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Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming ChildGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/19/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 72 mins Released By: First Run Features Filmmaker Lisa Kirk Colburn offers a detailed look behind-the-scenes look at the Israeli Opera's 2010 production of Child Dreams, which was based on a work by famed Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin, and designed by renowned Austrian artist Gottfried Helmwein. … more less -
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 82 mins Released By: Lorber Films It wasn't more than a couple decades after the invention of motion pictures that a number of artists began embracing cinema as a medium of creative expression, rather than just a tool for narrative storytelling or recording events. In the 1920s, European artists influenced by the abstract and surrealist movements began making films that applied a new visual and philosophical perspective to the moving image, and after World War II the experimental film movement began to grow in the United States, as directors such as Stan Brakhage, Ken Jacobs, Jonas Mekas and Robert Breer created works that attracted the attention of adventurous cineastes. Pip Chodorov was raised by parents who were passionate followers of experimental cinema and became friends with some of the leading underground filmmakers of the day; his documentary FREE RADICALS: A STORY OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM offers a look into the history of experimental filmmaking, including interviews with some of the key figures in the movement (including the last interview Brakhage would ever give) and lengthy excerpts from a handful of key films. FREE RADICALS was an official selection at the American Film Institute's 2010 AFI Fest. … more less -
TCM Greatest Classic Legends Films Collection: Judy GarlandGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 417 mins Released By: Warner Home Video This four-film box set from Turner Classic Movies pays homage to Judy Garland (1922-69), arguably the most beloved female musical comedy star of classic Hollywood. The Garland titles featured here include: SUMMER STOCK (1950), THE HARVEY GIRLS (1946), FOR ME AND MY GAL (1942) and IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (1949). … more less -
Don GiovanniGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 02/19/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1978 Run Time: 176 mins Released By: Olive Films Cast: Ruggero Raimondi, Kiri Te Kanawa, Teresa Berganza, John Macurdy, Edda Moser Mozart's celebrated opera is given lush cinematic treatment in this production by director Joseph Losey (THE SERVANT), with a score performed by the Paris Opera under the direction of Lorin Maazel. In 1600s Seville, Don Giovanni (Ruggero Raimondi, in a sinister performance) is the owner of a glass factory and a rampant womanizer who kills the father of Donna Anna (Edda Moser), an engaged woman whom he attempted to seduce. Anna and her fiance Ottavio vow revenge. The dead man's ghost later appears to Giovanni and offers the wealthy playboy the choice of changing his ways or facing the fires of Hell. Losey's film is regarded to be one of the finest opera films ever made. … more less -
History of Israeli Cinema, AGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 01/29/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 119 mins Released By: Kino on Video While Israel is a nation that has been in the center of the public eye ever since its birth, its national cinema has received relatively little attention, and only a handful of Israeli films have received extensive distribution outside the country. Raphael Nadjari at once addresses the story of filmmaking in Israel, the politics and aesthetics behind Israeli cinema, and how the nation's film industry has grown outside the interference of the west in this documentary. A HISTORY OF ISRAELI CINEMA is divided into two parts; the first half covers the years 1932 to 1978, beginning with Zionist films shot in Palestine by Jewish directors from Europe, and the second part is devoted to 1978-2005, when filmmakers embraced what locals critics called "The New Sensibility" and features with brave and defiant Sephardic heroes gave way to more nuanced fare dealing with the spiritual, political and ethical grey areas of a nation of immigrants. Along with extensive clips from a broad variety of key films, the documentary also includes interviews with noted film critic, actors and directors who talk about cinema and its role in a nation whose story is still being written. A HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI CINEMA received its world premiere at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival. … more less -
QuadropheniaGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 08/28/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 1979 Run Time: 120 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Cast: Phil Daniels, Sting, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Ray Winstone After essentially inventing the rock opera format, The Who followed the cult favorite TOMMY and numerous aborted rock-opera projects with the album QUADROPHENIA. This film version, directed by Franc Roddam, illuminated the feelings of disillusionment and confusion evident in songs such as "Love Reign O'er Me," "Dr. Jimmy," "The Real Me," and "Bellboy." The film follows the bitter battle between the Mods and the Rockers, two rival biker gangs. The story is seen through the eyes of Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels), an angry young man whose hatred of authority and mediocrity is matched only by his passion for rhythm and blues music. When the Mods and Rockers both arrive in Brighton on holiday a riot breaks out, landing Jimmy in prison with Ace (Sting in his acting debut), the idolized leader of the Mods. Jimmy returns to London where his parents kick him out and he loses his job. He then discovers Ace is working as a bootlicking bellboy, leaving Jimmy confused and enraged. He hijacks a scooter and rides to the cliff tops that act as a highly symbolic backdrop for the film's bleak conclusion. … more less -
Charlotte Rampling: The LookGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 04/10/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 98 mins Released By: Lorber Films (Kino) Cast: Franckie Diago, Anthony Palliser, Joy Fleury This unique documentary about Charlotte Rampling features the actress sitting down to conduct interviews about her life and career with a number of artists who have worked with her or know her. That footage is interspersed with clips from some of her best movies. Among the people she sits down with are Joy Fleury, Peter Lindbergh, and author Paul Auster. … more less -
Meet Me in St. LouisGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 12/13/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 1944 Run Time: 113 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Tom Drake, Margaret O'Brien, Harry Davenport MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS is a captivating musical about a St. Louis family at the time of the 1903 World's Fair. Tunes include "Trolley Song," "Boy Next Door," "Have Yourself a Merry Christmas," and others. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Screenplay, Best Song ("The Trolley Song"). … more less -
TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Astaire and Rogers, Vol. 2Genre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 11/01/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 398 mins Released By: Turner Home Entertainment This collection of four classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals includes FLYING DOWN TO RIO, ROBERTA, FOLLOW THE FLEET, and THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE. … more less -
TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Mickey Rooney & Judy GarlandGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 11/01/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 433 mins Released By: Turner Home Entertainment This collection of four classic Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland musicals includes BABES IN ARMS, STRIKE UP THE BAND, BABES ON BROADWAY, and GIRL CRAZY. … more less -
American Grindhouse/Nightmares in Red, White and BlueGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 07/26/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 178 mins Released By: Kino on Video … more less -
American: The Bill Hicks StoryGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 06/07/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 101 mins Released By: BBC Video Bill Hicks was a comedian, though that term hardly describes the full range and impact of his work. Hicks used comedy a vehicle to express both rage and hope, to satirize what he saw as faulty in contemporary society and to promote his singular notion of a better world. Growing up in Houston, TX, Hicks began performing at the age of 15, and after earning a large and loyal following in Texas, he moved to L.A. and began working the comedy circuit nationwide. As Hicks maintained a punishing touring schedule (often performing 250 to 300 nights a year), he kept honing and refining his act, combining acidic political and social commentary with tales of his sexual obsessions, surreal visions of the world around him, and experiences with drugs. In 1990, Hicks performed in the United Kingdom for the first time, and there he became a star, though he failed to attract the same sort of audience in the United States. A few years later, Hicks seemed on the verge of a commercial breakthrough in America when he learned he had a rare and virulent form of cancer; he died on February 24, 1994, at the age of 32. Filmmaker Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas chronicle the life, art, and philosophy of a singular performer with the documentary AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY. Featuring interviews with Hicks' closest friends and family members, the film uses digital animation to bring his standup routines to life and create a visual complement to his comedic vision. AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY received its world premiere at the 2009 BFI London Film Festival. … more less -
TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Astaire and RogersGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 11/02/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 418 mins Released By: Turner Home Entertainment This collection of four classic musicals featuring the legendary dance duo of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers includes SWING TIME, SHALL WE DANCE, THE GAY DIVORCEE, and TOP HAT. … more less -
Yayoi Kusama: I Love ME - NEW PEOPLE Artist Series Vol. 2Genre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 10/27/2009 Rating NR Production Year: Run Time: 102 mins Released By: VIZ Video This film in the New People Artist Series devotes itself to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Not content to work in only one medium, the multitalented Kusama has earned the Japanese National Lifetime Achievement Award for her paintings, sculpture, and novels. YAYOI KUSAMA: I LOVE ME follows the artist as she brings her avant-garde sensibility to a series of drawings created over 18 months. … more less -
Global MetalGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 07/21/2009 Rating NR Production Year: 2008 Run Time: 92 mins Released By: Paradox Entertainment This documentary feature travels around the globe to see how heavy metal music has profoundly affected people in an array of countries and cultures--from the Iranian thrash metal scene to Indonesian death metal bands. … more less -
TCM Greatest Classic Films - Broadway MusicalsGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/05/2009 Rating NR Production Year: Run Time: 447 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Betty Hutton The bright lights of Broadway are brought home in this collection of musicals featuring tunes by Oscar Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter. Included here are SHOW BOAT, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, and KISS ME KATE. Please see individual titles for complete synopsis information. … more less -
Patti Smith - Dream of LifeGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 01/13/2009 Rating NR Production Year: 2008 Cast: Sam Shepard, Tom Verlaine, Philip Glass, Flea Less a documentary than a slightly trippy home movie, Steven Sebring's DREAM OF LIFE gathers about 10 recent years' worth of footage of the rock icon Patti Smith: in performance, lolling on Baudelaire's grave, protesting the war in Iraq, strolling Coney Island with her children (who are so physically and spiritually similar to the artist as to appear almost as fractal emanations of her), jamming on acoustic guitars with old friend and former lover Sam Shepard, and chatting openly to the camera without a trace of self-consciousness. On the soundtrack is the elegiac narration by the artist herself, along with her incantatory poetry and music. The absence of portentous voiceovers or aggrandizing talking heads underscores the intimacy and humble quality of the production, although the plethora of cameo shots of members of rock music royalty indicates the wide-ranging influence Smith has had since the mid-1970s. The narrative is not exactly linear, but Smith and Sebring do take us on a biographical journey, highlighting the 1990s and '00s especially, the time of her widowhood and subsequent comeback to music. Longing, sadness, and grief (for her beloved husband, Fred Smith, as well as for her brother, her parents, and her friend Robert Mapplethorpe) hang in the air, but Smith's personality is so winningly girlish and full of present-moment wonderment that the sadness is poignant and life-affirming rather than depressing. The film--perhaps a little long at two hours but still a visual and musical feast--is a celebration of the redemptive power of song and poetry, of being awake to the beauty all around, and it is a tonic for the soul. … more less -
Hair: Let the Sun Shine InGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 12/09/2008 Rating NR Production Year: 2007 Run Time: 115 mins Released By: E1 Entertainment Distribution In the decades since its Broadway debut, HAIR has continued to attract new generations of fans with its message of peace and free love. This music-packed documentary looks back at the show's initial effect on the pop-culture and political landscape, and examines its continued relevance in light of the Iraq war. Featuring archival footage of the original cast, as well as new interviews with Tim Curry, Ben Vereen, and Keith Carradine, LET THE SUN SHINE IN is the definitive retrospective of one of the biggest musicals of all time. … more less -
Metalocalypse - Season TwoGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 12/02/2008 Rating NR Production Year: 2008 Cast: Brandon Small, Mark Hamill, Victor Brandt Heavy metal and animation collide in this program from the popular Adult Swim brand. The metal band Deathklok, which includes both Scandinavian and American members, has conquered the world, becoming far more influential than any band in music history. But with success comes danger and corruption, and most episodes of the show sees the band fending off the attentions of a shadowy organization known as the Tribunal, who attempt to bring the band's popularity to an abrupt halt. METALOCALYPSE is full of brutal cartoon violence (it's not unusual for audience members to die at Deathklok shows) that has won over countless fans from the heavy metal community. In this second season, the global economy tumbles when the band withdraws from the public eye and hits the studio to begin recording their new album. The collection presents every episode from the show's second season. … more less -
Refrigerator MothersGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 10/28/2008 Rating NR Production Year: 2003 Run Time: 60 mins Released By: Facets Multi-Media, Inc. During the 1950s and '60s, mothers of autistic children were sometimes accused of being the source of their children's ailment. Blamed for being cold parents, they were dubbed "refrigerator mothers." This documentary examines the phenomenon and its toll. … more less
