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Director: Susanne Rostock
Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice...
Director: Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern
Stars: Chuck Klosterman, James Murphy, Keith Wood
On April 2nd 2011 LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold out near four-hour...
Director: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
Stars: Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire
In 2003 the female country band The Dixie Chicks are at the top of their game being one of the most successful bands of all time. However with the US invasion of Iraq about to begin over frustrated worldwide objections about this needless war one of the Chick vents off the cuff in concert about being ashamed of US President George W. Bush. This statement sparks a firestorm of organized and...
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts
Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in Shine A Light a look at The Rolling Stones. Scorcese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006. Cinematographers capture the raw energy of the legendary...
Director: Sam Peacocke
Stars: Karl Kippenberger, Phil Knight, Tom Larkin
For over 20 years Shihad has defined New Zealand rock music. From their roots in Wellingtons furious 90s punk metal scene to the wild Berlin days the tragic overdose of their manager the international explosion of The General Electric and the infamous American name-change Shihad: Beautiful Machine asks- what went wrong?...
Director: George Sidney, Busby Berkeley
Stars: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern
Annie Oakley is an incredible shot who was raised Doin What Comes Naturally. Frank Butler the star sharpshooter in Colonel Buffalo Bills show however knows full well thats not how The Girl That I Marry must be. Anyway not at least until he finds that My Defences are Down. Though Annie defiantly says Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better she realizes that You Cant Get a Man With...
Director: Ken Kwapis
Stars: Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Oscar Bert Ernie Cookie Monster and other members of the Sesame Street gang join Big Bird in a cross country adventure. Miss Finch a meddling social worker sends him off to Ocean View Illinois for the comforts of family life with his own kind the Dodos. But he is a disaster as a Dodo and lonely and homesick he soon sets off on foot for Sesame Street. Can his old friends find him...
Director: Gregory Nava
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda
The film tells the story of the life of Mexican Tejano style singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez and the progress of her career resulting in her No. 1 US...
Director: Malik Bendjelloul
Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey
In the early 1970s Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumored there to be dead by suicide a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their heros...
Director: John Badham
Stars: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller
Nineteen-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero lives for Saturday nights at the local disco where hes king of the club thanks to his stylish moves on the dance floor. But outside of the club things dont look so rosy. At home Tony fights constantly with his father and has to compete with his familys starry-eyed view of his older brother a priest. Nor can he find satisfaction at his dead-end...
Director: Christopher Olness
Stars: Hamilton von Watts, Melissa Joan Hart, Michael Cudlitz
A washed up Vegas lounge singer Jack Satin Hamilton von Watts has no money no job and delusional aspirations of fame. When Jack is forced to leave Vegas he packs up his old Cadillac and hits the road for Atlantic City. But his car dies in the desert and Jack is left stranded in the small town of Lost Springs. There Jack meets jazz legend turned mechanic Doc Bishop Robert Guillaume who...
Director: Norman Taurog
Stars: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain
Mike McCoy is the lead singer for a band combo and part-time racecar driver trying to get by when he is persued by a trio of very different women who want his hand in marriage. The first is Les the female drummer of his band The second is Cynthia a spoiled heiress and Daddys girl. The third is Diana a writer of books on...
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt
Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so one beautiful autumn day there she is beside his reclining chair waking him with a light kiss. Staying at a cottage on the property are Johans son Henrik and Henriks...
Director: Bruce W. Smith
Stars: Faizon Love, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Wayne Collins Jr.
Robin Harris recounting his disastrous first date with the beautiful girl named Jamika. Tagging along for the date are Jamikas mild-mannered son Leon and Jamikas friend Bebes three rude crude and obnoxious kids to a theme park called Fun World. Chaos ensues when Bebes kids enter the theme park with adventures including being chased by a group of government agents destroying the Titanic...
Director: Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney
Stars: Fred Shields, José Oliveira, Pinto Colvig
Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: Lake Titicaca depicts tourist Donald Ducks troubles with a stubborn llama; Pedro tells of a little mail planes adventures flying over the treacherous Andes; El Gaucho Goofy transplants an American cowboy into the Argentine...
Director: Ted Bafaloukos
Stars: Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace, Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall, Monica Craig
Horsemouth sets himself up in business selling records but when gangsters steal his bike things start to turn nasty. As tensions build Horsemouth and friends plot to end the gangsters reign of terror and restore justice to the people of...
Director: Abhishek Kapoor
Stars: Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar, Luke Kenny
Sakshi Shroff the lonely and neglected wife of busy banking executive Aditya decides to give him a surprise on his birthday on July 22nd but ends surprising him not once but multiple times. While Aditya is thrilled to know that both are going to be parents and did appear surprised by the celebration bitterness creeps in when he notices that Sakshi had also invited some ghosts Rob Nancy and...
Director: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante
Stars: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard
Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students love of rock n roll and their disregard of education. The putative leader of the students is Riff Randell who loves the music of the Ramones. A new principal the rock-music-hating Miss Evelyn Togar is brought in and promises to put an end to the music craze. When Miss Togar and a group of...
Director: Clive A. Smith
Stars: Don Francks, Gregory Salata, Susan Roman
Angel a member of a punk rock band in the apocoliptic future is kidnapped by Mok a legendary superocker. Obsessed with a dark experiment Mok plans to use Angels voice to summon a demon from another dimension. The rest of the band follows Mok to Nuke York in an attempt to get her...
Director: Hamish Hamilton
Stars: Robbie Williams, Max Beesley, Yolanda Charles
Robbie Williams captured live in concert at Knebworth House on Saturday 2nd August...
Director: William Lau
Stars: Kelly Sheridan, Melissa Lyons, Julie Stevens
In her first animated musical featuring seven original songs Barbie comes to life in this modern re-telling of a classic tale of mistaken identity and the power of friendship. Based on the story by Mark Twain Barbie as The Princess and The Pauper features Barbie in an exciting dual role as a princess and a poor village girl - two girls who look amazingly alike. The girls paths are fated to...
Director: Gino Nichele
Stars: Kelly Sheridan, Melissa Lyons, Cassidy Ladden
Two best friends Liana and Alexa embark on a journey to find the Diamond Castle! With the help of music the girls overcome challenges that show friendship is the true...
Director: Michael Cuesta
Stars: Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy
For over 20 years Jimmy Testagross has lived his childhood dream: being a roadie for his childhood heroes Blue Oyster Cult. But the bands Arena-Rock glory days are a distant memory. County fairs and club gigs pay the bills. And Jimmy has become a casualty of these leaner times. With no place to go no job prospects and no real skills outside of being a roadie Jimmy needs to regroup. So he...
Director: Craig Ross Jr.
Stars: Duane Martin, Vivica A. Fox, Meagan Good
Super fly P. I. gets bad guys the cops cant...
Director: Joseph Kohn, Leonard Reed
Stars: Lionel Hampton, Faye Adams, Bill Bailey
Extravaganza with lots of music legends from the...
Director: Alex Lawton
Stars: Ashley Walters, Grant Nelson, Norris Windross
Chronicling the rise from underground to over-ground Rewind is the definitive UK Garage music documentary. From the confines of the house party to the vibrant club scene and beyond there has never been a more in depth look at the Garage genre. From the years of 1998 to 2002 UK Garage dominated the national charts. The most successful British dance genre to ever emerge from Londons underground...
Director: Andrew Dosunmu
Stars: Hervé Diese, Mohamed Dione, Ger Duany
Tells the story of an African immigrant surviving on the fringes of New York City where music is his passion life is a hustle and falling in love is his greatest...
Director: David Grohl
Stars: Trent Reznor, Tom Petty, Mick Fleetwood
The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed people that have no place in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter David Grohl as he attempts to resurrect the studio back to former...
Director: Andy Capper
Stars: Snoop Dogg, Diplo, Dr. Dre
Hip Hop legend Snoop Dogg teamed up with VICE on a spiritual journey to Jamaica to reflect on his past career including his failures loves regrets and losses. With this journey Snoop intends to reincarnate himself as a Pop Reggae artist by immersing himself in Rastafari exploring musical and religious histories deeply rooted in Jamaica His pilgrimage begins with a jaunt to a mountain-side...