, about survivors of an accidental military gas leak, of an experimental agent that kills everyone on Earth over the age of twenty-five. The world devolves into a chaotic struggle for power between peace-loving hippies, football fascists and demented dictators.
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Thursday 27 May 2010
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
7:30 p.m.
What happened is true. Now the motion picture that's just as real.
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Friday 28 May 2010
A Little Lost Special
10:00 p.m.
Start the Bank holiday weekend in proper style with a little lost and friends! We are really excited about this next party, not only is P-Skillz playing again after his brilliant set at the last night in March, but we also have DJ Boogienite
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Saturday 29 May 2010
Evolution Emerging
7:00 p.m.
NARC. magazine and Generator present Evolution Emerging. Taking place on Saturday 29th May, Evolution Emerging aims to promote some of the best musical talent the North East has to offer.
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Sunday 30 May 2010
Pangaea. Green Fest. Fundraiser
10:00 p.m.
Warmup to the green festival, and chances to sign up and volunteer at this years festival. Live Reggae Roots and World Music, From the people bringing you the lakeside stage... More »
Monday 31 May 2010
Closed
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Ora Cogan + Support From Richard Dawson + More Guests
8:00 p.m.
Tempo Tempo and The Star & Shadow Cinema present:
Ora Cogan sings a kind of music the could almost be termed Gothic Country, were it not for the unexpected turns that her chord progressions take just when you think it’s about to reach some easy-on-the-ear culmination. Her sound is dark, dreamy, mysterious, slow, the Country drawl found in the music rather than the accent, and the reverb provides the engulfing echo that holds all those qualities together, turning them into something an opaque atmosphere that smothers the vocals, which sound as more like a faint wail heard unintentionally behind a cloud of floating sound.
£5
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Wednesday 2 June 2010
Other Meeting
5:30 p.m.
Jazz North East Present: John Butcher + John Russell + Dom Lash + Support From The Long Lonesome Go
8:00 p.m.
John Butcher, leading british improv-jazz saxophonist, teams up with John Russell and Dom Lash (Gannets). Not to be missed! £TBC More »
Thursday 3 June 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Black Orpheus (1959)
7:30 p.m.
From a French director but set in Brazil, this is an incredible adaptation of the Greek myth of Orpheus, in the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro. Winner of the Palme D’Or (highest prize) at the Cannes Film Festival, and of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, it features a magic soundtrack of samba and bossa nova.
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Friday 4 June 2010
A Bit Crack
7:30 p.m.
Regular Storytelling evening More »
Saturday 5 June 2010
Les Cox (Sportifs) + Special Guests
8:00 p.m.
Sunday 6 June 2010
Make And Mend Market
12:00 p.m.
A monthly arts, crafts and second hand market! Best of regional designs & unique findings.
NOTE new opening hours 12-5pm! FREE ENTRY ! More info: facebook group & MAKEANDMENDMARKET@googlemail.com
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Make And Mend Market
12:00 p.m.
The Make and Mend Market is Newcastle's only regular indy craft, art and flea market. Like a cross between an art fair and a car boot sale its a great place to find something different or grab a bargain.
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Donkey Skin (Peau D'Ane) (1970)
7:30 p.m.
Not very well known outside of France, this is an absolute gem: magical musical from Jacques Demy (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), with international star Catherine Deneuve in gorgeous princess dresses, and with golden donkeys, blue horses and a benevolent fairy. Adaptation of a 17th century tale about a princess fleeing from her father King.
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Monday 7 June 2010
General Meeting
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Extra Life
8:00 p.m.
Charlie Looker, singer, guitarist and composer, has become one of the most intense and respected voices in the New York experimental underground. For years Looker was a core member of legendary brutal chamber ensemble Zs and has also worked with diverse artists such as Dirty Projectors, Glenn Branca, William Parker and the S.E.M. Ensemble. Extra Life’s all-star cast also includes the following New York experimentalists: violinist Caley Monahon-Ward (Snowblink), bassist Anthony Gedrich (Stats, Ocrilim), drummer Nicholas Podgurski (Yukon), and saxophonist/keyboardist Travis Laplante (Little Women). http://www.myspace.com/extralifetheband More »
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Hausu (1977)
7:30 p.m.
This tripped out, kaleidoscopic and thoroughly Japanese comedy-horror features a murderous lampshape, a creepy cat and seven teenage girls murdered one by one by an old woman’s possessed mansion.
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Thursday 10 June 2010
Orphee (1950)
7:30 p.m.
Poet, playwright, artist and filmmaker, Jean Cocteau was one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, and Orphee is one of his finest films. This magical retelling of the Orpheus myth turns the singer of Greek legend, into a famous left-bank poet in post-war Paris. With famous mirror dissolving and flying tricks, this is hauntingly beautiful.
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Friday 11 June 2010
Brilliant Colours (San Francisco) / La La Vasquez (London) / O'Messy Life
8:00 p.m.
San Francisco all-girl three-piece Brilliant Colours boast a gritty and ultra colourful type of euphoria via past post-punk greats like Josef K or Black Tamborine.
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Saturday 12 June 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Crafty Diy Session
12:00 p.m.
Next in a series of lo-tech, non-expert skillshares and creative sessions, run by whoever turns up on the 2nd Saturday of the month (which is also volunteer induction day).
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Road To Rimini
11:00 p.m.
Road to Rimini Tyne all dayer after party with Glasgow electronauts Slabs of the Tabernacle and very special guests! £5 entry 11pm til 4am More »
Sunday 13 June 2010
The Beauty And The Beast (La Belle Et La Bete) (1946)
7:30 p.m.
“One of the most spellbinding fairy tales in all cinema” (The Times), this is a landmark feat of cinematic fantasy, in which master filmmaker Jean Cocteau conjures spectacular visions of enchantment, desire and death that have never been equalled. Incredible designs, fascinating Beast, beautiful B&W photography - captivating and unforgettable.
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Monday 14 June 2010
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Closed
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (1970)
7:30 p.m.
This Czech psychoactive period piece is bizarre and impossible to pin down but strangely joyful and almost ephemeral in the parts.
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Thursday 17 June 2010
The Devil's Envoys (Les Visiteurs Du Soir) (1942)
7:30 p.m.
Directed by M. Carné and written by the incredible French poet J. Prévert – the same duo who made the legendary film Les Enfants du Paradis. Written during the war, they chose to set the film in the 15th century so that they are not affected by censorship. 2 envoys of the devil are sent to earth.
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Friday 18 June 2010
Belle De Jour (1967)
7:30 p.m.
Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, this is one of Bunuel’s most famous films. With the incredible French star Catherine Deneuve, playing a bored housewife who works as a prostitute during the day. “Possibly the best-known erotic film of modern times, perhaps the best.” – Roger Ebert
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Saturday 19 June 2010
Paint By Numbers
6:00 p.m.
An event drawing together various bands, DJs and artists
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Sunday 20 June 2010
Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964)
7:30 p.m.
One of the few narrative films from Bunuel, it stars the incredible French actress Jeanne Moreau (Jules and Jim). The film was a crucial turning point in Bunuel’s career, marking the start of his “French period”. A chambermaid arrives in a rich family and uses her feminine charm to control her situation.
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Monday 21 June 2010
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Closed
Wednesday 23 June 2010
Permaculture Workshop
9:30 a.m.
Day-long event on Permaculture, Cooperatives and Transition Towns run by the Permaculture Association (Britain) Pre-booking essential through the Permaculture Association: www.permaculture.org.uk/coop2010 email: office@permaculture.org.uk tel: 0113 2307461 More »
Vernon And Burns Meets Lied Music
8:00 p.m.
Musique concrete compositional approaches with absurdist improvisation strategies
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Thursday 24 June 2010
The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (1972)
7:30 p.m.
Winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, and chosen as best film of the year by the American National Society of Film Critics, this is Bunuel’s most successful film, also in financial terms. A surrealistic film featuring dreams and irrational happenings, it is Bunuel’s vision of the bourgeoisie, with adultery, drugs and military coups. More »
Friday 25 June 2010
Until The Light Takes Us (2008)
7:30 p.m.
Until The Light Takes Us goes behind the highly sensationalized media reports of "Satanists running amok in Europe" to examine the complex and largely
misunderstood principles and beliefs that led to this rebellion against both Christianity and modern culture.
Watch a trailer here:
http://www.blackmetalmovie.com/
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Saturday 26 June 2010
Until The Light Takes Us (2008)
7:30 p.m.
Until The Light Takes Us goes behind the highly sensationalized media reports of "Satanists running amok in Europe" to examine the complex and largely
misunderstood principles and beliefs that led to this rebellion against both Christianity and modern culture.
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Sunday 27 June 2010
That Obscure Object Of Desire (1977)
7:30 p.m.
Bunuel’s last film, about an ageing Frenchman in love with a Spanish flamenco dancer, who wouldn’t have sex with him. “With an effortlessness matched by no other director today, Buñuel creates a vision of a world as logical as a theorem, as mysterious as a dream, and as funny as a vaudeville gag.” NY Times, 1977
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Monday 28 June 2010
Programming Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 29 June 2010
Closed
Wednesday 30 June 2010
Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie (2009)
7:30 p.m.
From a California garage to Royal Albert Hall, Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie is a documentary film by Dianna Dilworth that explores how the haunting sound of an ingenious contraption called the Mellotron changed the production and texture of popular music, from The Beatles and The Moody Blues to Radiohead and Kanye West.
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Thursday 1 July 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Calamari Union (1985)
7:30 p.m.
Avant-garde, experimental and misogynist in the bargain, this oddball film
is about 17 men named Frank who make their way through Helsinki in a
commandeered subway car.
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Friday 2 July 2010
¡Vamos! Festival 2010
12:00 a.m.
¡VAMOS! Festival runs from 2-11 July 2010 bringing some Latin spirit to the North East England with events celebrating the culture and vibrancy of Latin and Lusophone (Portuguese speaking) cultures. More »
A Bit Crack - Storytelling
7:30 p.m.
The Unhappy King created and told by Tim Dalling More »
Saturday 3 July 2010
Canny Library Fundraiser
6:10 p.m.
There's an amazing new radical library coming soon to the Star and Shadow Cinema. Come to our first ever event and enjoy cake, bookswapping, live music and a canny little quiz! More »
Sunday 4 July 2010
General Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Crime And Punishment (Rikos Ja Rangaistus) (1983)
7:30 p.m.
Dostoyevsky goes rock'n roll! Aki Kaurismäki - the Finnish Auteur season opens ambitiously with an adaptation of this literary classic, which Hitchcock himself claimed be too difficult for big screen. 'I'll show you boy' was Kaurismäki's answer to this challenge. What a debut feature!
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Monday 5 July 2010
Closed
Tuesday 6 July 2010
Other Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Ariel (1988)
7:30 p.m.
Everything Kaurismäki had stylistically worked for so far. Ariel is full of minimalistic, dark deadpan humour, subtle details, visual storytelling and possibly the greatest and bleakest death sequence ever! Man's search for new life is playfully underlined by the bizarre events and stylish soundtrack. Ariel is part the 'working class' trilogy.
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Thursday 8 July 2010
Favela On Blast (2008)
7:30 p.m.
¡VAMOS! Festival & ¡Cantina Latina! present: Favela on Blast
This documentary, produced by Diplo, looks at ‘Baile Funk’, an energetic, underground music from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. It mixes bombastic rhythms with powerful rap vocals in Brazilian slang which talk about life in Rio’s favelas; sex, love, poverty, violence, pride and aspirations, giving this once marginalized community a voice.
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Friday 9 July 2010
Mexican Wrestling Night
7:30 p.m.
Masked Mexican wrestlers are set to invade Newcastle’s Star and Shadow Cinema on Friday 9 July from 7.30pm in an evening featuring live wrestlers, bands and films as part of ¡VAMOS! Festival 2010, the North East’s celebration of Latin and Lusophone (portuguese speaking) cultures. SOLD OUT!
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Saturday 10 July 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Crafty Diy Session
12:00 p.m.
Change of plan!
There is some LOVELY crafty creative stuff going on at the 'Made in Newcastle' event in town, including a free shop and a collaborative doodle wall.
So I'll see you there instead!
(details on their blog)
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A Night Of Music, Mayhem, Ethical Frollicking Fun & Fancy Dress With Live Music From The Balkan Bandits
8:00 p.m.
Green Phoenix Festival presents for your pure delight a night of music, mayhem, ethical frollicking fun & fancy dress with Live Music from The Balkan Bandits brass, cabaret, wailing and oom pahing band of lost souls. Yes indeed dahlinks you are guaranteed a huge slice of balkan, klezmer cheese
Plus fabulous tunes from Lady K, Fancy Dress, and yes even more to be announced.....
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Sunday 11 July 2010
The Cannanes
7:30 p.m.
What Beat Happening and the Pastels were to the DIY scene in the Northern Hemisphere, the Cannanes were to Australia and Japan. Loved by Kurt Cobain, and described as "the indiest band ever", the Cannanes have recently had a Converse sneaker designed in their honour.
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Monday 12 July 2010
Programming Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Closed
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
7:30 p.m.
Absurdist deadpan road comedy into the heart of rock and roll. So laid back and so cool that to laugh out loud at it would seem hopelessly square. Stunning cinematography and amazing soundtrack; from Steppenwolf to polka, follows the band's struggle in the grubby, run down reality of the American dream.
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Thursday 15 July 2010
I Hired A Contract Killer (1990)
7:30 p.m.
A Frenchman in London (played by Truffaut fave Jean-Pierre Léaud), is laid-off from his job after fifteen years. He tries to commit suicide by hiring a hitman, but then falls in love, and has to find a way of getting the assassin to call off the job. Watch out for the late, great, Joe Strummer.
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Friday 16 July 2010
Sdf Present: The Manly Art
8:00 p.m.
Despite the confusing name, this event will involve surprisingly little bare-knuckle fighting (fingers crossed), and should not be confused with the Mxican wrestling night (also at S&S with actual wrestling). It should involve some shiny hot PostFutureRetrospective AvantDisco or something like that... WHO WE GOT??? WE GOT... More »
Saturday 17 July 2010
Narc Fest
6:30 p.m.
APOLOGIES - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED An evening of Berlin and Detroit drenched excursions into the purest electronic and minimal techno sounds, featuring some extremely special guest performers and DJ’s to the backdrop of a uniquely commissioned visual art piece. More »
Sunday 18 July 2010
La Vie De Bohème (1992)
7:30 p.m.
An impoverished poet, a painter from Albania and an Irish composer, all down on their luck, meet in Paris, and struggle to survive by sharing whatever little money they have in order to maintain a certain, although basic and simple, standard of living. When the painter (Matti Pellonpaa) falls in love, their lives change forever.
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Monday 19 July 2010
General Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Ecstatic Sunshine
8:00 p.m.
Throughout the years the essence of Ecstatic Sunshine has been located within unique guitar work, however the shifting cast has allowed Ecstatics to spread it’s reach effortlessly into echoes of punk, ambient, Krautrock, reggae and techno.
Recommended for fans of Harmonia.
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Wednesday 21 July 2010
The Festival Of G.B.
7:00 p.m.
The festival of G.B. - Exploring gender themes and identity through art, film and music. Part of the 2010 Northern pride celebrations.
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Xxy (2007)
7:30 p.m.
Alex, a 15-year old intersex person from Buenos Aires lives secluded with her parents in a fishing village in Uruguay. Her parents have settled down in Uruguay in order to live a quiet life until one day her mother invites a couple and their 15-year old son for the week-end.
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Thursday 22 July 2010
Stonewall (1995)
7:30 p.m.
Who could have guessed that a bunch of men in dresses would breath life into the movement to win equal rights for gay men and lesbians? Certainly not the police who raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular "drag" bar in Greenwich Village. After a long history of police raids, extortion, and brutality, a gaggle of drag queens at the Stonewall decided they'd had enough and begun to riot when the police try to load them into a paddy wagon.
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Friday 23 July 2010
Time For T - A Celebration Of Gender Diversity
7:00 p.m.
A film and music night exploring gender identity.
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Saturday 24 July 2010
The Festival Of G.B.
6:00 p.m.
The festival of G.B. - Gender identity themed art, film and music festival. Part of the 2010 Northern pride celebrations.
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Sunday 25 July 2010
The Festival Of G.B.
1:00 p.m.
The festival of G.B. - Gender identity themed art, film and music festival. Part of the 2010 Northern pride celebrations.
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Hedwig And The Angry Inch (2001)
7:30 p.m.
Hedwig, born a boy named Hansel in East Berlin, fell in love with an American G.I. and underwent a sex-change operation in order to marry him and flee to the West. Unfortunately, nothing worked out quite as it was supposed to - years later, Hedwig is leading her rock band on a tour of the U.S., telling her life story through a series of concerts at Bilgewater Inn seafood restaurants. Her tour dates coincide with those of arena-rock star Tommy Gnosis, a wide-eyed boy who once loved Hedwig... but then left with all her songs
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Monday 26 July 2010
Closed
Tuesday 27 July 2010
Closed
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Tears Of Kongo (2009)
7:30 p.m.
Documentary film captures the ongoing civil war in the Democratic Republic of Kongo. It shows not only the reason of this war, but also its consequent impact on the local kids and women who have been raped and slaughtered during these years of war.
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Thursday 29 July 2010
Listen To Venezuela (2009)
7:30 p.m.
Listen To Venezuela takes the viewer into a contemporary revolution and extraordinary experiment in radical democracy and social justice. This ambitious documentary evokes the scale and difficulties of radical social change in a political and poetic collage. Come and judge for yourself whether it succeeds in the task. The film-makers will also be present at the screening and will take part in a Q&A afterwards, so don't miss out on a good chance to find out more about the film directly from them, or take them to task if you're not convinced. More »
Friday 30 July 2010
Breathless (2009)
7:30 p.m.
Winner of over 13 much lauded awards at international film festivals including 2009 in Rotterdam. Yang Ik-june's gruesome and harsh directorial debut tells the story a lowlife debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself through violence. More »
Saturday 31 July 2010
End Of Term Party!
8:00 p.m.
Come and say goodbye for the summer as we close our doors for August. Our in-house DJs will be playing plus band to be announced! (Our annual Building Festival will be taking place in the first two weeks of August. Come and lend a hand and help make the Star and Shadow even better!) More »
Sunday 1 August 2010
Other Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Monday 2 August 2010
Closed
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Closed
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Closed
Thursday 5 August 2010
Closed
Friday 6 August 2010
A Bit Crack - Storytelling
7:30 p.m.
Open Night - Stories form the Floor HELD AT THE LIT AND PHIL NOT AT OUR BELOVED STAR AND SHADOW More »
Saturday 7 August 2010
Closed
Sunday 8 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Monday 9 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Wednesday 11 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Thursday 12 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Friday 13 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Saturday 14 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Sunday 15 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Monday 16 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Tuesday 17 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Wednesday 18 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Thursday 19 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Friday 20 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Saturday 21 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Sunday 22 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Monday 23 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Tuesday 24 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Thursday 26 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Friday 27 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Saturday 28 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Sunday 29 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Monday 30 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Other Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Closed
Thursday 2 September 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Trash Humpers (18) (2010)
7:30 p.m.
Korine's latest and an excoriating attack on the American Dream. ‘It’s a fearless soul that makes a film like Trash Humpers’- Little White Lies.
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Friday 3 September 2010
A Bit Crack - Storytelling
7:30 p.m.
The Power of Three Stories told by Chris Bostock with Musician Ken Patterson More »
Saturday 4 September 2010
Closed
Sunday 5 September 2010
Make And Mend Market
12:00 p.m.
A monthly arts, crafts & second hand/vintage market offering best of regional designs & findings! Free entry! Note new opening hours 12-5pm! More info at: Facebook group & MAKEANDMENDMARKET@googlemail.com More »
Fame (1980)
7:30 p.m.
We sashay into the questionable world of 80s musicals with this tale of unadulterated, grabbing ambition. Come and remember the leg warmers, remember the routines, remember the songs and, most importantly, remember...my name. Because if they've really got what it takes, it's going to take everything they've got.
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Monday 6 September 2010
General Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 7 September 2010
Closed
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Kath Bloom
8:00 p.m.
Folk legend, previously collaborator with Loren MazzaCane Connors, covered and championed by Bill Callahan (Smog), Devendra Banhart, Josephine Foster, Scout Niblet, Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) and many more, her music also used in Richard Linklater's film Before Sunrise. Highly regarded but a bit of a mystery. Not to be missed.
£6/£5 concessions or advance
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Thursday 9 September 2010
Mister Lonely (2008)
8:00 p.m.
Written by Korine in collaboration with his brother Avi, Mister Lonely follows a young American living in Paris and working as a Michael Jackson lookalike.
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Friday 10 September 2010
Free Movement For All!
7:30 p.m.
Fundraiser and info night with film screening of Outside of EUrope at 7.30pm, plus bands and DJs
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Saturday 11 September 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Also L'AFRIQUE ALL DAY AND EVE - YVE NGOO AND HAZ TO BUDDY More »
Sunday 12 September 2010
L'Afrique 2010: African & Caribbean Bazaar And Market Place
10:00 a.m.
As part of L'Afrique 2010, the Star & Shadow will host the regions 1st African & Caribbean Bazaar and Market place.
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Julien Donkey Boy (1999)
8:00 p.m.
Julien Donkey-Boy concentrates on the schizophrenic Julien, played by Scottish actor Ewen Bremner, and his dysfunctional family.
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Monday 13 September 2010
Closed
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Closed
Wednesday 15 September 2010
Food, Inc. (2008)
7:30 p.m.
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
After the Film join us for nibbles produced by Richard of Singing Kettle and Scrumpy Willow and hear about the launch of Flexigraze meat buying scheme
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Food Inc
9:00 p.m.
You are warmly invited to join us after Food Inc for nibbles produced by Richard of Scrumpy Willow and Singing Kettle ,including meat from the Flexigraze , we will also be launching Flexigraze Buying Group More »
Thursday 16 September 2010
Gummo (1997)
8:00 p.m.
Korine's directorial debut and a cult film.
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Friday 17 September 2010
Canny Little Library Opening Celebration!!
5:00 p.m.
The long awaited radical library at the Star and Shadow Cinema's opening night! A riot of words! With readings from inspiring books. Bring along the books that have made ur world a better place to read aloud from. Free. Open from 5pm, readings and music from 7pm. More »
Saturday 18 September 2010
Closed
Sunday 19 September 2010
10,000 Kilometers (2010)
7:30 p.m.
10,000 Kilometers is a skateboard documentary filmed on the Trans-Siberian Railway and brought to you by Patrik Wallner.
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Monday 20 September 2010
General Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Closed
Wednesday 22 September 2010
Jason Urick + Support
8:00 p.m.
Highly regarded in the Baltimore music and arts scene through his work in WZT Hearts. His current work seems to combine influences from Pita and an obsession with videos of London reggae linchpin Jah Shaka, plus some elements of dub, creating ambient soundscapes with ghosted, fragmented melodies, and distorted tones.
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Thursday 23 September 2010
Presenting Filmmakers: Lior Shamriz (2008-2009)
7:30 p.m.
Lior Shamriz is a Berlin-based filmmaker making alternative, self-reflexive cinema playing around with lots of themes around gender, sexuality and freedom.
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Friday 24 September 2010
Closed
Saturday 25 September 2010
Bugsy Malone 20'S After Party
9:30 p.m.
A 20's themed party to celebrate the launch of Press Play Festival. Featuring Lady K and Her Kooky Kitchen and Mr Carl Heslop on the Cinema organ.. More »
Sunday 26 September 2010
The Canny Little Library
3:00 p.m.
Come and take out books from the Star and Shadow's very own library. More »
Monday 27 September 2010
Programming Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 28 September 2010
Closed
Wednesday 29 September 2010
The Glass Delusion Season - Sally Golding And Kerry Laitala (Various)
7:30 p.m.
From Brisbane and San Fransisco respectively, Sally Golding and Kerry Laitala are very special guests for what promises to be a memorable night of expanded cinema and celluloid alchemy. More »
Thursday 30 September 2010
The Milk Of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) [This Event Is Cancelled] (2009)
5:30 p.m.
La Teta Asustada is a 2009 film by Peruvian director Claudia Llosa. The film addresses the fears of abused women during Peru's recent history. It won various awards and was nominated for the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Picture. The screening is followed by discussion with anthropologist Kimberly Theidon.
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The Glass Delusion Season - Paul Sharits (1966-1976)
8:00 p.m.
A Series of films by the amazing Paul Sharits who, in the 60s and 70s experimented making flicker films to induce, describe, and investigate mental states.
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Friday 1 October 2010
A Bit Crack - Storytelling
7:30 p.m.
Tales from the Tain told by Dominic Kelly More »
Saturday 2 October 2010
Kino Climates Programming Weekend
10:00 a.m.
We'll be using the cinema during the day to watch films, pretty much all day, so other people can do stuff in the rest of the building as long at it doesn't create too much noise. More »
Press Play Festival: Radical Super 8 Workshop
11:00 a.m.
Spend the day / devising / shooting and hand processing your own radical Super-8 film that will have Guy Debord turning in his grave! More »
Press Play Festival: Eject Party
8:00 p.m.
A colossal evening of cutting, splicing and all things nice. People Like Us will perform a live A/V concert editing and collaging found footage where you will be taken on a magical journey delving into the past which in turn provides perspective into our present. Do or D.I.Y. More »
Sunday 3 October 2010
Kino Climates Programming Weekend
10:00 a.m.
We'll be using the cinema during the day to watch films, pretty much all day, so other people can do stuff in the rest of the building as long at it doesn't create too much noise. More »
The Canny Little Library
3:00 p.m.
Come and take out books from the Star and Shadow's very own library. More »
The Glass Delusion Season - Invisible Adversaries (1976)
7:30 p.m.
Invisible Adversaries is a feature film by Austrian avant garde feminist artist Valie Export. More »
Monday 4 October 2010
Closed
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Closed
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Josephine Foster
8:00 p.m.
For lovers of music, poetry, dance and heady romance this show is bound to get the hearts racing. One of the most enigmatic, luminous and enlightening American singers of her time sings Federico Garcia Lorca’s popular folk song collection “Las Canciones Populares Espanolas” with guitarist Victor Herroro and live band.
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Thursday 7 October 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Bhutto (2010)
7:30 p.m.
This newly released film is the story of the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation: Pakistan. With her assassination in 2007 she transcended politics, but left a legacy of simmering controversy and undeniable courage that will be debated for years More »
Friday 8 October 2010
Grass Widow + Trash Kit
8:00 p.m.
Out of all the San Francisco three-piece pop revavilists repping fuzzy riffs and big vocal harmonies GRASS WIDOW have gotta be one of the catchiest. Then get ready for a late night party with some great DJs.
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Saturday 9 October 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
The Sas And The Glam That Goes With It: The Pre New - Live In Newcastle
7:30 p.m.
Tonight, the STAR AND SHADOW will be in the company of Glam royalty. Clunk Click and A Glimpse Of Paradise are proud to present THE PRE NEW, who come to Newcastle carrying with them ex-members of Sheffield rockers WORLD OF TWIST and legendary nineties art bruisers EARL BRUTUS.
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Sunday 10 October 2010
The Canny Little Library
1:30 p.m.
Come and take out books from the Star and Shadow's very own library. More »
Signs For Hope (2010)
2:00 p.m.
A short film in which young people express their hopes for a future without nuclear weapons and war, and UK policy makers and disarmament experts talk about what is being done internationally, followed by a speaker from ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons). More »
Before Sunrise (1995)
7:30 p.m.
Two travellers (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) meet on a train and impulsively decide to spend one night together in Vienna. This film will make you want to buy an interrail pass and jump on the next Eurostar.
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Monday 11 October 2010
Closed
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Jailbreak (Chris Corsano + Heather Leigh Murray)
8:00 p.m.
Mind blowing avant-garde drummer Chris Corsano has played with Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke and Ben Chasney to name a few, while heather Leigh Murray is a member of Charalambides. Need we say more?
£5
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Wednesday 13 October 2010
Closed
Thursday 14 October 2010
A Minority Pastime
7:30 p.m.
It's been said of this documentary on fox hunting: ‘For anyone who loves animals this film is a ‘must see’. It takes an objective look into the cruel world of fox hunting and the people who continue to break the law in order to satisfy their lust for animal blood. No charge on the door, but donations very welcome. More »
Friday 15 October 2010
*****Hate The Third And Final
8:00 p.m.
On Nietzche's 166th birthday the clubnight formerly known as STONEHATE returns one last time to toon town for the Third and Final Pandemonium ov Horror & Beauty... More »
Saturday 16 October 2010
Viv Albertine (Ex-Slits)
7:30 p.m.
One of the prime movers in early punk, main songwriter in the Slits, filmmaker, mother and brutally honest performer, Viv Albertine will make her first trip to the Star & Shadow, supported by Nyabinghi jazzers Ladies of Midnight Blue, and local stars Iceni, on an all-female bill.
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Sunday 17 October 2010
The Canny Little Library
3:00 p.m.
The Star and Shadow's lending library of radical and artistic books More »
Before Sunset (2004)
7:30 p.m.
Nine years after they spent a night in Vienna, Jesse and Celine reconnect, this time in Paris. With only hours till his plane leaves, will they find the happiness they've been searching for since they first met? Before Sunset is heartbreaking in exactly the right kind of way. Jesse and Celine have grown up since Before Sunrise, from care-free indie twenty-somethings to adults with experiences, some regrets, and life-changing decisions to make.
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Monday 18 October 2010
General Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Melt-Banana
8:00 p.m.
Loved by John Peel, Mike Patton and others, Melt-Banana are one of the most exciting bands to have come from Japan’s experimental punk scene. As fast and extreme, as they are interesting and trippy, they have gained a reputation for putting on the most intense gigs you’re likely to see.
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Tuesday 19 October 2010
Closed
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Dust & Illusions (2009)
7:30 p.m.
Dust & Illusions explores the history of the Burning Man event in North America. Unique in that it is created by the participants, not the organisers, and in that sense it has survived its original ideals/utopias, but the ideas have been eroded by time, pressure from the larger society. Th film questions our ability to stand behind those ideals over a lifetime.
The DIRECTOR will be in available for teleconference Q&A after the movie.
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Thursday 21 October 2010
Closed
Friday 22 October 2010
Cave
8:00 p.m.
A night of proper psyched-out, motorik energy. A late night party with Cave, Warm Digits, Onoma, and DJs Phippertronische (Road to Rimini) and Oscar (A Little Lost) playing more unusual choices than you'd normally get from them. More »
Saturday 23 October 2010
Oxjam Takeover Afterparty
11:00 p.m.
The Oxjam Newcastle Takeover will this year take place in pubs all around Ouseburn Valley; the live music hub of Newcastle. With a mix of bands, DJ’s, and world music this year’s Takeover is set to be the best and most diverse yet!
The Star and Shadow will be hosting our Afterparty to wrap up the festival and celebrate all those who have taken part this year.
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Sunday 24 October 2010
The Canny Little Library
3:00 p.m.
Borrow books from the Star and Shadow's library More »
Centurion (2010)
7:30 p.m.
Hadrian’s Wall, the ninth legion are ordered north in a final attempt to conquer Caledonia. In the ensuing battle only 7 legionnaires survive... They most now fight their way south to the safety of the other legions, whilst pursued by vengeance filled Scottish warriors. A rough, tough, gory, swords and sandals action adventure. More »
Monday 25 October 2010
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Lichens
8:00 p.m.
Lichens (Robert Lowe of 90 Day Men) live is a transfixing experience, looping wordless vocals into curtains of drone. Lowe adds acoustic and electric guitars, percussion and other effects to create alternately thick and delicate works. More »
Wednesday 27 October 2010
Closed
Thursday 28 October 2010
The Descent (2005)
7:30 p.m.
Six women on an adventure weekend in the Appalachian mountains descend into what they think is a unexplored, empty cave system. After a rock fall blocks their intended exit, they search for another way out, unaware something blind, bone white and hungry hunts them! More »
Friday 29 October 2010
Closed
Saturday 30 October 2010
Halloween With The Union Choir
8:00 p.m.
Pre-Halloween gig hosted by 6Music favourites The Union Choir, whose huge multi-instrumental sound has been described as 'equal measures of majesty and desolation'. Joined by spooky friends O'Messy Life, Brilliant Mind and John Egdell. Also showing cult classic Evil Dead 2 in the cinema. £4 bands +£2 film.
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Sunday 31 October 2010
The Canny Little Library
3:00 p.m.
A lending library of radical and film-related books More »
Dog Soldiers (2002)
7:30 p.m.
Is any introduction needed for Neil Marshall’s fan favourite, cult classic?! Squadies on escape and evasion manoeuvres in the Scottish Highlands come across a guts and gore strewn special forces camp... Whatever has killed them is big, vicious and not vegetarian! Superbly paced horror, perfect for All Hallows Eve! More »
Monday 1 November 2010
Agm
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Other Meeting
12:30 p.m.
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Doomsday (2008)
7:30 p.m.
The reaper virus erupts in Scotland killing millions! A hi–tech version of the Roman wall quarantines Scotland from the rest of the UK. 27 years later the virus reappears in London, a cure is needed! Spy satellites confirm survivors of the virus in Scotland... A Rescue team is sent in! More »
Thursday 4 November 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Dieter Moebius (Cluster)
8:00 p.m.
Dieter Moebius is a Krautrock and electronic pioneer. Co-founder of Cluster (which included Conrad Schnitzler, later of Tangerine Dream) and Harmonia (with Michael Rother of NEU!), he has also collaborated extensively with Brian Eno. This will be a very special show. DO NOT MISS IT!
£8/£7 concessions
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Friday 5 November 2010
A Bit Crack - Storytelling
6:00 p.m.
Stories from the Region Stories from the Floor and footage from 2 digital storytelling projects More »
Saturday 6 November 2010
Gig Talking Musical Revolutions
8:00 p.m.
Talking River Tyne Musical Revolution and The North is Another Land. A dramatised talk through the last 50 years of NE music and culture. Followed by six new songs from The Band of Holy Joy. More »
Sunday 7 November 2010
Make And Mend Market
12:00 p.m.
A monthly arts, crafts and second hand market! Best of regional designs & unique findings. NOTE new opening hours 12-5pm! FREE ENTRY ! More info: Facebook group &For bookings contact Krista at: MAKEANDMENDMARKET@googlemail.com More »
The Great Make & Mend Record Swap
2:00 p.m.
Bring your unwanted CDs, DVDs, VHS films and music books ... and swap 'em for new stuff.
It's as simple as that.
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No Fit State Album Launch
8:00 p.m.
** We are in NO FIT STATE to present our ever first album 'Wonderland' that would be included in a price of the ticket. We are delightful to have musical support from two most extraordinary bands: CHRONICITY and NATELY'S WHORE'S KID SISTER **
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Monday 8 November 2010
Rajni Shah In Wunderland
10:00 a.m.
Wunderbar artists in residence programme - Rajni and her collaborative team will be in and around the building developing their new work - Glorious, a musical extravaganza - over these two weeks. This is mostly non-public, but will involve some workshop days and an informal sharing on Sat 13th. More »
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Closed
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Robin Williamson
8:00 p.m.
Robin Williamson is, in no uncertain terms, a living legend. A mainstay of the whimsical psychedelic folk combo The Incredible String Band, he concentrates on harp playing and story-telling, he is also Honorary Chief Bard of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Gonna be a BIG night.
£8/£7 concessions
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Thursday 11 November 2010
Lady Koo, Mr Carl Heslop And Buster Keaton Launch Our Restored Cinema Organ
7:30 p.m.
In 1959, the last cinema organ in Newcastle disappeared.
It had been there since 1930, and generations of cinema goers thrilled to live music, both before, during and after the main feature. Today that cinema is the Carling Academy.
And today, for the first time in over fifty years, a Newcastle cinema unveils a cinema organ, as the Star & Shadow launches its restored Compton organ.
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Friday 12 November 2010
The Sexual Objects
7:00 p.m.
The Sexual Objects plus support from France and the Habsburgs / Lebanon Hanover
http://www.myspace.com/thesexualobjectsmusic
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sexual-Objects/268349712699
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Saturday 13 November 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Sunday 14 November 2010
The Canny Little Library
3:00 p.m.
A lending library at the Star and Shadow More »
The Headless Woman (Argentina) (2008)
7:30 p.m.
Lucrecia Martel is one of the most promising Argentinian directors around. She has won prizes at some of the most prestigious festivals, and we are very proud to be showing her latest film. A “brilliant, maddeningly enigmatic puzzle of a movie” (The New York Times), about a woman confronted with guilt, and the history of Argentina.
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Monday 15 November 2010
Closed
Tuesday 16 November 2010
Closed
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Now It Can Be Told (1946)
7:30 p.m.
The daring exploits of SOE agents sent into occupied France to aid the local resitance against the German occupying forces. Made for the most part in newly liberated France during the war, this production from the RAF used real Special Operations Executive personnel, locations and aircrew to recreate the scenes in the film. More »
Thursday 18 November 2010
Hiroshima (Uruguay) (2009)
7:30 p.m.
Incredible film, at once experimental in its form, challenging in its content, and visually beautiful: this is a non-identified floating object. Best described as a silent musical: no dialogue is heard at all throughout the film, but music from unsigned Uruguay rock/metal/psychedelic bands make the film fly. 24 hours in the life of a singer with autistic tendencies.
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Friday 19 November 2010
Johnny Handle & Chris Hedley: Songs Of Pit And Coast
8:00 p.m.
Johnny and Chris’ first show at the Star & Shadow, brings an attitude and freshness to old work songs, traditional ballads as well as firing up Johnny's own material. A legend in many of our lifetimes, and a timely reminder of the bleak past (and possible) future of the North East working class experience.
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Saturday 20 November 2010
Road To Rimini Feat. Legowelt & Tlr
10:00 p.m.
Final Road To Rimini party More »
Road To Rimini Gig
10:00 p.m.
10pm til 4am Regular quarterly Rimini event with live acts and DJs TBC. This date has been agreed at the programming meeting on 26th July more info to follow More »
Sunday 21 November 2010
The Canny Little Library
3:00 p.m.
Your chance to take out all manner of books and zines. More »
Alamar (Mexico) (2009)
7:30 p.m.
A visual poem in the stunning setting of a little house in the blue Mexican sea, where a father shows his 5 year old boy how to go fishing. Between documentary and fiction, this little gem has won prestigious prizes, among which the highest prize (tiger award) at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
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Monday 22 November 2010
Programming Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Closed
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Platform2:Change Your World Poetry And Film Night
7:30 p.m.
In the last 3 years, 2000 young people from across the UK have volunteered on community projects in developing countries with Platform2 (www.myplatform2.com). These talented 18-25 year olds have returned passionate to expose the scandal of poverty and encourage others to take action.
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Thursday 25 November 2010
The Dog Pound (La Perrera, Uruguay) (2006)
7:30 p.m.
Winner of the Best Film Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival, and elected Best Uruguayan Film of 2006 by the country’s Association of Film Critics, this is a slow and contemplative film about David, a 25-year-old who loves smoking pot, and has a heroic capacity for doing nothing. Tragicomedy of a slacker, shot on 16mm.
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Friday 26 November 2010
Diddley Squat Cabaret Night....
8:00 p.m.
Reggae / Ska band Diddley Squat host a night of cabaret and fancy dress..... In association with Pangaea Sound System..... More »
Saturday 27 November 2010
Closed
Sunday 28 November 2010
The Canny Little Library
3:00 p.m.
Come and take out books at the Star and Shadow's library More »
Whisky (Uruguay) (2003)
7:30 p.m.
Multi-awarded at some of the most prestigious international film festivals (Cannes, Tokyo, Chicago, Peru, Spain, etc), this is a very subtle film about human communication, or the impossibility of it. The owner of a sock factory asks one of his employees to act as his wife during the visit of his brother.
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Monday 29 November 2010
Other Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Closed
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Closed
Thursday 2 December 2010
New Volunteer Induction
6:00 p.m.
Come along and find out more about your favourite DIY cinema, and how you can get involved! More »
The Goat Horn (1972)
7:30 p.m.
A Bulgarian classic from 1972. The degree of freedom to artistic expression is extra-ordinary, especially if replaced into the context of the political environment prevailing in Bulgaria in the 70s. The absence of dialogue and music, together with Black and White cinematography emphasize the dramatic content of the movie. The direction is remarkable, and the play is first-class. Definitely, the best Bulgarian movie, and a must-see for every cinephile.
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Friday 3 December 2010
A Bit Crack - Storytelling
7:30 p.m.
Beneath the Waves told by Malcolm Green with Tim Foxall on Cello Tickets £6 / £4 More »
Saturday 4 December 2010
Trash Shack Vol.6
8:00 p.m.
TRASH SHACK Vol. 6: chunks of US garage psychedelia performed by: THE RHUBARB TRIANGLE THE HANDSOME DICKS SHIT PHANTOM WIGGLE STICK THE GIRL WITH THE REPLACEABLE HEAD THE FELTONES plus a surfing freak-out from regular house band Señor Beatnik ALSO- early evening film SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS More »
Sunday 5 December 2010
Make And Mend Market
12:00 p.m.
Newcastle's biggest arts, crafts, vintage & second hand market! XMAS Special! This is the place to get those unique gifts for your friends & loved ones! FREE entry as always and cafe will serve mulled wine amongst other hot & cold drinks! More info, see facebook group MAKE AND MEND MARKET or contact Krista at MAKEANDMENDMARKET@googlemail.com. More »
Monday 6 December 2010
Closed
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Closed
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Jane Arden Season: Separation (1967)
7:30 p.m.
Scripted by and starring Jane Arden, Separation portrays the fragile complexity of its protagonist during a marital breakdown, through fragmented scenes, experimental, fragmented sequences. Set against the backdrop of 'swinging' 60s London. The soundtrack is by Procul Harum and light shows by artist Mark Boyle.
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Thursday 9 December 2010
Top Hat (1935)
7:30 p.m.
For the last Decades of Musicals film we are throwing chronology to the wind and going back to the 1930s where, let's be honest, all the best musicals live. Astaire and Rogers partner up again and croon such classics as 'Cheek to Cheek' and, of course, 'Top Hat...'.
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Friday 10 December 2010
Platform Set Up And Take Down
9:00 a.m.
Platform00000010
6:00 p.m.
Annual event presented by Platform North East to showcase the best new artists working with live art in the north east region. Experience exciting, curious and unexpected acts of performance art, experimental theatre and contemporary dance, often mashed up with genre-defying skill. If you're moved by art that moves, this is for you. More »
Saturday 11 December 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Sunday 12 December 2010
The Canny Little Library
3:00 p.m.
Newcastle's Radical Library. Today with extra added bookmaking entertainment! More »
Canny Little Bookmaking!
3:01 p.m.
Newcastle's best alternative little library, a collection of hundreds of great titles, books on everything from composting to communism (via women's health, history and know your rights information) is hosting an event of book-inspired creative crafts. Come along to learn how to use different techniques to make notebooks/ storybooks/ picturebooks. Paper and some texts provided, if you have any text or patterns you want to use as pages bring that too to make more unusual books. Musical performances and an informal open-mic too. More »
Jane Arden Season: The Other Side Of The Underneath (1972)
7:30 p.m.
Jane Arden's violent and powerful film is an exploration into the mind of a woman labelled schizophrenic, whilst challenging the taboos of society. It is the only British feature film of the 1970s with a solo female direction credit and features a powerful soundtrack led by cellist Sally Pullinger.
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Monday 13 December 2010
Closed
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Closed
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Reel News / Cutting Edge
7:30 p.m.
REEL NEWS is an activist video collective, set up to publicise and share information on inspirational campaigns and struggles - not just in this country, but across the world. We are doing this through producing a bi-monthly newsreel, made up of a number of videos short enough to use in union and campaign meetings. Reel News is completely independent and non-aligned. We are completely against sectarianism in all its forms, anti-capitalist in outlook, against the anti-trade union laws and in favour of mass collective action in the workplace and on the streets to change society.
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Thursday 16 December 2010
Jane Arden Season: Vibration & Anti-Clock (1975 & 1979)
7:30 p.m.
Vibration is "an exercise in meditation utilising experimental film and video techniques"
Geoff Brown & Robert Murphy
“A complex and fascinating experimental exploration of time and identity.
Anti-Clock is a film of authentic, startling originality. Filled with high tension
and high intelligence, Anti-Clock is mysterious, disturbing, fascinating and
exciting.” (Jack Kroll, Newsweek)
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Friday 17 December 2010
Drum Eyes
8:00 p.m.
A collective arranged around the Shigeru Ishihara (better known as DJ Scotch Egg) and E-Da (Ex-Boredoms drummer), Drum Eyes combine dueling drums, cornets and game boys to form a devastating live show. £6 More »
Saturday 18 December 2010
Les Cox (Sportifs), Silver Fox, The Big Oaks & Stink Taps
8:00 p.m.
Local heroes LCS plough the fields of intelligent, poly directional rock 'n' roll once again, unearthing a special, pre Christmas/end of year greatest hits show that's not to be missed! More »
Sunday 19 December 2010
A Taste Of Honey ( 1961)
7:30 p.m.
Teenage girl living in slummy housing with a tart of a mother becomes
pregnant by coloured sailor then sets up home with gay boyfriend to rear
child. This film showed society everything it knew about, but was afraid to
own up to.
You'll never again see a train pass over a railway bridge
without wanting to scream your head off.
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Monday 20 December 2010
Closed
Tuesday 21 December 2010
Closed
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Closed
Thursday 23 December 2010
Closed
Friday 24 December 2010
Closed
Saturday 25 December 2010
Closed
Sunday 26 December 2010
Closed
Monday 27 December 2010
Closed
Tuesday 28 December 2010
Closed
Wednesday 29 December 2010
Closed
Thursday 30 December 2010
Closed
Friday 31 December 2010
New Years Eve Party: Turning It Up To Eleven!!
9:00 p.m.
There’ll be live music, dance music, DJing, games, prosecco, dancing, people making asses of themselves, people not caring about other people making asses of themselves, people laughing, people crying, people snogging, some snoring, passed out in the foyer sleeping through NYE, and all sorts of surprises which we won’t tell you about here.
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