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The Decline of Western Civilization Part II The Metal Years 1988 Documentary showcase, what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles Heavy Metal scene in the mid and late 1980s

Belle of the Yukon 1944 Set in the days of the great Canadian Gold Rush, this rousing musical stars Randolph Scott as a reformed con artist turned dance hall owner whose girlfriend, singer Gypsy Rose Lee, tries to keep him on the straight and narrow

It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) Danny has been in the army for 4 years, yet all he thinks about is Brooklyn and how great it is. When he returns after the war, he soon finds that Brooklyn is not so nice after all. He is able to share a place with Nick, the janitor of his old High School, and get a jo

Strauss Great Waltz (1934) Schani, Johan Strauss Jr., is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery. Here he falls in love with Resi. The girl gets very jealous when a rich and beautiful contessa asks Schani to write a waltz for her. Schani writes and plays it, but he is always loy

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) Falling asleep during the Paradise Coffee ("The Coffee that Makes You Sleep") Program, the band's third trumpeter dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth. But Osidro and Doremus, two fallen angels enjo

Living on Soul (2017) Filmed during their three-night, sold-out residency at the historic Apollo Theater, this hybrid docu-concert film features the late great Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley and the rest of the Grammy-nominated Daptone Records family.

Bo Burnham: what. (2013) A musical stand-up comedy show by Bo Burnham, the famous internet musician.

A Christmas Love Story (2019) A youth choir director (Chenoweth) needs to write a big song for the Christmas Eve show but "finds herself distracted" when a boy with a golden voice (Kevin Quinn) joins her choir, which will come as news to his widowed father (Wolf).

Mahler (1974) Both trifles and structure are tossed out the door by director Ken Russell in this film. Here, historical content matters not so much as metaphors, feelings, emotions, and interpretations, and pay close attention, as every word and frame is intended to be important. The film takes plac

Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo (2017) In his first prime-time television special, Bruno Mars performs live at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City.

Hallelujah (1929) In a juke joint, sharecropper Zeke falls for a beautiful dancer, Chick, but she's only setting him up for a rigged craps game. He loses $100, the money he got for the sale of his family's entire cotton crop. His brother Spunk is mortally wounded in the shoot-out which follows. Zeke

Education Entertainment Recreation live at Alexandra Palace 2021 The bands only UK gig of 2018, where they delighted fans with over two hours of classics, hits from their album Music Complete and Joy Division covers

Lucy Gets Lucky (1975) Lucy Gets Lucky finds the wacky redhead pulling out all the stops in Las Vegas to see her favorite entertainer,'Dean Martin'. Lucy gets a job working at the MGM Grand casino and high stakes hijinks follow.

Jonah: The Musical (2017) In this filmed stage play, the prophet Jonah receives a long-awaited fresh word from God, but is dismayed to realize that God wants to show mercy to the Ninevites, whom Jonah hates.

Raunch and Roll (2021) Before her lights go out Roxy Starr and her manager get the band together for one more show.

A Man Called Adam (1966) A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

The Complete Truth About DeEvolution (1993) Devo, the seminal concept band, made a career out of setting to music video their dada-gone-camp theory of De-Evolution and its rebuke of corporate culture. This is a collection of Devo's ...

Appointment in Bray (1971) In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty house in B

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness 2013 From pagan re enactors to failed communes, black metal festivals to Arctic hermits, and the forever Golden Hour to the Northern Lights, A Spell to Ward off the Darkness is an inquiry into the possibilities of a spiritual existence within an increasingly secular

Fishermans Friends One and All 2022 A sequel to the hit U K film

Broadway (1929) A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.

Carole King Home Again Live in Central Park 2023 Feature length film of Carole Kings triumphant May 26, 1973 homecoming concert on The Great Lawn of New York Citys Central Park before an estimated audience of 100,000

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017) A documentation of the influences that went on to help create the seminal album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Music for Millions (1944) "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in Iturbi's orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly turning completely female, what with the draft. As the orchestra travels around the country, Babs' fellow orchestra members intercep

Shrimpcrawl (2013) An English musicologist discovers an audio tape of ancient, mesmerizing music,called Shrimpcrawl, that leads him south, to the salt marshes of Florida. He finds a remote group that has kept alive the intoxicating 'music of the grass'. A charismatic leader uses the music and other

Megadeth: Countdown to Extinction Live (2013) Megadeth celebrate the 20th anniversary of their legendary album Countdown To Extinction by performing the album from beginning to end at the Fox Theater in Pomona, CA on December 7th, 2012...

John Hodgman: Ragnarok (2013) On December 21, 2011, John Hodgman predicted that a series of major catastrophes would strike the planet in one year, ending life on earth as we know it. On December 21, 2012, he gathered his followers to a former warehouse on the shore of the Gowanus Canal to greet the

Everything I Have Is Yours (1952) Pregnancy forces one half of a married song- and- dance team to find a new Broadway partner.

Seven Hills of Rome (1957) On a train to Rome, the American singer Marc Revere meets the Italian Raffaela. He notices that she intends to work and live at her uncle's. When he gives her a ride, it turns out that said uncle has moved to South America. So Revere offers her to live with him at his cous

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) In the 20th Century, Frank Zappa made his mark as a musician unlike any other in America. With a wild eccentric iconoclastic attitude guiding his distinctive music, which it was itself guided by a firm intellectual integrity, Zappa made himself

Youll Find Out (1940) Kay Kyser and his orchestra are hired to entertain at the birthday party of a young heiress at a creepy old mansion, where they uncover a plot against her life. Who is the villain? The sinister judge? The phony medium? The skeptical psychologist? You'll find out.

Sam Butera and the Witnesses perform several Twist numbers to save a small New Orleans nightclub and raise the bail to get Louis Prima out of jail

Song of the Thin Man 1947 Nick and Nora Charles are asked by Phil Brant and Janet Thayar, who have just eloped, to help them after band leader Tommy Drake is killed at a society dance which Nick and Nora also attended The police are looking to arrest Brant for the murder and while he claims hes inno

Big Meat Eater 1982 Bob Sanderson is the mild mannered butcher of the small, sleepy town of Burquitlam His motto is Pleased to meet you, meat to please you Bobs life is thrown into turmoil when he decides to hire Abdullah The Big Meat Eater a massive human blockhouse of a man as an apprentice in his

Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony (2002) Through a chronological history of the South African liberation struggle, this documentary cites examples of the way that music was used in the fight for freedom. Songs united those who were being oppressed and gave those fighting a way to express th

The Golden Age (2015) The Golden Age is a musical rockumentary about a subversive pop star named Maya. After getting dropped from his major record label, due to his outspoken views on religion and corporate greed, Maya spiraled out of control in a cycle of fear and excess. We follow his journey towa

The Chocolate Soldier (1941) Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous. Karl decides to masquerade as a Russian guardsman and attempts to make Maria flirt with him - to test her loyalty to him - as the Russian, Karl makes a vigorous attempt to

Hollywood Fringe 2020 Two married, down on their luck, actors decide to put on a site specific play about their unsuccessful life in Hollywood

Flower Drum Song (1961) Chinese stowaway Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) arrives in San Francisco with her father to meet her fiancé, wealthy nightclub owner Sammy Fong (Jack Soo), in an arranged marriage, but the groom has his eye on his star singer Linda Low (Nancy Kwan). This film version of the Rodgers

Hit Man Returns: David Foster & Friends (2011) Hitman Returns was filmed before a sold out crowd last year at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The lineup of talent, lead by Foster as maestro of ceremonies, includes performances by Seal, Donna Summer, Martina McBride, Earth, Wind & Fire, Natali

The Rolling Stones Olé, Olé, Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America (2016) The film follows the Rolling Stones across South America and Mexico and finally ends with their historical concert in Cuba. It begins with the band rehearsing and discussing what it takes to "get the rust out" before

Sheryl 2022 Follows the intimate story of musical icon Sheryl Crow, as she navigates an iconic but difficult musical career fighting sexism, ageism, depression, cancer, and the price of fame

27: Gone Too Soon (2018) Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, but it was not until the ...

Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) The Leningrad Cowboys, a fictional Russian rock band, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.

Swanee River (1939) More fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the ...

Crazy Westerners (1967) Little Rita has a dream: she dreams of a better world and she believes that all the evil in the world originates from gold. So she has decided to blow up all the gold she can put her hands on. In her mission she is assisted by the Indian Chief Bisonte Seduto and by her friend

The New York Philharmonics Performance of Rodgers & Hammersteins Carousel (2013) Of all the greatest Broadway musicals, only Carousel gets me every single time, this more so than ever before: It literally drenched me in tears from start to finish. Blythe stands the tallest, and her anthem at the

The Kids Are Alright 1979 Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us an inside look at this famous rock group, The Who It captures their zany craziness and outrageous antics from the initial formation of the group to its major hit Who Are You, and features the last performance