Popular Music Movies - Page 279
About Canto
2011
About Canto
2011
star 4.8Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt achieved worldwide renown in 1979, when his work for four pianos Canto Ostinato was first performed. Although some music experts viewed it with disdain - it broke with prevailing notions of serialism and tonality - the piece was a huge hit in the contemporary classical music world. In the years since, numerous musicians have released their recordings of Canto, and it is still being performed around the world. Director Ramon Gieling interviewed a large number of people about the sometimes far-reaching impact this composition has had on their lives. One interviewee tells of how Canto was the soundtrack to the birth of her son; another has a section of the score tattooed on his arm. Gieling seeks to unravel the mystery of the universal power of music, and his blend of documentary footage, fiction, essays and archive material produces a multifaceted response to the question of just what it is about this piece that touches people so deeply.Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
star 6.3In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.Casse-Noisette
2011
Casse-Noisette
2011
The Rifle's Spiral
2012
El sueño de Andalucía
1951
star 8Juanillo is in love with Dolores, the daughter of the owner of an inn. He likes to sing, she likes dancing. After the village festivals, where Juanillo has acted as a bullfighter and Dolores has performed, he has been hired as bullfighter for a tour in America. They exchange vows, but their letters will be intercepted.System of a Down - Rock in Rio
2015
star 8.5System of a Down at Cidade do Rock, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 24, 2015. Setist: I-E-A-I-A-I-O / Suite-Pee (Incomplete) / Attack / Prison Song / Know / Aerials / Soldier Side - Intro / B.Y.O.B. / Soil / Darts / Radio/Video / Hypnotize / Temper / CUBErt / Needles / Deer Dance / Bounce / Suggestions / Psycho / Chop Suey! / Lonely Day / Question! / Lost in Hollywood / Vicinity of Obscenity / Forest / Cigaro / Toxicity (with Chino Moreno) / SugarIf I'm Lucky
1946
If I'm Lucky
1946
star 6.5Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singer would make a better stooge. Meanwhile, romance blossoms between the band's singers. When election day approaches, the band's singer wants out of the campaign, but the machine threatens to smear him and his pals in the band if he quits.Ado SPECIAL LIVE "Shinzou" in Cinema
2025
star 10Attracting 140,000 fans over two days (April 27–28, 2024), “Shinzou” was a legendary performance that established Ado the first solo female artist to perform at the iconic Japan National Stadium. The setlist featured 26 songs including her on-stage duet of “Sakura Biyori and Time Machine (with Hatsune Miku),” the highly acclaimed “DIGNITY” featuring guest guitarist Tak Matsumoto (from B’z), and “Show,” a collaboration song with Universal Studios Japan. The theatrical release promises a fresh and immersive experience for fans who missed the live event or want to relive the moment.Pop & Passion
2022
Pop & Passion
2022
star 8The two-part documentary Pop & Passion tells of power and magic, but also of the pressure and excess that prevails in the pop business.London Town
1946
London Town
1946
Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue. Alas, Stanford is hired as merely an understudy and bit player. His faithful daughter pulls a few fast ones in order to get her dad back on stage in a starring role....Nightwish: Making of Imaginaerum
2012
Says the band: "Get your copy and see how one of the most ambitious projects in rock history was made! This spectacular hour and a half long Making of Imaginaerum documentary gives you an inside look to the recordings of the album and the movie. Documentary includes loads of never before seen Nightwish footage! Full documentary is only available on Imaginaerum Tour Edition release!"The Policy Girl
1934
The Policy Girl
1934
An insurance salesman persuades his sister to help him meet a radio star so he can sell the celebrity a policy.Fukuyama Theater: Summer Secret
1990
Several short animated mini-stories based on the short stories and four-panel manga of Keiko Fukuyama, including My Father the Mouse, The Rabbit Brothers, Summer Secret, The Mysterious Fairy, How Very Strange, and Kuro.Bristol Vibes
1996
Bristol Vibes
1996
Documentary covering 24 hours in the life of Bristol, particularly focusing on the range of musical variety driven by its Afro-Caribbean inhabitants.Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
Filmed in 1983 at Las Vegas's Tropicana Hotel and hosted by Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, this variety special features a star-studded cast. Performers include Kiley, who sings his show-stopping rendition of "The Impossible Dream," and Tony Award winner Patti LuPone, who belts out "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina." Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Roberta Peters, impressionist Rich Little and mime duo Shields & Yarnell also make appearances.Amahl and the Night Visitors
1978
star 6One night in Judea, a disabled shepherd boy-turned-beggar and his mother are visited by three strangers. They are the Three Kings, and they are on their way to Bethlehem to visit the Christ Child, who has just been born.Verdi: La Forza del Destino
1997
Taped live at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev conducts this landmark production of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic masterpiece. This opera premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1862, and is performed here in its original St. Petersburg version using reconstructions of the magnificent painted scenery.
