
Richard Wagner’s last opera has remained controversial since its first performance for its unique, and, for some, unsavory blending of religious Read More »
Musical
Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959) David Lowell Rich, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, James Gregory

Meant primarily as TV fare, this standard, song-filled romantic drama stars Louis Prima as himself Read More »
Idiot’s Delight (1939) Clarence Brown, Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold

When song-and-dance man Harry Van returns from World War I, he finds work hard to come by. Read More »
Music in My Heart (1940) Joseph Santley, Tony Martin, Rita Hayworth, Edith Fellows

Rita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Read More »
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) George Marshall, A. Edward Sutherland, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he’s the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies Read More »
TV Party (2005) Danny Vinik, Robert Aaron, Babs, Jean Michel Basquiat

From 1978 to 1982 Glenn O’Brien hosted an insane punk rock New York City cable TV show called TV Party. Read More »
‘Round Midnight (1986) Bertrand Tavernier, Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker

In ‘Round Midnight, real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner Read More »
The Singing Fool (1928) Lloyd Bacon, Al Jolson, Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn

Al Stone is singing waiter in a speakeasy who is in love with Molly, the singing star at the speakeasy, but she spurns him. Read More »
The Vagabond AKA Awaara (1951) Raj Kapoor, Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis

Raju lives as a derelict as a result of being estranged from his bitter father, a district judge Read More »
Baal (1982) Alan Clarke, David Bowie, Robert Austin, Jonathan Kent

Baal is a young amoral rebellious poetic genius who, after a short and eventful life of debauchery Read More »