https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/2009/03/feed/Star And Shadow Events 2009-03-01 to 2009-03-31en-gbSat, 15 Sep 2018 22:29:14 -0000https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/348Excellent and surprising film from one of the best UK directors: Mike Leigh. Film followed by a discussion with members of the Newcastle Philosophy Society.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/348https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/360Organised in conjunction with Transition Initiative Newcastle. Two short films looking at the effects of global warming, followed by discussion with guest speakershttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/360https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/363This month's Cinema of the World season brings you a sheer delight from Iran. In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Kurdish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/363https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/352The debut film by the South Park creator Trey Parker.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/352https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/361In the aggressive search for the 'black gold' that drives Western economies, multinational corporations are working to extract billions of dollars of oil reserves from beneath Ecuador's rainforest. This documentary investigates how the operations of the Canadian EnCana corporation are answerable for widespread environmental contamination and human rights violations in the region.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/361https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/353Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo is a mockumentary film by Primus lead-man Les Claypool.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/353https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/349Classic post-post-modern fable of friendship? https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/349https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/350This is the best and most famous of Will Hay's films from the pre-war era. Like the Marx Brothers, but British, this bumbling madcap trio manage to save the day when posted at a isolated train station where suspicious goings on are afoot ... https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/350https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/362A film about a family's stand against the building of a dam in India, a fight against the destruction of their land, home and culture. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/362https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/372Make your own films and watch them at the cinemahttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/372https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/364Films shown as part of the Co-operative Film Festival. Tonight we will be celebrating the history and politics of the movement, by showing fascinating films from the national co-operative film archive.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/364https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/373Make your own film and watch it at the cinema!https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/373https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/354The Life Beyond South Park season finishes with the rude, crude and hilarious Orgazmo.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/354https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/3672 films: Electrification of Pignon and Tsunami.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/367https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/368Co-operative Film Makers / UK / 120 min’s with interval 120 minutes of 6 minute shorts, all films made by groups of young people in co-operative youth groups. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/368https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/369A documentary which considers the effects that the lack of reliable transport has on rural Ghania but also about how the solutions to such problems aren't nearly as complicated as one might expect.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/369https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/370Filmed around Hebdon Bridge, Yorkshire this is a amiable romantic comedy about a 'love triangle between a working class woman, a man from a cycle club and a middle class motor fanatic.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/370https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/371A nostalgic afternoon with a brilliant film -as long as you don't take it to seriously and just enjoy the great stunts, long chases and be amazed at the cringing Scooby Doo one liners- and terrible acting- Nicole Kidman, you will leave wishing that life could be as exciting. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/371https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/377Made by Amber’s Current Affairs Unit, the video grew out of the engagement with the campaign against pit closures, the anti-nuclear and the peace movement.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/377https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/104For the second glorious year, the Star & Shadow celebrates the cheapest, easiest-to-play, most lo-fi, most punk rock instrument in the world - the Ukulele. With live performers, films and workshops, our Saturday night and Sunday afternoon will be dedicated to worshipping a "Thirty dollar wooden box with wires".https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/104https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/105This legendary guitar-based noise band are at the extreme outside limits of psychedelic rock, with a metallic core of harsh industrial noise.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/105https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/102Prepare yourself for a night of music, suprises and intrigue...https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/102https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/107One of the gig-going highlights of the past couple of years has been finding (Lady) Caroline Mary on the bill, invariably supporting less talented types. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/107https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/106A Night of pop punk with the bands Education Education Education, British Lichen Society, The Wooden Spoons and Girls Girls Girls followed by a Morrissey disco until 3 with art in the foyer.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/106https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/79To launch the exhibition of stickman battle tableaux, there will be a friendly group game of battleships in the hallway of the cinema.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/79https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/80This Sunday 8th March sees the 1st birthday event of the bi-monthly art, craft and flea market. 20 new stalls offering a wonderful array of 2nd hand, vintage and handcrafted - Clothing, jewellery, art, music, books, homewares and more in the artium and bar area. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/80https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/78A song cycle with music from The Band of Holy Joy, play from Ben, Tilly and Sukie, soundscape from Jonny Mugwump and visuals from Inga. The event starts at 8 runs til 9 and will be followed by music in the bar until midnight. It is the tale of a talent gone to waste and locked in room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel with a lover and a stranger. Raising the spirits of all the great dead talents, Burroughs, Joplin, Hendrix, Rimbaud, Behan, feel free to add your own. A night of raising ghosts and incantations of hope and celebration. To reserve tickets; call Mark on 07765 272759. Or just buy on the door.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/78https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/81A drop in session for anyone interested in sorting out any mechanical problems with the support and advice of a trained mechanic also an opportunity for riders to go spoke to spoke and discuss customising and modifications. Guest speaker tbc.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/81https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/77General Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/77https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/76Programming Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/76https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/75General Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/75https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/74Programming Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/74https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/73Bar Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/73