Elio Espana – Bob Dylan and the Band: Down in the Flood (2012)
Interesting doc about Dylan and the Band’s collaboration from 65 through 76. Interviews with Garth Hudson, John Simon, Barney Hoskyns, Syd Griffin etc. Rare footage from IOW 69, Tour 66. Sound...
View ArticleJirí Menzel – Zlocin v santanu aka Crime in a Music Hall [+Extras] (1968)
Description: Black detective comedy Crime in the Cabaret is set in a cabaret Tartaros, where one evening lost a pearl necklace singer Regina Clara gave her devoted admirer of the minister of justice,...
View ArticleCostas Ferris – Rembetiko (1983)
Considered to be one of the most powerful and emotional Greek movies, Rembetiko focuses on the life of an individual woman, a real person, and through her personal story, it retells the story of...
View ArticleCory McAbee – The American Astronaut (2001)
Space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis. Written, directed, and starring Cory McAbee of the...
View ArticleSerge Bozon – La France (2007)
Quote: Vive La France by Serge Bozon, a heady experiment full of soul that more than delivers on the allegorical chutzpah of its title. On receiving a troubling letter from her husband, a soldier in...
View ArticleRobert Altman – Nashville (1975)
Quote: Robert Altman’s brilliantly freewheeling satire on the country and western music industry made little impression on the American box office in 1975. This was the year, remember, when a giant...
View ArticleAleksey Uchitel – Rok (1988)
From Rockfilm.ru Rock It became a cult movie for an entire generation. And it’s significance only increases as the years pass. Rock musicians who were the founders of contemporary rock culture are...
View ArticleBruno Dumont – Jeannette, l’enfance de Jeanne d’Arc (2017)
Synopsis “Jeanette” is a musical drama based on Charles Peguy’s play “Le Mystère de la charité de Jeanne d’Arc” (1910). It focuses on the part of Peguy’s play that deals with Joan of Arc as a child,...
View ArticleJulian Schnabel – Lou Reed’s Berlin (2007)
Excerpt from the NFO:Lou Reed co-founder of The Velvet Underground and the man behind such iconic rock songs as Sweet Jane and Walk on the Wild Side stars in one of the most satisfying concert films...
View ArticleKirill Serebrennikov – Leto AKA Summer (2018)
Plot: A love triangle emerges around a rock and roll musician, his protege, and his wife in 1980s Russia. The plot is based on little-known facts of Viktor Tsoi’s (Teo Yoo) life and unfolds in the...
View ArticleVictor Fleming – The Wizard of Oz [+Extras] (1939)
The third and definitive film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s fantasy, this musical adventure is a genuine family classic that made Judy Garland a star for her heartfelt performance as...
View ArticleIvan Pyryev – Skazanie o zemle sibirskoy AKA The Tale of Siberian Land (1947)
From Mosfilm:Andrey Balashov, a pianist, had to quit music after being wounded during the Great Patriotic War. Having failed to say goodbye to his friends and Natasha whom he loved he left for...
View ArticleJacques Demy – Les demoiselles de Rochefort AKA The Young Girls of Rochefort...
Quote:Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military...
View ArticleDaniel Mann – The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Teahouse retains the basic appeal that made it a unique war novel and a legit hit. There is some added slapstick for those who prefer their comedy broader. Adding to its prospects are some top comedy...
View ArticleFyodor Otsep – Mirages de Paris (1933)
A jolly French film, with a rich vein of satire, is at the little Acme Theatre on Union Square under the name of “Mirages de Paris.” In this fast-moving fantasy of the unsophisticated student (Mlle....
View ArticleW.S. Van Dyke – San Francisco [Colourised] (1936)
San Francisco is a 1936 film directed by W.S. Van Dyke, written by Anita Loos, starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy and Jack Holt. It was nominated for six Oscars, of which it won...
View ArticleBernard Josse – Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann [+Extras]...
“How do you become Peter Brötzmann? How do you become what you are: a painter, a musician, an absolute artist? Europe was nothing but a ruin and shame possessed the heart of the young Germans. They...
View ArticleTodd Solondz – Fear, Anxiety & Depression (1989)
All Movie Guide says:This film focuses on the trials and tribulations of Ira (Todd Solondz), who is an unsuccessful playwright trying to find himself in New York City. — Iotis Erlewine 686MB | 1:24:00...
View ArticleGeorge Seaton & Edmund Goulding – The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
Plot:In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them...
View ArticleMilos Forman – Amadeus [Director’s Cut + Extras] (1984)
Synopsis: For this film adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that he’d left behind during the Czech political crises of 1968, bringing along...
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