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Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:23 |
As glam rock's most flamboyant survivors, X Japan ignited a musical revolution in Japan during the late '80s with their melodic metal. Twenty years after their tragic dissolution, X Japan’s leader, Yoshiki, battles with physical and spiritual demons alongside prejudices of the West to bring their music to the world.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | documentary, music, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, Canada, USA |
The story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:30 |
A feature-length documentary about one of the most successful British bands in rock music. The film recounts their extraordinary musical story, exploring the songwriting and the emotional highs and lows.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Ike White was a musical prodigy who recorded a funk and soul classic album inside a Californian prison in 1974. Then he disappeared. 30 years later, director Dan Vernon tracked him down, only to find a trail of wives, lives and false identities that leave as many questions as answers.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | Sweden, Norway, Spain, Germany, Japan, Iceland, USA, France, Australia, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:20 |
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites. But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
A music documentary following the breakup of Swedish House Mafia and their subsequent One Last Tour. The largest electronic tour in history, selling over 1 million tickets in one week. Director Christian Larson captures the band in a unique fly on the wall manner as they call it quits and seek closure by going on the tour they had always dreamed of. With breathtaking live moments, huge laughs and dark lows, the band start to unravel why they came to the decision to end the biggest achievement of their lives to date to save their friendship. The film maps out three of the biggest stars in a scene which has gripped youth the world over and the psychology of the band. A film not to be missed.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:46 |
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | documentary, music, biography |
Country | USA, United Kingdom, France, Italy |
Duration | 01:49 |
Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | documentary, crime, music, biography |
Country | Russia, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:28 |
In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.
Mark | imdb: 5.3 |
Genre | documentary, music, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
Experience an inside look at David Bowie's incredible influence on music, art and culture via interviews with some of the people who knew him best.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Across 2017/2018 Depeche Mode embarked on their Global Spirit Tour, in which they performed to more than 3 million fans at 115 shows across the globe. This new visually-striking film captures the energy and spectacle of the band’s performance from the tour along with a deeper look into how their music and shows have been woven into the fabric of their fans’ lives.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom |
A documentary which traces the life of the magnetic, world-conquering, Jamaican musician, model and party queen Grace Jones.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | documentary, music, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
From award-winning director Mat Whitecross and featuring extensive unseen archive footage, Supersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the most genre and generation-defining British bands that has ever existed, and features candid new interviews with Noel and Liam Gallagher, their mother, and members of the band and road crew.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
This documentary covers the span of George Michael's entire career, concentrating on the formative period in the late Grammy® Award winner’s life and career, leading up to and following the making of his acclaimed, best-selling album “Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1” and his subsequent, infamous High Court battle with his record label that followed, while also becoming poignantly personal about the death of his late partner and first love, Anselmo Feleppa.
Mark | imdb: 8.4 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:00 |
In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever 40 years on. But it was no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. Queen had their share of kicks in the face, but they came through and this is how they did it, set against the backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe. In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), it is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | documentary, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
This is a film for these frenetic times; a meditative respite from the rush and chaos of the modern world. A study of the universal experience of sleep, that unites us all.
Mark | |
Genre | documentary, music, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
The story of Annabel's, the most celebrated nightclub in the world, and its 50-year history. Renowned for its discretion, and as a haunt of some of our greatest celebrities, the film offers a hitherto unseen glimpse into the rarefied worlds behind the doors of 44 Berkeley Square.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | documentary, music, biography, history |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:26 |
The story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: The Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.