https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/2010/10/feed/Star And Shadow Events 2010-10-01 to 2010-10-31en-gbSat, 15 Sep 2018 22:28:17 -0000https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/577Invisible Adversaries is a feature film by Austrian avant garde feminist artist Valie Export. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/577https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/586This newly released film is the story of the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation: Pakistan. With her assassination in 2007 she transcended politics, but left a legacy of simmering controversy and undeniable courage that will be debated for yearshttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/586https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/667A short film in which young people express their hopes for a future without nuclear weapons and war, and UK policy makers and disarmament experts talk about what is being done internationally, followed by a speaker from ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons).https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/667https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/680Two travellers (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) meet on a train and impulsively decide to spend one night together in Vienna. This film will make you want to buy an interrail pass and jump on the next Eurostar.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/680https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/661It's been said of this documentary on fox hunting: ‘For anyone who loves animals this film is a ‘must see’. It takes an objective look into the cruel world of fox hunting and the people who continue to break the law in order to satisfy their lust for animal blood. No charge on the door, but donations very welcome.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/661https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/681Nine years after they spent a night in Vienna, Jesse and Celine reconnect, this time in Paris. With only hours till his plane leaves, will they find the happiness they've been searching for since they first met? Before Sunset is heartbreaking in exactly the right kind of way. Jesse and Celine have grown up since Before Sunrise, from care-free indie twenty-somethings to adults with experiences, some regrets, and life-changing decisions to make.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/681https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/689Dust & Illusions explores the history of the Burning Man event in North America. Unique in that it is created by the participants, not the organisers, and in that sense it has survived its original ideals/utopias, but the ideas have been eroded by time, pressure from the larger society. Th film questions our ability to stand behind those ideals over a lifetime. The DIRECTOR will be in available for teleconference Q&A after the movie. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/689https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/655Hadrian’s Wall, the ninth legion are ordered north in a final attempt to conquer Caledonia. In the ensuing battle only 7 legionnaires survive... They most now fight their way south to the safety of the other legions, whilst pursued by vengeance filled Scottish warriors. A rough, tough, gory, swords and sandals action adventure. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/655https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/656Six women on an adventure weekend in the Appalachian mountains descend into what they think is a unexplored, empty cave system. After a rock fall blocks their intended exit, they search for another way out, unaware something blind, bone white and hungry hunts them! https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/656https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1369Cancelled - please deletehttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1369https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/657Is any introduction needed for Neil Marshall’s fan favourite, cult classic?! Squadies on escape and evasion manoeuvres in the Scottish Highlands come across a guts and gore strewn special forces camp... Whatever has killed them is big, vicious and not vegetarian! Superbly paced horror, perfect for All Hallows Eve! https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/657https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/289A colossal evening of cutting, splicing and all things nice. People Like Us will perform a live A/V concert editing and collaging found footage where you will be taken on a magical journey delving into the past which in turn provides perspective into our present. Do or D.I.Y. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/289https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/261For lovers of music, poetry, dance and heady romance this show is bound to get the hearts racing. One of the most enigmatic, luminous and enlightening American singers of her time sings Federico Garcia Lorca’s popular folk song collection “Las Canciones Populares Espanolas” with guitarist Victor Herroro and live band. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/261https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/279Out of all the San Francisco three-piece pop revavilists repping fuzzy riffs and big vocal harmonies GRASS WIDOW have gotta be one of the catchiest. Then get ready for a late night party with some great DJs.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/279https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/292Tonight, the STAR AND SHADOW will be in the company of Glam royalty. Clunk Click and A Glimpse Of Paradise are proud to present THE PRE NEW, who come to Newcastle carrying with them ex-members of Sheffield rockers WORLD OF TWIST and legendary nineties art bruisers EARL BRUTUS.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/292https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/278Mind blowing avant-garde drummer Chris Corsano has played with Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke and Ben Chasney to name a few, while heather Leigh Murray is a member of Charalambides. Need we say more? £5https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/278https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/213One of the prime movers in early punk, main songwriter in the Slits, filmmaker, mother and brutally honest performer, Viv Albertine will make her first trip to the Star & Shadow, supported by Nyabinghi jazzers Ladies of Midnight Blue, and local stars Iceni, on an all-female bill.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/213https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/274Loved by John Peel, Mike Patton and others, Melt-Banana are one of the most exciting bands to have come from Japan’s experimental punk scene. As fast and extreme, as they are interesting and trippy, they have gained a reputation for putting on the most intense gigs you’re likely to see. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/274https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/277A night of proper psyched-out, motorik energy. A late night party with Cave, Warm Digits, Onoma, and DJs Phippertronische (Road to Rimini) and Oscar (A Little Lost) playing more unusual choices than you'd normally get from them.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/277https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/300The Oxjam Newcastle Takeover will this year take place in pubs all around Ouseburn Valley; the live music hub of Newcastle. With a mix of bands, DJ’s, and world music this year’s Takeover is set to be the best and most diverse yet! The Star and Shadow will be hosting our Afterparty to wrap up the festival and celebrate all those who have taken part this year.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/300https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/267Lichens (Robert Lowe of 90 Day Men) live is a transfixing experience, looping wordless vocals into curtains of drone. Lowe adds acoustic and electric guitars, percussion and other effects to create alternately thick and delicate works.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/267https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/260Pre-Halloween gig hosted by 6Music favourites The Union Choir, whose huge multi-instrumental sound has been described as 'equal measures of majesty and desolation'. Joined by spooky friends O'Messy Life, Brilliant Mind and John Egdell. Also showing cult classic Evil Dead 2 in the cinema. £4 bands +£2 film.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/gig/260https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/231Tales from the Tain told by Dominic Kellyhttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/231https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/310We'll be using the cinema during the day to watch films, pretty much all day, so other people can do stuff in the rest of the building as long at it doesn't create too much noise.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/310https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/318Spend the day / devising / shooting and hand processing your own radical Super-8 film that will have Guy Debord turning in his grave!https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/318https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/311We'll be using the cinema during the day to watch films, pretty much all day, so other people can do stuff in the rest of the building as long at it doesn't create too much noise.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/311https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/328Come and take out books from the Star and Shadow's very own library. https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/328https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/246https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/246https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/247https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/247https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/329Come and take out books from the Star and Shadow's very own library.https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/329https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/320On Nietzche's 166th birthday the clubnight formerly known as STONEHATE returns one last time to toon town for the Third and Final Pandemonium ov Horror & Beauty...https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/320https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/330The Star and Shadow's lending library of radical and artistic bookshttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/330https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/331Borrow books from the Star and Shadow's libraryhttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/331https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/332A lending library of radical and film-related bookshttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/event/332https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/195General Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/195https://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/262Programming Meetinghttps://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/meeting/262