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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903-October 14, 1977) was, without doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the 20th century. For more than three decades, through radio, film, television and records, he reigned supreme. Bing Crosby Rediscovered, explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a man far more complex than his public persona.Crosby’s estate, HLC Properties, Ltd., granted American Masters unprecedented...
2) Rewind
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Formats
Description
Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival** and the **Mill Valley Film Festival**.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Formats
Description
A feature documentary as mercurial as its subject, George Maciunas, impresario of the international avant-garde art movement Fluxus (1962-78). Fascinatingly contradictory interviews with artists, including Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas, and Nam June Paik, and inventive sound and screen design, shape this rich portrait of a visionary artist. Dedicated to cooperative methods and expanded processes, everything could be Fluxus: kits, shops, festivals, islands,...
5) Ronnie's
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The documentary chronicles the life of saxophonist Ronnie Scott, a poor Jewish kid who grew up in 1940s East End, London who became owner of the eponymous nightclub. Musical greats spanning decades played at Ronnie2s including Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Nina Simone, Van Morrison, Chet Baker, and Jimi Hendrix, who played there the night of his death. Glorious clips bring to life this legendary...
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Join The Beach Boy's Brian Wilson on an intimate journey through his legendary career as he reminisces with Rolling Stone editor and longtime friend, Jason Fine. Featuring a new song written and performed by Wilson and interviews with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Jonas, Linda Perry, Jim James, Gustavo Dudamel, and Al Jardine.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Mark Rothko is considered one of the most renowned figures of the abstract expressionists, though he refused to adhere to any art movement. For Rothko, both painting and viewing his work were considered a spiritual experience. The film profiles the life and work of a man who often wrestled with great sadness even as he transformed the course of American art with his uncompromising vision.
8) Bruegel
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The life of Pieter Bruegel the Elder will always remain something of a mystery. His work reveals Boschian themes such as the Follies Of Man, and he used a similar humor to convey his artistic message.
13) All that jazz
Series
Criterion collection volume 724
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
The preternaturally gifted director and choreographer Bob Fosse turned the camera on his own life for this madly imaginative, self-excoriating musical masterpiece. Roy Scheider gives the performance of his career as Joe Gideon, whose exhausting work schedule-mounting a Broadway production by day and editing his latest movie at night; and routine of amphetamines, booze, and sex are putting his health at serious risk.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Criterion collection.
Language
English
Description
Emerging from the primordial soup of glamour, gutter sleaze, and feverish creativity that was New York2s 1960s underground culture, the Velvet Underground redefined music with its at once raw and exalted blend of experimentation and art-damaged rock and roll. In his kaleidoscopic documentary The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes vividly evokes the band's incandescent world: the creative origins of the twin visionaries Lou Reed and John Cale, Andy Warhol's...
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