The Star and Shadow Cinema Newcastle hosts a selection of films from the New York Underground Film Festival on Thursday 15, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 November 2007. We’ve selected some of the best films from this year’s New York Underground Film Festival and brought them to the Star and Shadow - the UK’s seismic epi-centre for all that’s happening in film - experimental - political - indi - and put together a weekend festival – New York music – food – and Manhattan booze – cocktails - everything at our usual low slung prices.

The  New York Underground Film Festival select will feature a mix of documentary styles and molten experiments in film from the Big Apple to entertain and stimulate. 

These films got beatCheck out the dox:  SWAY and Brave New York  are Richard Sandler’s  raw free form  films shot on the fly in the city’s streets and subways;  Random Lunacy: videos from the  road less travelled is a feel-good flowing piece from Victor Zimet and Stephanie Silber using footage shot by the subject Poppa Neutrino who don’t  work don’t pay rent and leads his tribe across the random sea of life - literally. At the political face there’s According to, Kevin Everson’s excavation of the Deep South with found and shot footage: Aaron Valdez’ The assassination of Robert Kennedy starring Gary Cooper and  La Trenchera Luminosa – Jim Finn’s vision of one day in a Shining Path women’s prison camp in 1989 Peru. Film makers are always hungry cos they got no money – so Mike Plant’s come up with Lunch Films where filmmakers make a film in return for a lunch – a wild set of pieces from many film makers makes you hunger for more mama more. Bon appetit!And we got rhythm a series of coruscating shorts that mix light and optix like dance. Come move with filmmakers: Nancy Holt, Jem Cohen, Jennifer Reeves Richard Todd.The late after midnight Saturday treat is a screening of James Fotopoulis’ The Ant Hill a dark and absurd narrative about the inner world of some nameless cult. There’s a bar with Manhattan cocktails – Pizza to Go And on Saturday night 9:00 to 12:30 there’s noise from New York with electro impro band Talibam!, Chops from Leeds DJs - a  big Big Apple event.Check in at the Star and Shadow the coolest screen this side of the Hudson RiverAll tickets @ £4 / £3 conc.  Sat night Manhattan party with late night film 9:pm until 1:30 am tickets £4/3 Full festival pass to all events £10