Tag: music
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RETRO REWIND: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
STORYLINE: Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is “discovered” by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry’s art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic…
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YOU GOT GOLD: A CELEBRATION OF JOHN PRINE (2025)
STORYLINE: 70+ artists joined family and fans at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in Oct 2022 for two nights, celebrating John Prine’s life and music. ( IMDb) Concert films have so much more potential, then just being away to hear artists perform their music, from the comfort of the local multiplex. Woodstock (1970) also took…
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SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (2025)
STORYLINE: Bruce Springsteen’s journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes’ book. (IMDb) There are no shortages of films about musicians. They come in a wide variety. They come in the form as fiction films (Yesterday,…
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THE HISTORY OF SOUND (2025)
STORYLINE: Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen. (IMDb) You can set a tempo to the films that merge music and love stories. One of the most famous is that of June and Johnny Cash, as portrayed in 2005’s Walk…
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HAMILTON
STORYLINE: “Hamilton” is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B, and show tunes, “Hamilton” has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theater–a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education. Captured at…
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IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY (2025 – Documentary)
STORYLINE: Never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from Jeff Buckley’s inner circle paint a captivating portrait of the gifted musician who died tragically in 1997, having only released one album. (IMDb) There is an expectation with documentaries about musicians and music that thst viewer will become familiar with the subjects music. With films…
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PAVEMENTS (2025)
STORYLINE: A prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual hybrid, is an examination of the iconic 90s indie band Pavement. The film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history and a big-budget Hollywood biopic…
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