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44 movies and shows
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Sun, 12 Sep 2004
A comedy following the tragic life of the legendary Frankie Wilde. The story takes us through Frankie's life from being one of the best DJs alive, through a subsequent battle with a hearing disorder, culminating in his mysterious disappearance from the scene.
Anna Kendrick Goes K-Pop with F(x)
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
Anna Kendrick joins the K-Pop supergroup f(x) on their World Tour and things go as well as you'd expect.
Ray
Fri, 29 Oct 2004
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Be Cool
Fri, 04 Mar 2005
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive along the way.
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Thu, 10 Jun 2004
After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression. Between searching for a replacement bass player, creating a new album and confronting their personal demons, the band learns to open up in ways they never thought possible.
Artifact
Fri, 14 Sep 2012
Follow 30 Seconds to Mars as they record their latest album, This Is War, and their battle against record label EMI.
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
Wed, 25 Nov 2020
An intimate concert film, in which Taylor Swift performs each song from her album 'folklore' in order, as she reveals the meaning and the stories behind all 17 tracks for the very first time.
That Thing You Do!
Fri, 04 Oct 1996
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
Hip Hop: A Tale from the Hood
Sun, 29 Jun 2003
A documentary about the two New York rap artists I.G. Off & Hazadus and their struggle from street to studio to fame. Shot in the years 2000 and 2001
Once
Fri, 23 Mar 2007
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Wed, 25 Nov 2020
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Under the Volcano
Sat, 20 Mar 2021
The story of George Martin’s AIR Studios Montserrat and the island that changed music forever.
Voice Over the Bridge
Mon, 09 Mar 2009
For the first time, traditional Burmese singers Khing Zin Shwe and Shwe Shwe Khaing are recording an album that introduces people around the world to the Maha Gita (Great Songs), which have been sung in South Asia for 700 years. They also introduce viewers to life in Myanmar, a Buddhist country of great beauty.
Memoria
Thu, 30 Sep 2021
After hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, a Scottish woman begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.
Love & Mercy
Fri, 29 May 2015
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
A Casa Elétrica
Fri, 17 Aug 2012
What's Love Got to Do with It
Wed, 09 Jun 1993
Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.
Her Smell
Fri, 12 Apr 2019
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Pigface: Free for All
Fri, 17 Nov 2006
Join drummer Martin Atkins and his industrial rock band Pigface for this document of their epic 2005 tour of the United States. Visits backstage and interviews with the band meld with the concert footage to create the ultimate Pigface experience. Witness rehearsals, life on the road, collaboration with Nocturne and Sheep on Drugs and the challenges of setting up and tearing down the stage as the band hits venues from New York to San Diego.