May 2014
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Event: Weekender/Expac "Film In A Weekend" Project Presents "Psi-Fu:Dunt"
1 May 2014, 6 p.m.
open call for cast and crew…no experience necessary…sign-up session & workshop…build alien sets, space ships and costumes
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Festival: Weekender...Roger Corman
1 May 2014, 6 p.m.
While his Edgar Allen Poe adaptations are rightly rated as true classics it is the cult classics that slipped into the public domain that we are here to celebrate, some that rank with the best he ever made…welcome to the world of Roger Corman in the Public Domain.
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Film: Cancelled - Retrato Peruano Del Perú
1 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
It is with regret that we have had to cancel the screening of Retrato Peruano Del Perú (unfortunately the film did not come subtitled). We will instead be showing El Inca, la boba y el hijo del ladrón.
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Film: El Inca, La Boba Y El Hijo Del Ladrón
1 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Filmed in the deserted area North of Lima, this film tells the adventures of three characters as they leave their town. On their respective journeys, their morality, tenacity and integrity are tested, as they defy the stigma of their names, trying arduously not to succumb to self-fulfilling prophecies. Presented by the Americas Research Group at Newcastle University. The film will be followed by informal discussion - all are welcome to join.
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Film: A Bucket Of Blood (1959)
1 May 2014, 10 p.m.
Down-trodden busboy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) is desperate to be accepted by the cool beatnik cafe crowd, he achieves his goal via the accidental stabbing of his landladies cat but maintaining his position within the pretentious art community leads to murder in probably the worlds first black-comedy-horror.
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Event: A Bit Crack Storytelling
2 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Along the WayStoryteller Sue Hollingsworth has walked 830 kms of the Camino pilgrimage route from France to Santiago de Compostella in north west Spain. Here are the stories, both moving and uplifting, of the people she met and the things that took place along the way and, after six weeks of walking, what happened once she reached the end!£8 / £5
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Film: Little Shop Of Horrors (1960)
2 May 2014, 10 p.m.
Featuring a catalogue of Corman regulars delivering their best work, particularly Jonathon Haze as anti-hero florist Seymour Krelboin, Mel Welles as the owner and Dick Miller as a customer who eats the plants, though the real star turn goes to a psychotically edgy Jack Nicholson as the masochistic undertaker Wilbur Force. Funny and ridiculous in equal measure, the very definition of a cult classic.
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Event: Weekender/Expac "Film In A Weekend" Shoot
3 May 2014, noon
the rabble alliance gathers in opposition to the powerful dark forces at work throughout the galaxy, but they risk tearing themselves apart even before facing the terrible might of MONAD…
03
Event: Alexandra And Cindy Presents
3 May 2014, 8 p.m.
Alexandra Riss and Cindy Catoire are two fine art students from Tours, France, who are doing an internship at the Star and Shadow and this is their night. Come and see!
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Event: Canny Little Library
4 May 2014, 3 p.m.
Books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection! Stock focuses on more political, radical, thought-provoking, action-inspiring & critical titles than other libraries.
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Film: The Intruder (1962)
4 May 2014, 4 p.m.
The only film which lost him money is also one of Corman's very best. Tackling topical social issues, this drama was years ahead of it's time, portraying a white supremacist heading south to stir up racial conflict. Featuring a youthful William Shatner in his first ever leading role and probably his best ever screen performance.
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Film: Sixteen Candles (1984)
4 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
30 candles for John Hughes' first iconic brat pack movie - first released in May 1984
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Film: Last Woman On Earth/Creature From The Haunted Sea (1960) Double Bill
4 May 2014, 9:30 p.m.
Still being written on location by Robert Towne, the ever frugal Corman insisted on him also acting, also starring Tony Garbone and Betsy Jones-Moreland in this under-rated post apocalyptic tropical drama. Followed by a wise-cracking comedy starring the same lead trio and one of cinema's greatest comedy monsters complete with actual ping-pong eye balls.
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Meeting: General Meeting
5 May 2014, 6 p.m.
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Film: Psi-Fu Dunt (2014) + Roger Corman Bonus Feature
5 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
WEEKENDER/EXpac "film in a weekend" premiere. Plus a secret surprise support feature…a genuinely creepy, well paced, atmospheric sci-fi drama, with a strong central performance.
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Gig: Ezra Furman
5 May 2014, 9 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
6 May 2014, 4 p.m.
Informal weekly English language conversation practice to meet people and learn language skills. Open to people with any or no level of experience. The group aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. New volunteers and members very welcome!
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Film: The Killing Of Sister George (1968)
7 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Outstanding performances from Beryl Reid and Susannah York mark this controversial classic as a standout film in the cinematic history of lesbian representations.
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Film: Children Of God
8 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A strong and tender romantic drama set on the beaches and towns of the Bahamas. Yet, percolating under the hot sun and sand are religious intolerance, political grand-standing, family woes, and hopefully enough love to conquer them all. Presented by the Americas Research Group at Newcastle University. The film will be followed by informal discussion - all are welcome to join.
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Gig: Juggernaut Love Band ++
9 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Juggernaut Love Band - nine piece funk soul disco. Babar Luck - solo akoostic . Los Capitanes - flamenco rock. The Pastures - alt folk. Brooke Bentham - singer songwriter.
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Gig: Fest Noz Breton Music&Dance
10 May 2014, 3 p.m.
An afternoon workshop to practice your footwork followed by a night of “Fest Noz” dancing from Brittany to live music with “Triette & Etoiles” High-energy, young folk musicians will transport you, through your imagination, to a night of dancing to Breton music and the enchantment of sharing a dance.
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Event: Canny Little Library
11 May 2014, 3 p.m.
Books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection! Stock focuses on more political, radical, thought-provoking, action-inspiring & critical titles than other libraries.
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Film: May 11 Elektro Moskva [2013]+ Free Jam_#4 Looking East Season
11 May 2014, 7 p.m.
Electro Moscow is an essayistic documentary about the Soviet electronic age and its legacy. The story begins with the inventor of the world’s first electronic instrument, Leon Theremin, unveiling the KGB’s huge pile of fascinating devices, some of which were musical.
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
12 May 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
13 May 2014, 4 p.m.
Informal weekly English language conversation practice to meet people and learn language skills. Open to people with any or no level of experience. The group aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. New volunteers and members very welcome!
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Film: The Blood Of A Poet (1930)
14 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Opening our season from this masterly director. An entry point into Cocteau's personal and poetic imagery. This experimental film was made the same year (1930) as Buñuel's L'Age d'or.
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Film: A Winter Tale
15 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
After the shooting of a young child, six men, all patrons at Miss G’s Caribbean TakeAway Restaurant, form an ill-fated support group in an attempt to salvage their broken spirits and beseiged community. Set against the backdrop of a multicultural community’s unrealized hopes and dreams, the film is bitter and tragic, funny and hopeful.
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No Events Scheduled
16 May 2014
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Event: Lady Koo And The Night Of Absinthe
17 May 2014, 8 p.m.
Lady Koo and the night of Absinthe. This night is all about naughty, notorious and nostalgic spirit of the Jazz Age, flavored by an Absinthe . Live performances by Lady Koo and The Kooky Kitchen, an absinthe fountain and 1920's-40s dance music. Dress to impress and join our night of absinthe!
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Event: Canny Little Library
18 May 2014, 3 p.m.
Books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection! Stock focuses on more political, radical, thought-provoking, action-inspiring & critical titles than other libraries.
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Film: Salt Of The Earth (1954)
18 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses.
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Meeting: General Meeting
19 May 2014, 6 p.m.
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Event: Conversation Group
20 May 2014, 4 p.m.
Informal weekly English language conversation practice to meet people and learn language skills. Open to people with any or no level of experience. The group aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. New volunteers and members very welcome!
20
Film: Living On The Edge: Short Films On Migration And Welfare Reform In The Uk
20 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Short films about the effects of recent welfare and migration reform on the lives of asylum seekers and benefit claimants in the UK. These films present the lived experiences of people struggling to survive in the face of government policies that marginalise asylum seekers, the unemployed and the poor.
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Film: La Belle Et La Bête
21 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
A mournfully beautiful, atmospheric masterpiece from 1946. The first cinematic adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast, starring Jean Marais.
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Festival: Weekender...School Of Corman
22 May 2014, 6 p.m.
Roger Corman not only directed more than 50 movies, he also produced hundreds more. Of those School of Corman Alumni whose works slipped out of copyright there are a handful of classic curiosities of note. Here we celebrate those badly administered works of the School of Corman in the Public Domain.
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Film: Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
22 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Between 1968 and 1974 an extraordinary number of lesbian vampire feature films were produced, amongst these, Jess Franco's erotic horror. Women only Film and Discussion
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Event: Weekender/Expac "Film In A Weekend" Project Presents "Psi-Fu:Trilemma"
22 May 2014, 9:30 p.m.
open call for cast and crew…no experience necessary…sign-up session & workshop…build alien sets and costumes
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Film: Spider Baby Or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1968)
22 May 2014, 10 p.m.
Lurking in a dilapidated mansion and suffering a regressive mental deterioration live the last generation of the inbred Merrye family. While the old family retainer struggles to care for the degenerate siblings greedy distant relatives descend with lawyers to dispossess them.
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Film: The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
23 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
When an alien crash lands in New York he is able to blend in as he looks remarkably like a human of African descent. He finds a niche fixing electrical items in Harlem but his peace is disturbed when two bounty hunters from his home planet arrive.
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Film: Dementia 13 (1963)
23 May 2014, 10 p.m.
Shot in Ireland by one time production assistant and first-time unknown director Coppola with a crew going spare after wrapping a Formula One movie across the European racing circuit. This odd, Hitchcockian, psychological thriller shows some of the promise later fulfilled in a string of classic films that need no introduction.
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Event: Weekender/Expac "Film In A Weekend" Shoot
24 May 2014, 10 a.m.
millions lay dead in the wake of MONAD's destruction, but can the three remaining opposing forces ever hope to bring peace to a brutalised galaxy?
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Event: Canny Little Library + Canny Cafe
25 May 2014, 3 p.m.
Our monthly delicious vegan cafe + books & magazines, free to browse & borrow. Come & discover the amazing collection!
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Film: Night Tide (1963)
25 May 2014, 4 p.m.
First time lead Dennis Hopper plays the awkward hero in this strange tale of falling in love with a beautiful sideshow performer, but is she just a fake freakshow mermaid, or is there more to this enigmatic legendary mythical creature?
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Event: Tales From The Mexican Anarcho-Punk Movement
25 May 2014, 6 p.m.
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Gig: The Slowlight Quartet 'In Flight' Ep Launch (Jazz)
25 May 2014, 8 p.m.
The Slowlight Quartet 'In Flight' EP LaunchSome amazing jazz loveliness taking place in the cinema, with live visuals. A special show not to be missed.
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Meeting: Programming Meeting
26 May 2014, 6 p.m.
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Film: Psi-Fu Trilemma (2014) + Super Secret Surprise Bonus Feature
26 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
written and shot entirely this weekend by the people that brought you "Psi-Fu" and "Psi-Fu II" last Bank Holiday…millions lay dead in the wake of MONAD's destruction, but can the three remaining opposing forces ever hope to bring peace to a brutalised galaxy?
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Event: Conversation Group
27 May 2014, 4 p.m.
Informal weekly English language conversation practice to meet people and learn language skills. Open to people with any or no level of experience. The group aims to be inclusive and anti-discriminatory. New volunteers and members very welcome!
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Gig: Group Rhoda + Apostille + Wilt Wagner + Dj Mariam Razaei
27 May 2014, 8 p.m.
San Francisco's other space lady returns to the SAS with a new album on Not Not Fun, following last year's debut on Nigthschool + a fully blown euro tour. 'Driving drumbox pulses and flowering synth melodies delivered with effortless nonchalance, placing her somewhere between Suicide, Julia Holter & John Maus' - Boomkat
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Film: Orphée
28 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Cocteau's immortal retelling of the myth of Orpheus from 1950, set in postwar existentialist France and starring Jean Marais as ‘a poet fascinated by the unknown and the unseen’.
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Event: Pandora's Box Science Fiction Show
29 May 2014, 8 p.m.
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Event: Film + Live Music: Water Music
30 May 2014, 8 p.m.
a treat from one of our pals at Cinema Nova in Brussels, this is a road movie winding its way to you through the Kino Climates network!
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Gig: New Hub
31 May 2014, 8 p.m.
New Hub Live Evening of Live Music, video and digital art acts include Redpools and Rave Tapes.The New Hub is an online forum for experimental art.