January 2008
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No Events Scheduled
1 Jan 2008
02
Gig: 60 Years Of Revolution, And Rebellion - David Douglass’S Big Birthday
2 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
With Geordie poets, Tom Pickard and Keith Armstrong, The Tony Corcoran and Benny Graham Band, Doreen Henderson (of the Elliott Family) and hopefully many more singers plus selected reading from Dave’s Forthcoming autobiography, Stardust and Coaldust.
03
Gig: Les Cox (Sportifs) + Guests
3 Jan 2008, 8 p.m.
Need to recover from all this New Year celebration nonsense? Come along and enjoy THE gig of the century from one of the hottest band on the planet, Les Cox (sportifs).
04
Festival: A Bit Crack
4 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Monthly story-telling evening. Tonight is an open night: anyone who who wants to tell a story, joke, poem, sing a song or play a piece of music can. So come along and share your stories or just relax and enjoy the show! info@starandshadow.org.uk
05
Gig: Caster Sugar Extravaganza
5 Jan 2008, 8 p.m.
Exciting fun and festive party night with live music and DJs, all with Disco sounds and colours…
06
Film: The Yacoubian Building (2006)
6 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
The Yacoubian Building is an Egyptian film which has broken all records across the Arab world, and caused a hail of controversy with its depictions of homosexuality and corruption.
07
Meeting: General Meeting
7 Jan 2008, 6 p.m.
08
Festival: Glimpses Of Autonomy
8 Jan 2008, 6 p.m.
This fortnightly gathering is a time for people to discuss and plan how we can confront the injustices across the globe and in our everyday lives. We discuss, organize, watch films, eat, drink and act together. All welcome. info@starandshadow.org.uk
09
Film: 12:08 East Of Bucharest (2006)
9 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Part of the excellent Eastern Europe cinema revival, 12:08 East of Bucharest has been internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. A "gem", a "treat", a "masterpiece", "acutely funny", this is a rare black comedy about Romania and life after communism…
10
Film: The Yacoubian Building (2006)
10 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Yacoubian Building is an Egyptian film which has broken all records across the Arab world, and caused a hail of controversy with its depictions of homosexuality and corruption.
11
No Events Scheduled
11 Jan 2008
12
Festival: Volunteer Induction Session
12 Jan 2008, 11 a.m.
Monthly volunteer induction session to learn everything you want to know about how to work at the Star and Shadow Cinema. info@starandshadow.org.uk
12
Gig: Kalidah
12 Jan 2008, 8 p.m.
Rachel Casey, Guy Schofield, Harriet Cole, James Milne. By chance they met in the cover of darkness: drawn together by bad computers, murderous tower blocks and seaside bourbon…
13
Meeting: Other Meeting
13 Jan 2008, 4 p.m.
13
Film: 12:08 East Of Bucharest (2006)
13 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Part of the excellent Eastern Europe cinema revival, 12:08 East of Bucharest has been internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. A "Gem", a "treat", a "masterpiece", "acutely funny", this is a rare black comedy about Romania and life after communism…
14
Meeting: General Meeting
14 Jan 2008, 6 p.m.
15
No Events Scheduled
15 Jan 2008
16
Film: Maria Full Of Grace (2004)
16 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Cantina Latina! Goes to Colombia. Maria, a 17-year-old young woman, takes drastic measures to escape her mundane life in a rural Colombian town.
17
Film: The London Nobody Knows + What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?
17 Jan 2008, 7 p.m.
The 1967 film "The London Nobody Knows" shows the capital how it really is. It helped inspire Saint Etienne's 2006 film "What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?"
17
Meeting: General Meeting
17 Jan 2008, 9 p.m.
18
Film: The London Nobody Knows + What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?
18 Jan 2008, 1 p.m.
The 1967 film "The London Nobody Knows" shows the capital how it really is. It helped inspire Saint Etienne's 2006 film "What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?"
18
Meeting: General Meeting
18 Jan 2008, 2:30 p.m.
18
Festival: Exhibition "The Golden Age Of British Football Programmes"
18 Jan 2008, 6 p.m.
Beautiful and funny covers of football magazines from the 70's, chosen by the band Saint Etienne. Alan
18
Film: This Is Tomorrow (2007)
18 Jan 2008, 8 p.m.
In exclusivity at the Star and Shadow cinema, and as part of a limited tour, we will be showing Saint Etienne's new film, This Is Tomorrow. Members of the band will be present to talk about the film, and they will be DJ'ing until midnight afterwards especially for you!
19
No Events Scheduled
19 Jan 2008
20
Film: This Is Tomorrow (2007)
20 Jan 2008, 5:30 p.m.
In exclusivity at the Star and Shadow cinema, and as part of a limited tour, we will be showing Saint Etienne's new film, This Is Tomorrow.
20
Film: Two Films From Straub And Huillet (1963 And 1965)
20 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
A rare opportunity to see two short works by French-born, Italian-based mavericks Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, who made rigorous and intellectually stimulating films between 1963 and 2006. Tonight we will be showing their first film Machorka Muff (1963), and Not Reconciled (1965), which has been described as “maddeningly opaque and fragmented, yet abstractly intriguing and curiously resonant”.
21
Meeting: General Meeting
21 Jan 2008, 6 p.m.
22
Festival: Glimpses Of Autonomy
22 Jan 2008, 6 p.m.
This fortnightly gathering is a time for people to discuss and plan how we can confront the injustices across the globe and in our everyday lives. We discuss, organize, watch films, eat, drink and act together. All welcome. info@starandshadow.org.uk
23
Film: "Piranha Ii" Hosted By Nicko & Joe’S Bad Film Club (1981)
23 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
The Bad Film Club invite you to enjoy Piranha 2: Flying Killers, one in a long line of wonderfully abysmal films about small killer animals causing havoc amongst happily holidaying campers, Piranha 2 exceeds its predecessor, the imaginatively named Piranha, in its stupid plot, horrible special affects, bad score and even worse acting!
24
Film: Eyes Wide Open
24 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
In this day and age of surveillance cameras, mobile phones and electric dreams of sheep are we not ALL filmmakers, editing the ever-increasing footage captured via our optical appendages into our own simulacrum of reality (whatever the hell that is)? No? Yes? Then send your submission in to this open-call film and video night.
25
No Events Scheduled
25 Jan 2008
26
Meeting: General Meeting
26 Jan 2008, 10:30 a.m.
27
Film: Hidden Sorrows
27 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Film programmed to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. Rare and essential documentary chronicling the untold story of the Gypsy persecution by the Nazi, told by Romanian Gypsy survivors.
27
Festival: The Decimal Family
27 Jan 2008, 9:15 p.m.
An epic and humorous political romp presented by Unity Theatre. Billy Ormond
28
Meeting: General Meeting
28 Jan 2008, 6 p.m.
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No Events Scheduled
29 Jan 2008
30
Film: Dark Star (1974)
30 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Welcome to the deep-space cruiser Dark Star; charged with the objective of destroying unstable planets and filled with a top-notch crew of dedicated astronauts.
31
Film: Three Documentary Films By Adrin Neatrour
31 Jan 2008, 7:30 p.m.
The Cobbler's Last Tale (38 mins); The Last Kill (40mins); Catch-a-Fishie (50mins). Three documentary films which chronicle a world where traditional occupations have become dying trades, all told with music and humour. In presence of the film maker.