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Star and Shadow Cinema Listings June and July 2008 Star and Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2NP. www.starandshadow.org.uk info@starandshadow.org.uk 0191 261 0066

Star and Shadow Cinema runs on a membership which costs £1 for the year. Prices for films are £4/3, asylum seekers get in for free and no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Sun 1 June 7.30pm Film - Hairspray (Dir. John Waters, USA ,1988, 92mins, DVD, PG) Divine; Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono Baltimore 1962. The Heyday of hair-do's and hair-don't, Heartthrobs and big lasses, hot dates and hip talkers, beatniks and hair hoppers with the one magical voodoo potion that keeps it all together. Divine's penultimate movie. £4/3

Thurs 5 June 7.30pm Cinema of the World- Iranian night Film - Half Moon (Dir. Ghobadi, 2003, Iran, 35mm, cert tbc) Half Moon + Short Film (Tehran 7.00 am, Dir Razavain, 2003) Multi-award winning Kurdish director Ghobadi (A Time for Drunken Horses, Turtles Can Fly) again shows his skill for telling beautiful human stories with this musical road movie about Kurdish musicians travelling to a concert in Iraq to celebrate Saddam Hussein's fall. Followed by live music in the bar!" £4/3

Fri 6 June 7.30pm (Doors close after 8pm) A Bit Crack – Storytellers Robin Williamson - Gems of Celtic Story Founder of the Incredible String Band in the 1960's, Robin is now an extraordinary storyteller. He tells in a bardic style, combining voice with harp. Bringing the magic lore of the Celts alive with great insight and humour. www.abitcrack.com £6/4

Wed 11 June 7.30pm Film - Deadly Cargo (Camcorder Guerillas, 18mins) The film uncovers how fully assembled warheads of Trident nuclear bombs are transported on public roads in secret convoys, passing Newcastle. Find out how ordinary citizens in the Nukewatch network track and campaign against the convoy and its deadly cargo – and how you can help put an end to this nuclear madness. Free

Thurs 12 June –time tbc Gig – The Sunburned Hand of the Man, with support from Family Elan, Cian Nugent and Lobster Priest Legendary Boston psych / noise / funk juggernaut return to Tyneside once more. Expect wild and woolly free jams with occasional outrageous funky rock explorations from this ever-changing weirdo collective. Previous Newcastle gigs are still spoken of in hushed tones - the intimate setting of the Star & Shadow should make this unmissable. Support from The Family Elan, the amazing Euro roots project of Chris Hladowski (Nalle), and Irish guitar prodigy Cian Nugent. £tbc

Sat 14 June – 8pm Caster Sugar Disco Caster Sugar is back! We have hyperactive dancing all night, crazy live bands, underground films, a weird cafe, dressing up and too much fun to describe! it will be different, it will be hot, and it will be sold out so arrive early! £5

Sun 15 June 11am till late Film Event- BarNone: Films about Prisons The first BarNone event invites you to a day of films, workshops and discussion about the prison system in the UK, Europe and the world. The event will tap into invisible and visible voices behind bars. Afternoon: Films about Women Prisoners- Women in Struggle (Palestine, 2004, 56min) by Buthina Canaan Khoury, Prison Lullabies (USA, 2003, 83min, Brown Hats Productions) by Odile Isralson, Lina Matta …as well as films made by prisoners (Inside Film- Short Films made by Wandsworth prisoners) Evening: Films about Political Prisoners- 22 8 The Jeffrey “Free” Luers Story (2005, Cascadia Media Collective, 40 min) Imprisonment in Great Britain (17min) by Martin Krenn and Oliver Ressler The event will feature workshops and talks: Trevor (Mayday Magazine)- Trevor will talk about his experiences of resistance in prison. Criminal Injustice: The other side of death row in the USA, by Trish AbbotWorkshop on Group 4 Security- G4S is the largest security company in the UK and works with government bodies on privatising, or 'outsourcing' prisons. 9pm Music and dance with Neville Clay and local bands £4/3 day plus ex-prisoners free.

Wed 18 June - 6pm Refugee Week Event A celebration of achievements from young people involved in projects based at The North of England Refugee Service. Exciting programme tonight: a magnificent short film created with Bridge and Tunnel Productions, theatre with the wonderful Mongrel UK, traditional African dancing, and excellent live music! Plus art displays and a multi-cultural buffet. Price tbc

Thurs 19 June - 4pm Family Films Free

Thurs 19 June- 7.30pm Film: Three films from Finland about Kazakhstan (Dir: Aino Halonen 2007) Aino Halonen is a Finnish-Kazakh film maker who has travelled back to the land of her central Asian forebears to make three small cinematic jewels. Entrepreneurial Life (18 mins), Mom Saves the World and Then Comes Home (27 mins) and Children of the 4th Road (16 mins) offer an insight into ordinary lives in the ninth largest country in the world.

Fri 20 June 8pm Event - Platform North East Social Calling all performance / live artists (or anyone else interested)... YOUR PLATFORM NEEDS YOU! Come along to discuss and devise plans for the future of the organisation. Drink, dance and donate a performance if you want... Any ideas to - social@platformnortheast.org Free

Sat 21 June – time tbc TDA + Them Amazing Babies, Helios, Richard Dawson & Bulk & Skull. Dark and emotional math rock from loud and uncompromising local band. Taut, tense and angular with hints of old-school US hardcore. Think Shellac and Unwound with a hint of Slint. Support from Them Amazing Babies (Pavement-esque odd pop), Helios (roughly-hewn math rock), Richard Dawson (acoustic gtr & voice) and Bulk & Skull (rambling Slinty goodness). £3 in for five amazing bands!

Sun 22 June - 3pm FAMILY FILMS Screening films, animations and documentaries for children and their families. Free

Sunday 22 June – 7.30pm FILM: Superstarlet AD (Dir: John Michael Murphy 2000, 80min) Set in a post-apocalyptic future, in the lost city of Femphis "Superstarlet A.D." is a wild romp packed with the sex and violence of a classic exploitation film. Men have de-evolved into deadly Neanderthals and all women have banded into marauding rival beauty cults: the platinum blonde PhayRays, ruthless brunette Satanas and ill-tempered redheaded Tempests. At stake are rapidly dwindling supplies of lipstick and ammunition. Trasho mondo of the highest order. £4/3

Wed 25 June –7.30PM Film event - Eye's Wide Open (Open Submission)

Eye's Wide Open our irregular short film night must be 6 years old-ish now and is consistently great. Please your film and/or your eyes. We're the experimental, the in-progress the masterpiece and everything else. Everything under (about) 10 mins is accepted. Send it in advance or bring it on the night. DV, DVD, VHS, computer files, 8mm, 16mm, 35mm! £4/3

Thurs 26 June –7.30pm Singapore Sling (Dir. Nikos Nikolaidis, 1991, Greece, 112 mins) Greek auteur Nikos Nikolaidis brings us a pitch-black neo-noir old-dark-house sex-horror comedy; featuring ample helpings of nudity, general fiendishness, and very poor table manners. Decadence and degradation are in abundance in the first-ever feature to facilitate frame-by-frame revival for it's DVD release. £4/3

Sat 28 June – 7.30pm Theatre Under Fire presents The Twilight Rainbow A celebratory explosion of HOME! It's an antidote to the pain of separation. A pulsing, laughing, bittersweet tour of memories shared by TUF, a multi-skilled crew of Zimbabwean refugees and asylum seekers. £5/4.

Sun 29 June – 7-30pm FILM: South (1919, Dir Frank Hurley, 88 min) South is a film about one the most incredible adventure stories of all time. In 1914 explorer Schackleton set sail to cross the Antartic, but soon his ship got stuck in the ice and had to be abandoned. 5 crew members then cross 800 miles of the stormiest ocean in the world in an open boat to get help. Luckily for us, a photographer was on board and made this film. £4/3

Tues 1 July – Two Screenings 6-30pm and 8-30pm Film- Battle of the Somme (1916, DVD, 65 minutes. Cinematography: Geoffrey Malins, John McDowell) A silent documentary originally shown at British cinemas to huge audiences whilst the battle still raged in summer 1916. Very much an establishment production, it was intended as a patriotic propaganda film; the images of death and the frank captions are however surprisingly graphic. The film will be accompanied by an audio experience and short introductory talk. £4/3

Wed 2 July - 8pm Film - Dressing Granite Feature-length drama made entirely in Cornwall on a micro-budget. A moving story of the relationship between an elderly man and his son, who are both stone-masons. Afterwards, stick around for a folk-session in the bar. £4/3

Thurs 3 July - 7.30pm Cinema of the World - Pakastani film night Film - Mutthi bhar Chawal (Dir. Sangetta 1978) Based on the novel by K. Singh, this is a rare gem of a film, made by one of Pakastan's few female directors and shot with simple, serene beauty. The film explores what it is to be a woman as part of pre-partition, Sikh family in a small Punjabi village. This is a treat for anyone interested in South Asian film. Stay on for Indian sweets and music in the bar. £4/3

Fri 4 July – 7.30 pm Doors close after 8pm A Bit Crack - Storytellers Martin Manasse - There was a King! Stories featuring kings from all over the world; old, young, good, bad and even very bad. Be ready for transformations, changing characters and unanswered questions to ponder.... www.abitcrack.com £6/4

Sun 6 July - 2pm Middle East Peace Film - 'Peace of Mind' produced jointly by Israeli and Palestinian students Followed by a talk by Dr Tony Klug Vice - President of the 'Arab/Jewish Forum - 'How peace broke out in the Middle East' £tbc

Sun 6 July 7.30pm Film - The Whole Shooting Match (Dir. Eagle Pennell, USA 1979 109mins DVD) If you liked the paydirt in No Country for Old Men, Eagle Pennell's legendary humourous Texan saga of two natural born losers is a classic cult movie. It caused a sensation on the festival circuit but was frozen out of distribution by Hollywood moguls.Its fate inspired Robert Redford to set up Sundance as an Indy showcase and this screening is the first in the UK for 30 years. Also The King of Texas: a wry look at Eagle Pennell's tumultuous life and the movies he never realised. £4/3

Thurs 10 July 7.30pm Film - Leaving Las Vegas (Dir. Mike Figgis, Fr USA UK, 1996, 111 mins, DVD) Starring Nicolas Cage, Elizabeth Shue. Nick Cage delivers his oscar winning performance of edgy suicidal self destruct in Figgis' booze movie of a one way ticket to oblivion. Las Vegas beyond the crap. £4/3

Fri 11 July –7.30pm Music- Urban *& Eastern present New Weird Folk The third in a series of strange folk nights by new artists. New Weird Folk takes its inspiration from Moondog, Jim O'Rourke, the Carter Family, Harry Smith and the Incredible String Band, plus films and organic local beer. We aim for you to love one of our artists, and leave perplexed by another.

Sun 13 July - 7.30pm Kiss Me Deadly ( Dir Robert Aldrich, 1955, DVD) Featuring Mickey Spillane's tough, narcissistic, neo-violent character Mike Hammer, this film is acclaimed as classic film noir which influenced the work of Lynch, Speilberg and Tarantino. The film is rich with symbolic allusions, labyrinthine and complex plot threads, and Cold War fear and nuclear paranoia about the atomic bomb. The film, shot over a one month period in late 1954, is a masterpiece of cinematography, exhibited in the disorienting camera angles and unique and unconventional compositions of Ernest Laszlo. It has all the elements of great film noir - a stark opening sequence, destructive femme fatales, low-life cheap gangsters, an anti-hero, expressionistically-lit night-time scenes, a vengeful quest, and a dark mood of hopelessness. £4/3

Wed 16 July – 7.30pm Event- IS EVERYTHING OK?

A film event exploring queer cultures in different cities and a chance to reflect upon contemporary queer culture here in Newcastle. - part of the Northern Pride festival 2008 £4/3

Thurs 17 July – 7.30pm Born in Flames (Dir Lizzie Borden 1983, 80mins) Riot Grrrl classic Born in Flames explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternative United States Socialist Democracy. Two feminist groups each voice their concerns by pirate radio. One group, led by an outspoken white lesbian, Isabel (no-wave heroine Adele Bertei), operates "Radio Ragazza". The other group, led by a soft-spoken African-American, operates "Phoenix Radio". They are stimulated into action after a political activist is arrested upon arriving in NYC and suspiciously dies while in police custody. £4/3

Fri 18 July – 7pm (8.30pm film start) ¡VAMOS! Event – Visual art + exhibition ; 8.30pm FILM + discussion) A special ¡VAMOS! event featuring visual artist Peter Kennard's work on Pinochet's, photographer Jason Howe's Colombian project, and an exhibition of an iconic children's Cuban sticker album. Plus a one-off screening of ‘The Private Archives of Pablo Escobar',directed by Marc de Beaufort (70 mins), a revealing documentary, portrait of a complex man who grew freakishly rich and powerful from the drug trade. Free

Sun 20 July 7.30pm Film - Eye of the Devil (Dir. J. Lee Thompson, 1966, UK, 92mins, 35mm,)

This brilliant British horror film is regularly likened to The Wicker Man. It shares the theme of crop failiure leading to pagan shenanegans but it's also another British film urgently in need of rediscovery. It stars David Niven, Sharon Tate, Deborah Kerr, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasance, Flora Robson. Basically you'd be an idiot to miss this rare screening.

£4/3

Wed 23 July – 7.30pm GIG: An evening with Momus Momus has been releasing playful and transgressive albums for nearly twenty years, and his lyrics build a personal world "dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness". He now lives in Berlin and his performance at the Star + Shadow will be a two-hour "chronological cruise of never-before-performed songs". Tickets £10

Thurs 24 July – 7.30pm Film- Funeral: Parade Of Roses (Bara No Soretsu) (Dir Toshio Matsumoto, 1969, 107 mins, Tokyo) Well known to have had a direct influence on Kubrick's career. Cross-dressing club-kid Eddie (played by real-life transvestite entertainer extraordinaire Peter, famed for his role as Kyoami the Fool in Akira Kurosawa's Ran) vies with a rival drag-queen Osamu Ogasawara for the attention of drug-dealing cabaret-manager Gonda (Yoshio Tsuchiya, himself a Kurosawa player who appeared in such films as Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and High and Low). Passions escalate and blood begins to flow — before all tensions are released in a jolting climax resembling Oedipus Rex, set within the seedy underbelly of 60's Tokyo. £4/3

Fri 25 July – 8pm

Event - MADE IN USSR An event celebrating USSR culture with a real life Moskvich 408, a car made in the USSR in 1966 that stars in the film 'Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution'! Come along on Friday night, drink some vodka, taste some snacks, listen to the sounds of the USSR.

Sat 26 July – 7.30pm

Film – Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution! (part of MADE IN USSR event) (Dir. Billie Eltringham, 2007, cert 12a, 102mins, Hungary/UK) Starring Catherine Tate and Iain Glenn this is a comedy about a 60s British family who follow the communist dreams of their father and move to East Germany, needless to say it doesn't live up to all he imagined…

Sun 27 July - 7.30pm Film – Under the Bombs (Sous les Bombes) (Dir. Phillippe Aractingi, 2007, Lebanon, 98mins, 35mm, cert 15)

This astonishing piece of filmmaking was one of our favourites at the Venice Film Festival last year. It tells the tale fictional story of a woman going to look for her son during the bombing of Lebanon by Israel in 2006. It was made during the crisis amongst the chaos of a war torn country. Contains such amazing performances that it is sometimes hard to distinguish what is acted and what is reportage.

£4/3

Weds 30 July – 7.30pm Film – Under the Bombes See above- Sun 27 July for details.

Thur 31 July – 7.30pm

Film event- Home Movies Night

An opportunity to get any old reels of film from the attic and have them carefully projected at the cinema. Holiday movies, family films, bring your own film along to the night. We can project single/super 8, 16mm, video…

£2