Spark of Being (2010)

Zed (Eric Stoltz) es un ladrón de cajas fuertes americano que llega a París para ayudar a Eric (Jean-Hughes Anglade), su amigo de la infancia, a atracar un banco. Al llegar a la capital francesa un taxista le ofrece a Zed "una esposa para la noche". Al abrir la puerta de su habitación del hotel, Zed se encuentra a una adorable parisina llamada Zoe (Julie Delpy). Pero la pasión entre ambos se interrumpe bruscamente cuando Eric irrumpe en la habitación, echa a Zoe, aún desnuda, y arrastra a Zed fuera para que conozca a los miembros de la banda. Al día siguiente, todos irrumpen en el banco tomando a rehenes, incluida Zoe que, durante el día, trabaja como secretaria en el banco. Pero una vez dentro la tensión va en aumento, los atracadores pierden el control de la situación con los rehenes, los cadáveres van en aumento y la policía rodea el edificio.

Tras pasar años en la cárcel por robo a mano armada, Jake Blues es puesto en libertad por buen comportamiento. Sale de prisión vestido de la misma forma en la que entró: traje y sombrero negro y gafas oscuras. En la puerta le espera su hermano Elwood vestido de idéntica manera. Ahora, el único hogar que conocieron está en peligro. El orfelinato de Santa Elena necesita una gran cantidad de dinero. Los hermanos se ponen manos a la obra.

Frankie Machina, un malhechor adicto al juego y la heroína, interpretado soberbiamente por Frank Sinatra, tras pasar una buena temporada en la cárcel, regresa a su casa en Chicago junto a su mujer, Eleanor Parker, con el firme propósito de dejar atrás su pasado criminal y rehabilitarse de sus adicciones. Pero no le resultará fácil, ya que le estarán esperando sus viejas e indeseables amistades, quienes tratarán por todos los medios, de que regrese a sus antiguos hábitos.

Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), un teniente del ejército, asesina fríamente al presunto violador de su mujer Laura (Lee Remick). Tras su detención, se celebra el juicio. Su mujer contrata como abogado defensor a Paul Biegler (James Stewart), un honrado hombre de leyes. Durante el juicio se reflejarán todo tipo de emociones y pasiones, desde los celos a la rabia. Uno de los dramas judiciales más famosos de la historia del cine.

Footloose In NYC gives the viewer the whole Earthworks experience with live concert footage as well as exclusive interviews and backstage footage.

Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980. The resulting 60-minute film includes multiple public and private performances, poetry readings, a band rehearsal, interviews, and extensive improvisations. Transferred to HD from the original 16mm film and lovingly restored for the best possible viewing experience.

The film is made up of one single take. The camera pans to the left, focusing on a dilapidated fence in a rural field, as Ella Fitzgerald's "All My Life" plays on the soundtrack. At the end of the 3 minute film, the camera tilts up to the blue sky just as the song ends.

Three Pigs, Little Pigs son artistas itinerantes, se mueven de la paja a la madera, a las discotecas de ladrillo, tocando música para la clase alta...

After charging through "One More Time," "Wild West," and "You Can't Get What You Want (Until You Know What You Want)" at a punishing clip, one might expect the soft-spoken Joe Jackson to shift to a lower gear. Instead, the one-time musical prodigy, pub band pioneer, and now eclectic composer revisits one of his even faster, earlier hits, "On Your Radio." If most performers risk monotony with such a move, Jackson's quiet charisma in this 1986 performance encourages pleasurable surrender and, in his more mature material, careful attention to his uniquely marbled tones, rhythms, and colors. Steeped in the influences of swing, Latin music, classical composition, and melodic balladry, Jackson is full of mix-and-match surprises, such as a delicate re-imagining of "Steppin' Out" and a growling, funky "Soul Kiss." This is a pure delight, from start to finish. Special features could be more special, however: a Jackson discography would have made sense with such a far-reaching playlist

This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's extraordinary musical diversity and were also the 2 most commercially successful albums that he released in his prolific career. Included are interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive & home movie footage, plus live performances to tell the story behind the conception and recording of these groundbreaking albums. Extras include additional interviews and demonstrations not included in the broadcast version, 2 full performances from the Roxy in 1973 and Saturday Night Live in 1976, and new full live performance done specially for these Classic Albums.

La película se enfoca en la lucha y los triunfos de Ornette Coleman, así como en la extraordinaria inteligencia que fecundó su creatividad y aseguró su éxito. El pietaje de Clarke incluye escenas de Ornette conversando con familiares y amigos, fragmentos de entrevistas, riffs y viajes, así como pietaje de sus presentaciones —en su ciudad natal (Fort Worth, Texas), en Nueva York, en Marruecos y demás lugares— y constituye el recuento más exhaustivo de su carrera disponible hasta ahora. Aclamada por los críticos cuando se estrenó en 1985, la película resulta todavía más importante en nuestros días. La influencia de Coleman ha ido aumentado en los últimos años, a la par que la interpretación que Clarke hizo de su vida resulta más actual que nunca

A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.

A film without a beginning or an end, Moment to Moment is a rush of curious sketches, scenes, and shots that takes on a rhythmic life of its own.

Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.

A documentary on the late French jazz pianist.

Jamie Cullum's live concert from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England, along with tour footage and interviews taken from his travels in the U.S., and footage from his performance at the Glastonbury Festival in the U.K.

Jeff crece cerca de Basin Street, en Nueva Orleans, tocando el clarinete en el muelle de estibadores. Forma una banda, La Basin Street Hot-Shots, que incluye a Memphis, un trompetista. Sufren para que su música jazz sea aceptada en los cafés de la ciudad. Betty Lou, una cantante, se une a la banda y consigue conciertos para ésta. Jeff y Memphis se enamoran de Betty Lou.

A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life.

The story of Frankie and Johnny: Frankie walks into a bar, where she catches her boyfriend Johnny with the sensuous Nellie Bly and kills him in a fit of jealousy.

Jazz Icons: Cannonball Adderley boasts two beautifully filmed concerts from one of the most celebrated sextets in jazz history, captured at the top of their game. Cannonball Adderley (alto sax), Nat Adderley (cornet) and the masterful Yusef Lateef (tenor sax, flute, oboe), provide a massive three-horn frontline attack, while the stellar rhythm section featuring a pre-Weather Report Joe Zawinul (piano), Sam Jones (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums) fuel the songs with a deep infectious swing. Quincy Jones’ “Jessica’s Day” leaps from the gate with a huge “big band” sound that is extraordinary for only six musicians. This DVD is a reminder that Cannonball Adderley was one of the most outstanding and highly respected alto saxophonists in the history of jazz, a blues-based jazzman who could play anything in superb fashion.