The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella. Interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic, Swans and more.
The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella. Interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic, Swans and more.
2018-03-16
9.3
In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey is a documentary film about the legendary American guitarist, composer and provocateur John Fahey, 1939-2001. Fahey is often considered the godfather of 'American primitive guitar'. This cinematic exploration features Pete Townshend, Chris Funk of The Decemberists and Joey Burns of Calexico. These stellar musicians, along with Fahey associates and friends such as the famous 'Dr. Demento', radio broadcaster Barry Hansen, explore the legacy of this profoundly influential artist. The film was recorded in the Washington D.C. area where John Fahey was born, along the Mississippi Delta from Memphis to New Orleans, in Los Angeles, Toronto, Austin, New York and in Oregon where Fahey spent his last two decades.
Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn’t hard enough, they have to do all of that while hosting and entertaining their own mothers.
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl...
When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting on didn’t come through, and they’re now on the hook for tuition they can’t begin to afford. With the help of their friend and neighbor Frank also in need of a major payday they decide to open an illegal casino in his suburban house, risking everything together on a Vegas-style bacchanal where money flows, inhibitions are checked at the door, and all bets are off.
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
While driving to Las Vegas for the bachelor party of her sister Melissa and her fiance Bobby, Kayla stops the car at a gas station to meet her date, Nik, a guy she met on the internet. Nik convinces her to take a secondary road under the protest of Bobby but the car breaks down. They find a house in the middle of nowhere and decide to take the car parked in the house's garage to the next city...
Captain Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
Alex is in love with Sandra since childhood but has never dared approach her.He asks Antoine, a lonely writer to help him seduce her, because in his time he was the only one to conquer the heart of the mother.
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
A City Runs Through the Festival is an anatomy of the Festival through the eyes of its own audience.
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
Set 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) Here Comes Sunshine(Grateful Dead cover) Next Time You See Me(Junior Parker cover) Loose Lucy(Grateful Dead cover) (with 'Take Me to the River' tease) Friend of the Devil(Grateful Dead cover) They Love Each Other(Jerry Garcia cover) Lost Sailor(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Saint of Circumstance(Grateful Dead cover) Set 2 Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (>) The Wheel(Jerry Garcia cover) (with 'Diamonds on the Soles… more ) St. Stephen(Grateful Dead cover) (> 'William Tell Bridge' >) The Eleven(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) Stella Blue(Grateful Dead cover) (>) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)
The rock pocket mouse is a living example of Darwin's process of natural selection. Evolution is happening right now everywhere around us, and adaptive changes can occur in a population with remarkable speed. This is essential if you're a mouse living in an environment where a volcanic eruption can reverse selective pressure in nearly an instant. The film features Dr. Michael Nachman, whose work on pocket mice reveals a complete story, from ecosystem to molecules, that demonstrates how random changes in the genome can take many paths to the same adaptation-a colored coat that hides them from predators.
A documentary chronicling Queen and Lambert's incredible journey since they first shared the stage together on "American Idol" in 2009.
This was one of a series of concerts James Brown gave at the Apollo in Harlem in March 1968. This performance was broadcast on television as James Brown: Man To Man. In addition to 16 vintage color performances from the concert, this special also includes film of James Brown walking the streets of Harlem and Watts as he speaks to the state of Black America and describes the political and socioeconomic advances that need to be accomplished: “My flight is for Black American to become American.”—James Brown This concert is much a 1968 James Brown time capsule as it is a timeless representation of how music can change the world.
Kick Out the Jams features many never before seen films of the MC5 as created by Leni Sinclair & conceptual artist Cary Loren during the peak of their career. Featuring: Looking At You, Ramblin' Rose, Kick Out The Jams, Black To Comm, I Want You Right Now, Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa), The Pledge Song, Come Together, Starship, Motor City Is Burning, Shakin' Street, John Sinclair Interview 2003
A sublime documentary on childhood and bereavement that’s one of several shorts the filmmaker completed while working in Algeria for Georges Derocles’s company Les Studios Africa, for whom he would shortly make his breakthrough feature The Olive Trees of Justice.
Set 1: Cassidy(Bob Weir song) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) I Need a Miracle(Grateful Dead cover) Here Comes Sunshine(Grateful Dead cover) Tennessee Jed(Grateful Dead cover) China Doll(Grateful Dead cover) Viola Lee Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) The Music Never Stopped(Grateful Dead cover) Set 2: New Speedway Boogie(Grateful Dead cover) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) Terrapin Station(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (> Jam (theme mashing up… more ) Black Peter(Grateful Dead cover) Casey Jones(Grateful Dead cover) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)
Set 1: Samson and Delilah([traditional] cover) Cold Rain and Snow(Obray Ramsey cover) Jack Straw(Grateful Dead cover) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) Comes a Time(Jerry Garcia cover) Mr. Charlie(Grateful Dead cover) He's Gone(Grateful Dead cover) Going Down the Road Feeling Bad([traditional] cover) Set 2: They Love Each Other(Jerry Garcia cover) Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) Help on the Way(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Slipknot!(Grateful Dead cover) Fire on the Mountain(Grateful Dead cover) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (> 'Playing in the Band' reprise) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Standing on the Moon(Grateful Dead cover) Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover) Encore: The Weight(The Band cover) Ripple(Grateful Dead cover)
1. Lovers' Eyes 2. Little Lion Man 3. Below My Feet 4. Roll Away Your Stone 5. Lover Of The Light 6. Thistle & Weeds 7. Ghosts That We Knew 8. Awake My Soul 9. Whispers In The Dark 10. Dust Bowl Dance 11. I Will Wait 12. The Cave English folk rock band captured live in performance at the Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Colorado in summer 2012. As well as footage of the concert itself the journey of the band to Red Rocks is explored, from their humble origins in the West London music scene to their ability to sell out the spectacular 10,000 capacity open-air amphitheatre.
Marvin Gaye: Live in Montreux 1980 is a taped performance of singer Marvin Gaye's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, recorded on July 17, 1980. Gaye included this performance as part of a European tour. Gaye performs a majority of his hits from his recent disco-funk hits "Got to Give It Up" and "A Funky Space Reincarnation", to his duet hits with Tammi Terrell including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", in which Gaye re-interpolated the songs as a somber tribute to Terrell, who died over a decade before, to sixties Motown classics such as "I'll Be Doggone", "Ain't That Peculiar", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "I Heard It through the Grapevine", to seventies standards such as "What's Going On", "Trouble Man" and "Let's Get It On". The Montreux set was later released as a CD/DVD in 2003.
London Live: Lady Gaga Special presented by Sara Cox.
ADAM IS A CLASSICAL MUSIC STUDENT WHO, AFTER LIVING HIS ENTIRE LIFE UNDER THE SHADOW OF HIS FATHER, IS ABOUT TO TAKE HIS FATHER'S TITLE OF THE YOUNGEST CONCERTIST IN HIS COUNTRY. BUT A SPONTANEOUS ILLNESS THREATENS TO LEAVE HIM WITHOUT HEARING AND TOGETHER WITH HIS BEST FRIEND, LUCHO, HE MUST DECIDE BETWEEN HIS HEALTH AND HIS GOAL OF BEATING HIS FATHER. ADAM SHOULD EVALUATE HIS PRIORITIES AND UNDERSTAND THAT HIS MUSIC AND PASSION REACHES BEYOND HIS RIVALRY WITH HIS FATHER.
A live performance by Sabaton at the Ziggo Dome Venue in Amsterdam, on 3 May 2023.
A visually stunning narrative documentary, NAKED GARDENS immerses audiences in the complex, unseen world of a family nudist resort in the Florida Everglades. Filmed over one season at this lush tropical campsite, the film follows the stories of individuals drawn to an unusual community, which promises both non-conformist values and, more importantly for some, a cheap place to live. As aging owner Morley and his residents prepare for the largest gathering of nudists in the US, the Mid-Winter Naturist Festival, they are faced with challenges both as a community and as individuals.
Directed by Patrick Gramm, 'The Pigeon People' (2023) takes you deep into Arizona's underground pigeon racing scene as racing rivals prepare for and compete in the Grand Canyon Classic - a 350-mile pigeon race from Utah to Arizona that crosses over the Grand Canyon.