A Star Is Born (2018)
Drama | Music | Romance
A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Andrew Dice Clay, Bonnie Somerville, Dave Chappelle
Director: Bradley Cooper
White Nights (1985)
Drama | Music
An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. He is to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again, but he wishes to escape, but can he trust the American?
Starring: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page, Isabella Rossellini
Director: Taylor Hackford
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Drama | Music
An Arkansas drifter becomes an overnight media sensation. As he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?
Starring: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Percy Waram
Director: Elia Kazan
The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience / The Lonely Island Presents The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019)
Comedy | Music | Short
The Lonely Island spoofs notorious baseball stars Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire in this visual rap album set in the Bash Brothers' 1980s heyday.
Starring: Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Hannah Simone, Jenny Slate, Sterling K. Brown, Jim O'Heir, Maya Rudolph, Stephanie Beatriz, Alana Haim, Este Haim, Danielle Haim
Director: Mike Diva, Akiva Schaffer
Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live (2003)
Documentary | Music
Concert film documenting Peter Gabriel's "Growing Up" tour stop at Milan's FilaForum in May 2003.
Starring: Peter Gabriel, Tony Levin
Director: Hamish Hamilton
2019 Billboard Music Awards (TV 2019)
Award | Music
The 2019 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019. It aired live on NBC and was hosted by Kelly Clarkson for a second year in a row. The list of nominees were announced on April 4, 2019. Mariah Carey received the Icon Award at this year's show.
Starring: Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, Brendon Urie, Ciara, Dan + Shay, Tori Kelly, Jonas Brothers, Khalid, Ariana Grande, Madonna, Maluma, Lauren Daigle, Mariah Carey, Panic! at the Disco, BTS, Halsey, Paula Abdul
Green Book (2018)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Linda Cardellini, Mahershala Ali, Don Stark, P.J. Byrne, Sebastian Maniscalco
Director: Peter Farrelly
HOMECOMING: A Film by Beyoncé (2019)
Documentary | Music
This intimate, in-depth look at Beyoncé's celebrated 2018 Coachella performance reveals the emotional road from creative concept to cultural movement
Starring: Beyoncé
Gully Boy (2019)
Drama | Music
A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.
Starring: Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Kalki Koechlin, Nassar, Prakash Raj
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Streets of Fire (1984)
Action | Crime | Drama | Music | Romance | Thriller
A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
Starring: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Willem Dafoe, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Richard Lawson
Director: Walter Hill
LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp! / Onryô o agero tako! Nani utatten no ka zenzen wakannê n da yo!! (2018)
Comedy | Music | Romance
Shing is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this time, Shing meets Fuuka who is a street musician. When Fuuka sings, her voice is so small. Due to Fuuka, Shing looks back upon his past.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Riho Yoshioka, Yûdai Chiba, Kumiko Asô, Eiji Kotôge, Yuki Katayama, Yûko Nakamura, Shoko Ikezu
Director: Satoshi Miki
Sopyonje / Seopyeonje (1993)
Drama | Music
Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).
Starring: Myung-gon Kim, Jung-hae Oh, Kyu-chul Kim, Sae-kil Shin, Byeong-kyeong Ahn, Jae-Hyun Cho
Director: Kwon-taek Im
The Dirt (2019)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music
The story of how Mötley Crüe came to be one of the most notorious rock 'n roll groups in history.
Starring: Douglas Booth, Machine Gun Kelly, Daniel Webber, Iwan Rheon
Director: Jeff Tremaine
Dare to Be Different / New Wave: Dare to Be Different (2017)
Documentary | Music
U2, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, The Clash, The Cure: Over half a billion records sold but you may never have heard of them if not for a small suburban radio station on Long Island, NY: WLIR. In August, 1982, a small group of radio visionaries knew they couldn't compete with the mega-stations in New York City. With one brave decision, they changed the sound of radio forever. Program Director Denis McNamara, the 'LIR crew and the biggest artists of the era tell the story of how they battled the FCC, the record labels, mega-radio and all the conventional rules to create a musical movement that brought the New Wave to America.
Starring: Nancy Abramson, M. King Adkins, Ron Alexenburg, Sam Ash, Tom Bailey, Ivan Baker
Director: Ellen Goldfarb
Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris (2017)
Music
Sting is one of the few artists who has been able to craft a solo career that is even more successful than their already outrageously successful career as part of a band. With over 100 million albums sold courtesy of his work with both The Police and his later solo offerings, Sting's concerts aren't so much "what will he play?" as they are "what won't he play?", since the choices are so vast. This appealing April 2017 concert in Paris at the City of Light's iconic Olympia venue was ostensibly in support of Sting's 57th and 9th album, but as can be gleaned by the set list reproduced below, it's really like a tour through his long and varied career. The concert is more like an "unplugged" outing than a typical arena rock offering, and it finds Sting in excellent voice backed by an energetic assortment of musicians which includes his son, Joe Sumner.
Starring: Sting
Vox Lux (2018)
Drama | Music
An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.
Starring: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Matt Servitto
Director: Brady Corbet
Rock & Rule / Ring of Power (1983)
Animation | Fantasy | Music | Sci-Fi
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.
Starring: Don Francks, Gregory Salata, Susan Roman, Dan Hennessey, Chris Wiggins, Catherine Gallant
Director: Clive Smith
Hard Core Logo (1996)
Comedy | Drama | Music
A group of washed-up Canadian punk rockers get back together for a road trip in memory of a dear friend who was supposedly shot, or so rumors imply. As they travel, they ignore the underlying psychological darkness within each other.
Starring: Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie, John Pyper-Ferguson, Bernie Coulson, Julian Richings, Benita Ha
Director: Bruce McDonald
Gundermann (2018)
Biography | Drama | Music
The movie deals with the real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR.
Starring: Alexander Scheer, Bjarne Mädel, Anna Unterberger, Axel Prahl, Milan Peschel
Director: Andreas Dresen
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards 2019 (TV 2019)
Awards | Music
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on February 10, 2019, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys hosted. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018. Nominations were announced on December 7, 2018. Dolly Parton was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two days prior to the Grammy Awards on February 8, 2019. Childish Gambino and Kacey Musgraves tied for the most wins of the night with four each.
Starring: Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, Anna Kendrick, Nina Dobrev, Miley Cyrus, Jada Pinkett Smith, Wilmer Valderrama, Ricky Martin, Dolly Parton, Janelle Monáe, Christina Aguilera, Cardi B, Bob Newhart
