Whiplash 2014
Andrew e un baterist care se înscrie la un conservator prestigios. Aici, sub îndrumarea celor mai buni profesori, visul său ar putea prinde contur.
Andrew e un baterist care se înscrie la un conservator prestigios. Aici, sub îndrumarea celor mai buni profesori, visul său ar putea prinde contur.
Scris și regizat de Damien Chazelle, filmul urmărește povestea Miei, o actriță aspirantă și a lui Sebastian, un muzician îndrăgostit de jazz, care se zbat să atingă succesul într-un oraș în care prea multe vise și inimi sunt frânte zi de zi. Plasat în Los Angeles-ul zilelor noastre, printre decoruri cuceritoare și momente muzicale fascinante, filmul surprinde bucuriile, dar și dezamăgirile cotidiene a doi tineri în încercarea lor de a-și îndeplini visele
Visul profesorului de muzică, Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), este de a deveni cântăreț de jazz. Doar că, înainte de a se putea bucura de momentul care să îi deschidă această cale, are un accident în urma căruia ajunge într-un spațiu eteric, de tranziție. Aici o întâlnește pe 22 (Tina Fey), un suflet tânăr și naiv, alături de care Joe va da startul unei călătorii ce trebuie să îl readucă în corpul său înainte de a fi prea târziu.
Născut într-un oraș sărac din Georgia, Ray a rămas fără vedere la vârsta de șapte ani, la scurt timp după ce fusese martorul morții accidentale a fratelui său mai mic. Inspirat de mama lui, o femeie incredibil de independentă care a insistat ca acesta să își facă singur drumul în viață, Charles își descoperă chemarea și talentul cântând la pian. Mergând în turnee, sensibilul cântăreț își câștigă rapid reputația cu stilul său inimitabil și apoi ajunge în foarte scurt timp în topul clasamentelor muzicale. Un film cutremurător despre viața lui Ray Charles, unul dintre cei mai importanți artiști ai muzicii internaționale.
Un film tulburator semnat Steven Spielberg. Celie este o fetita de culoare, de 14 ani, care traieste la inceputul anilor 1900. Este insarcinata... cu tatal ei. Filmul prezinta umatorii 30 ani din viata ei.
Un avocat umil dintr-un oraș mic împotriva unui procuror mare al orașului. Emoțiile se aprind când un locotenent al armatei gelos pledează nevinovat pentru uciderea violatorului soției sale seducătoare și frumoase.
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.
Tremé takes its name from a neighborhood of New Orleans and portrays life in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane. Beginning three months after Hurricane Katrina, the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and other New Orleanians struggle to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture.
Two different students - a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent - form a friendship through their love for music.
Five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.
Jointly initiated by Youku and the Hip-Hop Committee of the China's Dancer Association, and officially collaborating with the World Hip Hop Dance Championship (HHI). Through the process of a few artists establishing their own 'women's dance crew', we will all gather China's street dance professionals and female street dancers from all walks of life. Through rounds of competition, the strongest street dance crew will be chosen eventually, and will take part in a world class street dance crew competition, creating a professional and publicly regarded performance works, showcasing the positive influence that dance has on the younger generation.
Fictional author-filmmaker, Eric Jonrosh, adapts his epic tale of a pianist-turned-detective investigating a murder in the 1950s underground jazz scene.
Jazz pianist Johnny Staccato supplements his meager musician's income by working as a private detective. The background for many of the episodes is his friend "Waldo's" jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village, featuring performances by the Pete Candoli jazz combo which included Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Red Norvo and Johnny Williams. The theme was composed by Elmer Bernstein.
Federation troops and Zeon forces carry out a fierce battle in the Thunderbolt Sector in what was once Side 4 "Mua". The Thunderbolt Sector is a shoal zone composed of the debris of destroyed space colonies, named for the electrical discharges from the metal debris. MS pilot Io Flemming is among the Federation soldiers who are dispatched to the area, where Zeon sniper Daryl Lorenz awaits them on the battlefield.
Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it.
An explosive 1930s drama following a jazz band in London at a time of huge change.
After his jazz prodigy brother's death, Tae-yi loses interest in life. Se-heon, a passionate new student, rekindles memories of his brother through his music. Se-heon suspects a connection. But his return stirs tensions.
The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. Now with a baby in tow, Jill and Trevor are asked by Big Al to look after a refugee called "Ivan".
The Beiderbecke Affair is a 1985 British television series produced for ITV, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits included the preceding four-part miniseries Get Lost! (1981). Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor tries to buy some jazz records but this leads to meeting a 'dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond'. In a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold feature in an ensemble cast, The Beiderbecke Affair is intended as a sequel; however, Alun Armstrong was unavailable, sp the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.
Moon Over Miami is a short-lived American comedy series that aired on ABC.
A cinematic ode to jazz legend, Wayne Shorter. Depicted in 3 portals, the viewer is transported into prolific periods of Shorter's life and how through adversity, he grew to greatness, shattered the limitations of jazz, and became one of the most influential musicians and composers in American music.
The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part 1987 British television comedy-drama serial written by Alan Plater. The second installment in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, it stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into Chaplin's hands, he and Swinburne find themselves being pursued by national security agents.
Masters of American Music is a multi-award-winning television series, as entertaining and memorable as it is educational, it is a must have for any true music fan. The series celebrates a pantheon of the greatest musical innovators with individual programmes tracing the lives and works of master musicians who defined the course of American’s musical history. From the birth of the blues in New Orleans to Swing, Big Band, Bebop, Free Jazz and beyond – all of this rich tapestry is explored with sensitivity and unique depth. The featured artists come to life through conversations with their contemporaries, exciting and rare live performances, period footage and vintage photographs, all of which have been meticulously produced.