Living Like the Rest of Us (1982)

Después de un trágico suceso, el compositor John Russell se traslada a Seattle para tratar de superarlo y construir una nueva y tranquila vida en una solitaria casona que ha estado deshabitada durante muchos años. Pero, poco después, la oscura historia de una mansión tan antigua y su propio pasado comienzan a perseguirlo.

Piano for Quitters is designed for anyone and everyone who wants a practical understanding of chords and harmony. The 10 lessons will teach you to play great sounding chord progressions at surprisingly advanced levels. Whether you have had years of piano lessons or none at all, we highly recommend Piano for Quitters as a practical foundation for the entire series. These lessons are not repeated in the three volume sequel. Piano for Quitters covers: The simple building blocks of all chords and harmony — without technical terms — real chords and real chord symbols, not simplified substitutes. A practical analysis of music and how it relates to learning to play the piano. Chords placed in musical families — ten chord progressions which you will be using for the rest of your life. Step by step instruction in using chords and harmony in creating music. Techniques to improve left-hand, right-hand and hands-together playing.

Dos ladronzuelos intentan amañar una carrera de caballos en un hipódromo donde se está rodando una película. Uno de los actores, al tiempo que planea apoderarse del dinero de las carreras tiene un romance con la novia de un gángster que también está involucrado en el asunto. (FILMAFFINITY)

Una joven abandona su casa y llega a ser una gran concertista de piano, pero su mente se desequilibra a causa de la actitud de su psiquiatra y su guardián.

The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her teacher, Greta, or will she condemn Paul to obscurity?

Stevenson Lowe (James Spader) y su novia Julia (Polly Walker) se mudan a una lujosa mansión habitada por los fantasmas de un antiguo e infeliz matrimonio (Michael Caine y Maggie Smith). La joven Julia desea casarse, pero Stevenson tiene fobia al matrimonio, especialmente cuando ve cómo le fueron las cosas al "matrimonio fantasma".

A documentary on the late French jazz pianist.

Una tarjeta invita a Julien, (Mathieu Carrière) pianista luxemburgués, bloqueado en París en mitad de la Gran Guerra, (1917), a pasar dos días en La Fougeraie, una villa en los suburbios de París. Julien no duda ni un momento de que esta provenga de Jaques de Nouil, (Roger Van Hool) su único amigo, ahora oficial de aviación en la Guerra. A Julien le recibe en cambio la hermosa y misteriosa Elle, (Anna Karina) el ama de La Fougeraie. La espera le hace pasar la tarde recordando algunas vivencias del pasado compartidas con su amigo solo o en compañía de la amiga de Jaques, Odile, (Bulle Ogier), bonita aunque algo vulgar, a la que también se la llevó el viento…

On the keyboard, the young hands fly rapidly and the melody rises. For the child, nothing is easier; he hears the sounds in his head. These hands belong to 6 years old André Mathieu. He won his audiences and fired up concerts halls in London, New York, Paris and around the world. Adulated, hailed, praised, the child prodigy seemed to have everything to succeed. From the top of his vertiginous successes, to depths of torment, the life of the "Little Canadian Mozart" blends into his music. A romantic and passionate composer wishing for happiness, his story is nevertheless played on tragic notes.

A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.

Prades, Francia, 1940. El violonchelista catalán exiliado Pau Casals decide no actuar más en público hasta la caída de la dictadura que oprime a España. Pierre, un joven francés que estudia con Casals, intenta convencerlo de que celebre un concierto extraordinario como homenaje a la libertad.

A young non-conformist enrolls at the music academy in Belgrade. There he faces a lot of existential, as well as emotional problems.

Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) and Earl Carroll Vanities (45). This last film was produced by Republic Pictures, a bread-and-butter studio specializing in Westerns and serials; Republic had made musicals before, but few of them were expensive enough to allow for lavish production numbers. Earl Carroll Vanities is likewise rather threadbare, though some of the individual musical highlights aren't bad. The plot, such as it is, concerns financially strapped nightclub owner Eve Arden, who finagles Earl Carroll into staging one of his revues at her club.

A Musical Journey is an intimate portrait of the Palestinian oud and violin virtuoso Simon Shaheen and his influential career as composer, performer and educator. Born into a musical family and educated at the Academy of Music in Jerusalem, Shaheen arrived in America in 1981 to a landscape where traditional Arab music was little known. His passion for and commitment to sharing the music’s complexities come to life as he teaches and performs in vibrant musical performances that energize the film.

This Royal Albert Hall Concert, presented now on DVD, was also available online through live streaming. It is difficult to remember the last time any concert gave me so much pleasure and insight, and sent my soul soaring to such heights of joy. So many beloved piano pieces, so magnificently performed! Valentina has scaled the heights of technique, knocking off 'impossible' Liszt pieces like a stroll in the park. She melds with the piano with such assured ease that she can milk every piece for musical content and subtlety, reminding us of the great Hoffman, who also loved to play each piece a little differently every time, tapping deeply into the inexhaustible potential of a great composition, perpetually finding fresh ideas and magnificent new interpretations.

Celebrating the end of World War II and liberation of their city, a group of students is set on holding a cultural evening. They invite Ema, a reclusive piano teacher from the same building, to play for them. Ema declines, but starts reminscing back on her own life and the historical events that have seemingly overshadowed it.

Two songwriters investigate a local weirdo.

Basada en un hecho real ocurrido en 1850, narra la historia de Solomon Northup, un culto músico negro -y hombre libre- que vivía con su familia en Nueva York. Tras compartir una copa con dos desconocidos, Solomon descubre que ha sido drogado y secuestrado para ser vendido como esclavo en el Sur en una plantación de Louisiana. Renunciando a abandonar la esperanza, Solomon contempla cómo todos a su alrededor sucumben a la violencia, al abuso emocional y a la desesperanza. Entonces decide correr riesgos increíbles y confiar en la gente menos aparente para intentar recuperar su libertad y reunirse con su familia.

Dos jóvenes emprendedores de Laguna Beach, Ben (Aaron Johnson), un budista pacífico y caritativo, y su mejor amigo Chon (Taylor Kitsch), ex miembro de las fuerzas especiales de la Marina estadounidense y ex mercenario, han montado un lucrativo negocio casero: cultivar y vender una de las mejores marías que jamás se ha obtenido. También comparten un amor único con la extraordinaria y bella O. (Blake Lively). Ambos llevan una vida idílica en este pueblecito del sur de California… hasta que se instala un cártel mexicano de Baja California y exige que el trío se asocie con ellos. Pero la despiadada jefa del cártel (Salma Hayek) y su brutal matón Lado (Benicio Del Toro) no toman en cuenta la fuerza del vínculo que une a los tres amigos. Ben y Chon, con la ayuda que les proporciona a regañadientes un corrupto y escurridizo agente de la DEA (John Travolta), deciden librar una guerra imposible contra el cártel.