Popular Music Movies - Page 289
Bride of the Wind
2001
Bride of the Wind
2001
star 3.8A biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.Jenny Morris: Alive
2005
Jenny Morris: Alive
2005
This DVD is the culmination of 20 years of music from one of Australia's most beloved singer/songwriters."Alive" was recorded in the heart of Sydney at The Basement and features Jenny Morris playing some of the biggest hits from her career. Jenny is joined on stage with her band and special guest performers Andrew Farriss from INXS and Ian Moss from Cold Chisel.City Lights
1972
City Lights
1972
star 6So'aad is a poor girl who auditions for a role in a new film, but film producer Adel rejects her for she is not of noble origin. When she disguises herself as a princess, he is wholly charmed and offers her the role. How far will she go in acting?The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical
2010
star 8For one emotional night, a group of slum children in Mumbai, India, get a chance to experience a different world as they perform The Sound of Music with a classical orchestra, fostering hopes that it could change their lives forever.The Smiths: Live at The Haçienda, Manchester
1983
star 8This was the first hometown gig where the Smiths were headliners. As the band came on stage Morrissey greeted the fans "Hello you little charmers... we're the Smiths, how d'you do?" then launched into "You've Got Everything Now". Throughout the show, in one song out of two (faster numbers), Morrissey - who still looked ill at ease on stage at the time - had something to shake in his right hand while with the left one he held the microphone.Syncopation
1929
Syncopation
1929
star 5Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, Sloane and Darrel, traveling around the country as part of a revue. The revue gets picked up and taken to New York City, to be on Broadway. However, it quickly folds, and the two are forced to look for other employment. They eventually find work in a nightclub, becoming famous.But while performing at the nightclub, Flo becomes entranced by a young, sophisticated millionaire playboy, Winston.Leather Ball
1963
Leather Ball
1963
star 10The plot of the film focuses on the decline of a long-time footballer at Club Boca Juniors. A player who does not change colors and can not conceive of any alternative but to play in the club of which he is fan fanatic.Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda
2012
At the castle of Countess Sybil de Daurice, Raymonda is celebrating her birthday. She is also about to bid farewell to her fiancé, knight Jean de Brienne, who is going on a crusade. At night Raymonda falls asleep and dreams that she is taken to a magical garden where she is reunited with her fiancé. Suddenly, Jean de Brienne disappears and an Arab sheik takes his place and declares his passion for her. When she wakes, Raymonda discovers with horror that her nightmare has become reality… Live performance 24 Jun 2012Das Waldbühnen-Konzert
2006
Sparks fly in this video of the all-star concert from Berlin's equivalent of the Hollywood Bowl in July 2006, part of the World Cup festivities. The electricity is generated by the all-star trio of tenors Placido Domingo and Rolando Villazon and soprano Anna Netrebko in a program of operatic and vocal favorites. The crowd estimated at 20,000 eats it all up, and so will home viewers who'll relish the prospect of great singers performing great music.Three Dolls in College
1959
The first of eight "Three Dolls" features. In this entry the girls, students at Nichinan University, balance studying for the final exams while falling for the new French professor.Fantasie Impromptu cis-moll op. 66
1995
The unusual atmosphere of Fantaisie Impromptu, in which anxiety gives way to subtle reverie, is conveyed through a sequence of dreamlike, poetic scenes. A cloud of black birds emerges from the piano keys. A ballerina dances to the sounds of Chopin's piece; the woman breaks away from the ground and swirls with the birds in the air. The music allows her to transcend the boundaries of the real world.The Passenger
2022
The Passenger
2022
Mieczyslaw Weinberg's powerful Holocaust drama Die Passagierin channels his and his family's ordeals of wartime and Soviet persecution, applying them musically to Zofia Posmysz's autobiographical novel.Hello Again
2017
Hello Again
2017
star 5.9Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love's bittersweet embrace. A film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa's celebrated musical, originally based on Arthur Schnitzler's play, La Ronde.The Ghosts of Oxford Street
1991
star 6Malcolm McLaren, writes, directs and narrates the "history" of Oxford Street. With musical performances by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Tom Jones, Sinead O'Connor, Happy Mondays and more.The Kemps: All Gold
2023
The Kemps: All Gold
2023
Spandau Ballet brothers Martin and Gary Kemp return to the BBC for a New Year comedy documentary special. Rhys Thomas OBE has been given unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to their lives for a whole year, and what a momentous one it’s been - with Martin publishing an explosive biography, his two wives, Pepsi and Shirlie, wanting a divorce, and Gary writing Spandau: The Ballet.Eugene Onegin
2016
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
1996
When Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott died on 4 January 1986, he was 36 years old. His early death from a drug-related illness placed him in the same rock 'n' roll league as his idols Elvis and Jimi Hendrix. This documentary looks behind the image to reveal the strains of life in the fast lane. It also focuses on Lynott as family man, writer, and black Irishman with a Brazilian father. Includes contributions from Bono, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Scott Gorham, and Lynott's wife Caroline Crowther, who speaks publicly for the first time. (Radio Times)Rainbow on the River
1936
Rainbow on the River
1936
star 9A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins
2011
In 2008, the Opéra national de Paris honored the legendary Jerome Robbins. Though the general public may remember him primarily for his staging and choreography of Bernstein’s West Side Story, Robbins was also a brilliant ballet choreographer. In this production, we discover three of his works of classical ballet—En sol, In the Night, and The Concert—paired with Benjamin Millepied’s Triade.The Good Companions
1933
The Good Companions
1933
star 5.8Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
