https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/2010/06/feed/Star And Shadow Events 2010-06-01 to 2010-06-30en-gbSat, 15 Sep 2018 22:28:30 -0000https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/583From 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/583https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/591Not 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. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/591https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/636This 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. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/636https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/613Poet, 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/613https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/614“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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/614https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/635This Czech psychoactive period piece is bizarre and impossible to pin down but strangely joyful and almost ephemeral in the parts. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/635https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/648Directed 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. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/648https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/649Winner 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 Eberthttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/649https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/651One 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/651https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/652Winning 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/652https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/643 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/https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/643https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/644 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/644https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/650Bunuel’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, 1977https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/650https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/621From 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.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/621https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/227Tempo 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. £5https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/227https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/230John Butcher, leading british improv-jazz saxophonist, teams up with John Russell and Dom Lash (Gannets). Not to be missed! £TBChttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/230https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/247Charlie 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/extralifethebandhttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/247https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/205San 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. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/205https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/258Musique concrete compositional approaches with absurdist improvisation strategieshttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/258https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/240https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/240https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/227Regular Storytelling eveninghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/227https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/291A 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.comhttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/291https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/303The 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. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/303https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/241https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/241https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/219Next 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).https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/219https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/279Road to Rimini Tyne all dayer after party with Glasgow electronauts Slabs of the Tabernacle and very special guests! £5 entry 11pm til 4amhttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/279https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/272An event drawing together various bands, DJs and artistshttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/272https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/261Day-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 https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/261https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/36Other Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/36https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/35General Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/35https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/261Programming Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/261https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/267General Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/267https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/206Programming Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/206