A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart’s honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer Read More »
Musical
Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (1980) Robert Mugge, Sun Ra
Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore Read More »
Three Seats for the 26th / Trois places pour le 26 (1988) Jacques Demy, Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Patrick Fierry
A pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. Read More »
The Rainmakers (1935) Fred Guiol, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick “Billy”) to relieve a terrible dry spell Read More »
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005) Mark Dornford-May, Pauline Malefane, Andile Tshoni, Lungelwa Blou
A version of Georges Bizet’s Carmen, set in a modern-day South African township. Read More »
Rose of Tralee (1937)
Paddy, an Irish singer heads to America to seek fame and fortune. Read More »
Louie Bluie (1985)
About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong Read More »
Colleen (1936)
The Ames Company makes every effort to keep Uncle Cedric away from any decisions or work. Read More »
Love’s Debris / Poussières d’amour – Abfallprodukte der Liebe (1996)
German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. Read More »
Babes on Broadway (1941)
Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems Read More »