April - May 09 programme
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BOOKING INSTRUCTIONS
This Page is a working document that contains regular events and provisional bookings at Star and Shadow for the next two months.
Entering information for a date is provisional. ALL EVENTS NEED TO BE CONFIRMED AT A PROGRAMMING MEETING.
Provisional bookings must include your name and contact details - phone or email - or they will not be accepted.
The emphasis is on you as a programmer to attend a meeting, otherwise your event will not be confirmed. This applies for all bookings - made prior to and post brochure deadline. If you cannot attend a meeting (see dates below) please email the Programme Team: programme@lists.starandshadow.org.uk link: [1]
Events that have been confirmed will be indicated by a C and date of meeting.
NB: For ALL gig bookings, email gigs@starandshadow.org.uk - link: [2] before booking info on this wiki.
Meetings for this programme will be:
6pm Monday:
DEADLINE FOR THIS PROGRAMME IS FEBRUARY 9TH - you will not hear from us asking for your info- you should be posting it here (on this page!) on time. If you miss the dealine it will not be in the printed brochure. a guide to what info we need from you
If you are new to the cinema, please come to an induction session - second Saturday of month at 11am.
STRUCTURE OF WEEK:
MON – MEETINGS,
TUES – CLOSED,(or meetings)
WEDS – ANYTHING GOES,
THURS – FILMS ONLY, (first Thurs of month Cinema of the World)
FRIDAY – ANYTHING GOES, (first Friday of month A Bit Crack)
SAT – ANYTHING GOES, (second Saturday 11am induction and maintenance day)
SUNDAY – FILMS ONLY
- NOTE: FASSBINDER FILM SEASON ON EVERY SUNDAY THROUGHOUT APRIL.
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CWed 1 Apr - Tibetan film festival - booked through Stephanie - this is confirmed with Sonali - Stephanie trying to get the text now 7/02/09
CThurs 2 Apr - Cinema of the World - Tibetan film festival - booked through Stephanie - this is confirmed with Sonali - Stephanie trying to get the text now 7/02/09 - Holly agreed to this - food included in this event. Also 6pm volunteer induction.
CFri 3 Apr - A Bit Crack
CSat 4 Apr - Spring Road to Rimini (confirmed at Meeting) Mike McHugh road_to_rimini@hotmail.com - acts TBC
CSun 5 Apr - Fassbinder Season - 'Fear Eats the Soul' (1974). In homage to Douglas Sirk's Hollywood melodrama, All That Heaven Allows, Fassbinder brings us the story of a young Moroccan mechanic who falls in love with a German widow almost 30 years his senior. Their relationship flourishes, even under the backlash from her friends and family, until tension builds from within. Dr Tobias Hochscherf from Northumbria University will introduce and lead a discussion after this screening. (Park Circus & BFI - confirmed at meeting missrebeccaknight@hotmail.com)
Mon 6 Apr - meetings only
Tues 7 Apr - closed or meetings only
CWed 8 Apr -Tibetan film festival - booked through Stephanie - this is confirmed with Sonali - Stephanie trying to get the text now 7/02/09
CThurs 9 Apr - Tibetan film festival - booked through Stephanie - this is confirmed with Sonali - Stephanie trying to get the text now 7/02/09
CFri 10 Apr - Now We Are 3. It's our unofficial, official third birthday party! 3 years ago Star and Shadow got the keys to the building and, like a toddler testing its powers, has been wobbling around ever since. Come and throw some temper tantrums and take your first tentative steps to threedom! Expect dancing and ping pong. 8pm - 1am. £5/4.
CSat 11 Apr - Volunteers induction and building maintenance day.
CGIG: Bridie Jackson EP launch (Craig 07890 038336)
Over the past three years, Bridie Jackson has built a reputation for her songwriting, musicianship and improvisational performances. Now signed by Urban and Eastern Records, she launches her first record tonight, with support from Laputa and special guests. Tickets £5 (with free EP).
CSun 12 Apr, 4.30pm in the Bar - Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners Are Inventing the Future Today!" Author Chris Carlsson presents his provocative new book, examining a new politics of work that has emerged outside of the traditional constraints of wage-labor. It's a Talk and Slide-show with discussion following the 50-minute presentation.
Sunday 12th Green Festival Meeting 1.30 -3pm in the bar or office Phil 07986 758 931
CSun 12 Apr - Fassbinder Season 'Fox and His Friends' (1975). Fassbinder stars as Fox himself in this tale of a working class, homosexual man who wins a small fortune on the lottery and finds new ‘friends' willing to spend it. (Park Circus & BFI - confirmed at meeting missrebeccaknight@hotmail.com)
Mon 13 Apr - meetings only
Tues 14 Apr - closed or meetings only
CWed 15 Apr - FREE
CThurs 16 Apr - GIG: Das Boton (US), Cissy (Leeds, UK) plus 3rd band TBA. CONFIRMED on 12/01/09. Contact: michealjamespatterson@gmail.com
CFri 17 Apr - FILM: Age of Stupid. CONFIRMED. Mark. Contact, choppa@talktalk.net or phone Mark on 07765 272759
text starts-The Age of Stupid is the new film from director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at "old" footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance? To be followed by music in the bar.- text ends
CSat 18 Apr - == Live Cinema ==
An exciting evening of effervescent cinema, and live music performance crossover. Beginning with a tasty selection of short films, followed by a visual explosion as the AV-party collective 0.1 (www.0point1.com), debut their new sonic and cinematic delights, culminating with an exclusive live set from Semi Mojo Revue, 10 piece funk/soul/hip-hop, providing heavy funk grooves blended with sweet soulful melodies. Oh yeah there will be delicious food as well!
Time: 7pm till late Cost: £5 on the door, £4 concessions & in advance
(confirmed at meeting 12/01/09, contact Brendan Tate saltyfish@btinternet.com)- STEPHANIE IS TOUCH WITH BRENDAN TO ARRANGE IT/TALK ABOUT IT
SUGGESTION Possible daytime event around the film Age of Stupid. I will bring this idea to the programming meeting next Tuesday 14th to discuss further, or give me a shout here; choppa@talktalk.net or call me here 07765 272759. Mark.
Sunday 19th April - Participatory Budgeting Meeting - 1 - 4pm
CSun 19 Apr - Fassbinder Season 'Chinese Roulette' (1976). This is a tale of psychological games and true personalities being drawn out by them. A husband and wife take separate business trips and discover each other at their country home with their respective lovers. This situation is accepted until their daughter arrives and insists upon a game of Chinese Roulette… (Park Circus & BFI - confirmed at meeting missrebeccaknight@hotmail.com)
Mon 20 Apr - meetings only
Tues 21 Apr - closed or meetings only
CWed 22 Apr - FILM: Vixen (Russ Meyer, USA 1968) + shorts
When her pilot husband leaves for the mountains, Vixen vents her frustration by attempting to seduce anyone within reach, including her own brother. Politics and sexploitation combine in Meyer's taboo-busting exploration of racism, violence and the creeping threat of Communism, and featuring the IRA and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police! A real treat for the easily-offended, plus bizarre shorts from the golden age of the B-movie.
UCThurs 23 Apr -family films 4pm - FILM - Dr jekyll and Mr Hyde - Steph booked with BFI Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Dir: Rouben Mamoulian / USA 1931 / 97 min / Cert 12A / new 35mm print!
Text for Brochure: "R.L. Stevenson's celebrated tale of terror, first published in 1886, has inspired countless screen adaptations, but none has ever matched the achievement of the very first sound version: R. Mamoulian's sensual and stylish masterpiece of 1931. Academy Award winner for F. March for his virtuoso performance. Rare, terrifying, stunning."
CFri 24 Apr - Studio 54 Night: a celebration of the most famous New York disco of the 1970s. FILM: 'The Last Days Of Disco' (1998, Whit Stillman) + DISCO playing the coolest tunes of the era. various other extras/competitions etc on the night. CONFIRMED at meeting 26/01/09. Contact: Krista (07912656627-k.o.t.a.designs@hotmail.co.uk), Yve (homtails@yahoo.co.uk) or Michael Clunkie (07812372970-clunkie@vinyljunkie.freeserve.co.uk)
Sat 25 Apr - GIG Krautrock Night In conjunction with Brainfood & Lightbulb 09 Oscar, Yaron & Phipps. A night of Deautsche Fantastiche, Kosmiche musique und visuals with live performances from local talent - Bong & Eyeballs & dj's. Yaron 07981109986 - Phipps 07941171986 (tbc)
CSun 26 Apr - family films 3pm - Fassbinder Season 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' (1979). Determined to emerge from WWII a success, Maria marries a man, spending half a day and one night with him, before he is doomed for war and then to prison. She is ambitiously driven and will do whatever it takes to succeed. (Park Circus & BFI - confirmed at meeting missrebeccaknight@hotmail.com)
Mon 27 Apr - meetings only
Tues 28 Apr - closed or meetings only
NB meeting 6.30pm (office)- Laura M.
Wed 29 Apr - George Barber/ Beyond Language, in association with LUX. UK, Various, 1983-2008, Beta SP.
Beyond Language presents a broad selection of Barber's influential video work from past 30 years from proto-Scratch works of the early '80s to his 90's lo-tech 'slacker' videos and his recent return to assemblage and appropriation. Narrative is at the centre of much of his work, whether deconstructing it as in Scratch, or creating humorous and absurd situations to find existential meaning in the margins of modern life. We are very fortunate to have George Barber in person, in conversation with the curator Matthew Noel-Todd.
Thurs 30 Apr Moving stories: the channel and people without papers (Sylvie)
A night focusing on the harsh realities faced by for hundreds of undocumented migrants living in makeshift camps in Calais attempted to get across the channel to Britain. With films, discussions, a photographic exhibition and information panels.
hall: photographic exhibition: Moving stories (Sylvie)
Fri 1 May - A Bit Crack
hall: photographic exhibition: Moving stories (Sylvie)
CSat 2 May - GIG: Urban and Eastern present WORK SONGS
In the tradition of our wonderful Drinking Songs and Murder Ballads nights, and in recognition of International Workers Day, Fire Maidens from Outta Space, Bridie Jackson, Cornshed Sisters, John Egdell, Gem Andrews and Emily Portman perform with all proceeds going to Labourstart.org, to support incarcerated trade unionists. Tickets £5
hall: photographic exhibition: Moving stories (Sylvie)
Sun 3 May Art, Craft and Flea market 11am - 4pm.
12-4 pm: No Border films in Cinema- to be confirmed (Sylvie)
eve - 7.30 pm Film season: Decades of Musicals
Show Boat - dir James Whale, screenplay Oscar Hammerstein - 1936 - 113mins - 35mm - USA
Sing-a-long-a-Sunday! The first stop on our monthly jazz-hands journey through the decades via the glorious medium of musical film. Though strictly speaking 1929 is where it started, the 30s provide the earliest surviving musicals, so we start with a classic that tours love, despair, race relations, boats, alcohol and, of course, those songs. (could we add "admission includes a glass of punch and a post-film sing song round the joanna" ? Or is that too many words?)
hall: photographic exhibition: Moving stories (Sylvie)
Mon 4 May - meetings only; Gillie rehearsing during day (07886402267)
Tues 5 May - 'Making Film Happen' - evening meeting, by invitation. Organised by Northern Film & Media (Rupert, NFM)
Wed 6 May - FREE - preferably no film as a lot of films on that week
hall: photographic exhibition: Moving stories (Sylvie)
Gillie rehearsing during day (07886402267)
C Thurs 7 May - Cinema of the world - VHS Kahloucha from tunisia
no cerificate Beta sp
dir. by Nejib Belkadhi In french with eng subtitles
In this unusual film, Tunisia's premier amateur auteur filmmaker is portrayed with loving honesty and gut-busting hilarity in this thrilling documentary.Watch as Tunisia's Quentin Tarantino employs the help of local acting talent to stage intense chases, fight sequences and fantastical plotlines.For anyone who has ever dreamed of making a movie, Kahloucha's story is an inspirational revelation.
also 6pm volunteers induction
(booked by holly ladyonorth@gmail.com. fee arranged and copy to be posted from tunisia)
hall: photographic exhibition: Moving stories (Sylvie)
Fri 8 May - (Potential krautrock night) REINACTORS FILM PREMIERE- DEBBIE/MAT/MICHELLE
Sat 9 May - Volunteers induction and building maintenance day /
FILM: VIVA (Dir: Anna Biller, USA 2007) is a cult freak-out retro 1970's spectacle. A bored housewife, abandoned by her Ken-doll husband, gets dragged into trouble by her girlfriend, who espouses women's lib as she gets Barbi to discard her hang-ups. Nudist camps, hippies, orgies, bisexuality, sadism, drugs, and bohemia. Could life get any better?! Preceded by hot lounge tunes, go-go dancers, trash horror and nudie shorts, and live bands. A night not to miss! - £5 (Craig and Mat)
Sun 10 May - 3pm - The Age of Stupid (Dir: Franny Armstrong, 2009, 89 mins) Part of Medact Global Health series - film will be followed by a speaker from the Green party
evening: lucrecia martel film - christo confirmed - TEXT:
La Ciénaga, (The Swamp), Lucrecia Martel, 2001, Argentina, 103mins, Spanish w/ English subtitles.
At the forefront of the Argentine New Wave, Martel makes narratively subtle films in which sound and image share an equal footing. 'La Cinéaga' tells the story of two families, one upper class and in decline, the other middle class and harried, and through them builds a devastating portrait of life in the Argentine provinces.
Mon 11 May - meetings only
Tues 12 May - closed or meetings only
Wed 13 May - EYES WIDE OPEN NIGHT
Thurs 14 May lucrecia martel filmm - christo confirmed. Afternoon. Toilet wall art exhibition.Discussed programme meeting 23rd March. Put up exhibition on walls in foyer, to be done by mike jeffries & geography stduents from Northumbria. Picture is giant wallpaper consisting of photos of toilets we use; HALF THE PICTURE HAS NOW BEEN PUT UP (Monday 11th). Will do rest on wednesday evening. Will invite students along to see the finished montage just before Thursday film. Content should dovetail sweetly with DIY AYE later in week; have been in touch with the orgnaisers who were happy. Contact Mike Jeffries, michael.jeffries@unn.ac.uk
TEXT FOR LUCRECIA MARTEL
La Niña Santa, (The Holy Girl), Lucrecia Martel, 2004, Argentina, 106mins, Spanish w/ English subtitles.
Her captivating follow-up deals with the confusion between sexual awakening and religious fervour in an adolescent girl (Amalia), holidaying in a hotel hosting a medical conference for ear, nose and throat specialists. The focus is not just on Amalia, but the torpid, dysfunctional environments and people that surround her too.
CFri 15 May -DIY Aye! radical festival booked at programing meeting 24/10/2008 yiliberator@lycos.com - 2nd choice late shows all night sleepover film! Ilana
DIY Aye!
A 2 day festival celebrating radical and DIY culture. Including live music, a free shop, open gallery space, radical films and a range of workshops and discussions including bicycle generated electricity, squatting, immigration and no borders, make your own dildo, surveillance, stencil graffiti and many more tbc. Admission free/donation. (For more info see diyayefest.wordpress.com.)contact faykalafati@yahoo.gr Hardcore/punk bands & spoken word in the evening.
CSat 16 May -DIY Aye! second day of workshops, films and live music DIY Aye!
Sun 17 May - FILM SEASON: Kubrick - Killers Kiss 7.30pm
Kubrick intro
Stanley Kubrick universally hailed as a God-like Genius so it isn't really necessary to repeat that stuff. What, hopefully, is interesting about these early films is just how good he was without the lenses from NASA, obsessive preparation, unlimited budget etc. these are brilliant, entertaining stories really well directed.
Killers Kiss, 1955, S. Kubrick, 67mins
Kubrick's first feature (except it's not but never mind) is really great, written, directed, photographed and edited himself it just shows a kind of genius in gestation. It's an excellent noir thriller about a boxer and a dancer who get involved in each others lives.
- DIY Aye! would possibly like to do some workshops during the day, tbc. What time will the film be on to have everything tidy & shiny? faykalafati@yahoo.gr
Mon 18 May - meetings only
Tues 19 May - closed or meetings only
Wed 20 May - ROBERT BREER FILMS - (ARTIST) cONFIRMED. - debbie bower
Thurs 21 May BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA BOOKED WITH PARK CIRCUS MARK TRUESDALE - STEPHANIE BOOKED IT Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Dir: Sam Peckinpah - 1974 - USA/Mexico - 112 min - 35mm. Text for brochure:
"Simply one of the best thrillers of all times, the film was vilified at its release. Unrelenting in its depiction of a man on a downward spiral, it is the film the legendary director stated as his one “Pure Peckinpah”, made free from Studio interference. Visceral, doomed, deeply romantic. CULT."
Fri 22 May - GIG: Claire from Narc as part of Ouseburn Festival (Contact Craig 07890 038336)
CSat 23 May - GIG - SUBLIME FREQUENCIES - No-Fi all day event - afternoon and evening (Steph booked it for lee, 07759703132)
TEXT:
SUBLIME FREQUENCIES, 6PM TILL 1AM
"SUBLIME FREQUENCIES is a collective of explorers dedicated to acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontier. This is the event you've all been waiting for - Sublime Frequencies in Newcastle, with the amazing Omar Souleyman (Syria) and Group Doueh (Western Sahara) live, Sublime Frequencies DJs, films and q&a's, and much more!"
Sun 24 May - FILM: KUBRICK : tHE kILLING
Killing, 1956, S. Kubrick, 85mins
We're still in noir-ish lowlife territory here but this time it's a heist film. A plan to steal $2m goes wrong because of a wife, her boyfriend and a dog. It's a very well crafted film both in terms of plot character and technique super entertaining and very tense.
Mon 25 May - meetings only
Tues 26 May - closed or meetings only
Wed 27 May - FREE No BOrders meeting 7-9pm - can be in the office. bethan - bethan_d@hotmail.com
Thurs 28 May - family films 4pm. FILM: KUBRICK - Paths of Glory 7.30pm
Paths of Glory, 1957, S Kubrick, 87mins
Conventional wisdom says this film is a masterpiece. For once you can trust conventional wisdom: Kubrick just has that special something without resorting to the lowest common denominator. Dont be turned of by it's WWI setting, it's an amazing piece of antiwar propaganda without any of the cliches you might expect.
Fri 29 May - GIG & launch event, with short films: Paper Jam Comics Collective "Robots ... and that" is the latest comics anthology by this collaborative group of small press artists. Bands, short films, and the anthology! Contact: jack 0791 0562753 or see http://paperjamcomics.blogspot.com Also involved is Mike D, oldglen@gmail.com
Sat 30 May - refugee/tuc event - see email 19/1/09 ben sellers -asked to come to a meeting - or films in the cinema only (Contact: Holly)
Sun 31 May - family films 3pm FILM: KUBRICK: barry lyndon 7.30pm
