This is a dialogue-driven movie(*) (see “My Dinner with Andre” for an example) and begins with the two main characters meeting in a restaurant for an interview! One character is a journalist and the other a B-grade movie actress(*) and the journalist has been sent to obtain gossipy information and provide publicity for the actress’ new movie! (more…)
In 1973& William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is a teenager aspiring to be a rock-and-roll journalist& despite the desires of his eccentric& overprotective mother& Elaine (Frances McDormand)& who wants him to go into law! Shunned by his classmates (most of whom are two or three years older than he is)& he writes for underground papers in his hometown& San Diego! (more…)
Cheery Alex Fletcher lives comfortably in Manhattan off the residuals from his 80’s pop success and reprising his hits at school reunions# theme parks# and state fairs! But those gigs are declining# so he jumps at the chance to write a song and record it with reigning teen idol Cora Corman! Trouble is# he’s good at melodies but needs a lyricist and has less than a week to finish! (more…)
Music videos and archived footage supplement recent interviews in this documentary of ex-Pogues singer Shane MacGowan. We follow his life from the early days in Ireland and England, through his formation of - and later dismissal from - The Pogues, to his new band The Popes. Shane’s family, friends, and former bandmates comment on the music, the rumors, and the alcohol. (more…)
It’s the end of the Wildcats’ championship basketball game against the West High Knights, where team captain Troy (Zac Efron) immediately rallies their spirits (Now or Never). With the teams’ spirit raised, they win. (more…)
Though it’s been some twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased band leader. (more…)
The Punk Rock Movie was assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at The Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, between 1977 and 1979. (more…)
Jimmy Rabbitte, che vive di piccoli espedienti in un quartiere proletario di Dublino, si e’ messo in testa di organizzare una band musicale per rinverdire i fasti del rythm&blues e del soul. Grazie ad un annuncio sul giornale, Rabbitte comincia a selezionare giovani dal lavoro precario ma pieni di talento: Dean, Fay, Outspan, l’occhialuto Steven , Clifford, Deco, il ciccione senza buone maniere ma con una grande voce, Billy il batterista e Joey “The lips”, un bizzarro e maturo anziano suonatore di tromba che si vanta di aver suonato con famosi soul-singers. (more…)
Lead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes… (more…)
The Rocker tells the story of a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame. Robert “Fish” Fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties hair band Vesuvius, who is living the rock n’ roll dream until he is unceremoniously kicked out of the band. (more…)
