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20 Feet from Stardom

2013

20 Feet from Stardom

2013
7.2
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
The Cosmos Sisters

2022

The Cosmos Sisters

2022
3
Now in their late 20s, two former bandmates and best friends reconnect in their hometown and decide to get the band back together.
Rebel Dread

2022

Rebel Dread

2022
7
Documentary about Don Letts who played a leading role in pop history. Letts injected Afro-Caribbean music into the early punk scene and shot over 300 music videos including for Public Image Ltd. and Bob Marley, but also for teen sensations Musical Youth's reggae smash 'Pass The Dutchie'. Besides his enduring relationship with The Clash, the constant factor in Letts' eventful career as a DJ, manager, film director, musician and radio maker is that, from the 1970s on, he continued to draw attention to cultural issues, as he does today with his radio programme for BBC 6, Culture Clash Radio.
Teen Musical: The Movie

2020

Teen Musical: The Movie

2020
6.5
When Dr. Alexandra Park's Federal Grant is not renewed to keep her inner city teen activity center from financial distress, she turns to a musical fundraiser and her own in housed teens to cure her problems. Teen Musical - The Movie is different as it features a "musical inside of a musical."
Don't Turn Your Back on Friday Night

2024

Don't Turn Your Back on Friday Night

2024
Meet former gravedigger and doorman Ike Reilly. At 40 years old he landed a major label recording contract and in true rock and roll fashion he bought his family a dream home. He took his band out on the road where they became what The New York Times called "one of the best live bands in America." Despite 9 albums, a cult following and immense critical acclaim Reilly has failed to achieve commercial success. Academy Award winning director James Marsh says, "Ike's stuff sounds like it should be enormously successful and it just isn't and I have no idea why." Exploring Ike's career, the film culls over 40 years of footage masterfully weaving in songs that reveal a complicated and formidable artist with an incredibly charismatic family. Struggling with booze and in the face of foreclosure, Ike finds redemption in music, art and family as his 3 sons begin performing with his band.
Fuoco Sacro - A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song

2022

Fuoco Sacro - A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song

2022
8
Opera confronts us with extremes of emotion, sometimes delivering unforgettable, life-changing experiences. Fuoro sacro (‘Sacred Fire’) seeks out singers who have the power to pierce our hearts, presenting three of them at work in the most intimate details of their rehearsals and preparations. Ermonela Jaho, Barbara Hannigan and Asmik Grigorian are watched closely as some of their secrets are revealed: how they inhabit their roles and transform words and notation on a page into that intangible but powerful magic being communicated to audiences from the opera stage. Over 90 minutes of extras are included featuring vocal warm-ups and live performances accompanied by pianists Evgenia Rubinova, Reinbert de Leeuw and Francesco Piemontesi.
DORA - Escape into Music

2022

DORA - Escape into Music

2022
The pianist Kyra Steckeweh and the filmmaker Tim van Beveren search for traces where Countess Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) lived and worked. Their documentary is a journey through time to a half brilliant, half broken Europe.
Back to the Beach

1987

Back to the Beach

1987
5.9
Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel
Under the Cherry Moon

1986

Under the Cherry Moon

1986
5.6
Two friends from Miami are in the French Riviera enjoying life by scamming money off of rich women. One day, they read about a young woman set to inherit $50 million from her father. At first, Tricky has Christopher Tracy talked into romancing her for her money, but in getting to know her, Christopher falls in love with her. This love comes between the brothers, and Tricky tells about the plan.
Elvis Presley: Shook Up

2025

Elvis Presley: Shook Up

2025
Behind the glitz and glamour of rock 'n' roll royalty is the haunting tale of Elvis Presley. Many question his moral fiber and notorious violent temper. Devilish charm dressed in angelic white had friends and fans fooled for too long.
Kiss Me, Kate

2003

Kiss Me, Kate

2003
7.8
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
From Scotland with Love

2014

From Scotland with Love

2014
7
Made entirely of Scottish film archive, a journey into our collective past, the film explores universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Ordinary people, some long since dead, their names and identities largely forgotten, appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role. Brilliantly edited together, these silent individuals become composite characters, who emerge to tell us their stories, given voice by King Creosote's poetic music and lyrics
Beyonce & Jay-Z: Power Love

2021

Beyonce & Jay-Z: Power Love

2021
A merger of megastar music. Discover the story of multi-genre performer and fashion promoter, Beyonce Knowles sand the world's first hip hop billionaire, Jay-Z.
Grace Unplugged

2013

Grace Unplugged

2013
5.9
A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning of success.
Imagine the Sound

1981

Imagine the Sound

1981
6.6
An examination, shown through both interviews and performances, of the avant-garde free jazz movement which reigned during the 1960s.
Lonestar: Stevie Ray Vaughan 1984-1989

2017

Lonestar: Stevie Ray Vaughan 1984-1989

2017
This film traces and reveals The Full, Previously Un-Told Story Of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Glory Years, the period between the release of his debut album and his tragic death in a helicopter crash in 1990.
Birds of Neptune

2015

Birds of Neptune

2015
4
For Rachel growing up requires letting go of the haunting memory of her deceased parents, the influence of her older sister Mona, the masking of long buried secrets and inherited spiritual practices.
Stevie Nicks: Live at Red Rocks

1987

Stevie Nicks: Live at Red Rocks

1987
6.4
Live at Red Rocks is a concert video album by the American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. It was filmed during Nicks' 1986 Rock a Little Tour. It features special guests Peter Frampton on guitar and Mick Fleetwood on drums. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Performance Music Video in 1987. Originally released as an Enhanced CD-ROM in 1987, it was reissued on DVD in 2007. Song listing: "Outside the Rain" "Dreams" "Talk to Me" "I Need to Know" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover) "No Spoken Word" "Beauty and the Beast" "Stand Back" "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You?" "Edge of Seventeen".
Whitney Houston Born to Sing

2024

Whitney Houston Born to Sing

2024
She was not the standard Jersey girl. Whitney Houston was best known by fans as 'The Voice' for her mezzo-soprano vocal range. Whitney's world was a roller coaster ride plagued by drugs, drama, and an untimely death.
A Tuba To Cuba

2019

A Tuba To Cuba

2019
6.6
A son seeking to fulfill his late father’s dream takes his band from the storied city of New Orleans to the shores of Cuba, where — through the universal language of music — dark and ancient connections between their peoples reveal the roots of jazz.