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Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A homage of one of the most influential bands of Alternative Music, which inspired the rock scene in the 1990s - including Nirvana. It is also the story of the eccentric guitarist and bandleader J Mascis, bass player Lou Barlow and drummer Murph not communicating with each other.A tragically funny and sometimes noisy rollercoaster ride by a dysfunctional family: Dinosaur Jr.
3) Lynch/Oz
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch’s filmography. Arguably, no filmmaker has so consistently drawn inspiration—consciously or unconsciously—from a single work. Through six distinct perspectives, Alexandre O. Philippe’s LYNCH/OZ helps us reexperience and reinterpret The Wizard of Oz by way of David Lynch, delivering new appreciations of both.
4) Fire Music
Publisher
Submarine Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers – brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane – are today acknowledged as central to the evolution of jazz as America’s most innovative art form. Fire Music showcases the architects of a movement whose radical brand of improvisation pushed harmonic and rhythmic boundaries.
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Fashion Designer and Mogul Elie Tahari has lived the American Dream for over 50 years. He came to New York in 1971, from Israel, with less than {dollar}100 in his pocket, slept on benches in Central Park, and went on to build a billion-dollar fashion empire. Only 3 fashion companies have lasted for more than 45 years and still run by their founders: Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Elie Tahari.
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From director Ethan Coen. Jerry Lee Lewis is a paradox: the Killer who’s also a survivor; the choir boy who transformed into The World’s Greatest Sinner. But of all the tensions embodied by a man who was, at his peak, arguably both the greatest and most dangerous popular musician of his generation, the most compelling of all may be musical. What does it mean for somebody to be both a traditionalist and an innovator? To define their time while...
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Geoff Dixon’s art reflects his vision for our future unless we take immediate action – he was working as a conservationist long before the word became part of our everyday vocabulary. His paintings are rich with colour, commentary, and a challenge to all of us to wake up and think about the future of our wildlife, our flora and fauna, our country and our planet. New Zealand-born and now living and working in Australia, in north Queensland, Geoff...
9) Glow
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Someone who glows so brightly is not going to grow old," Fellini prophesied about Irene Staub, aka Lady Shiva, one of the all-time greatest Swiss divas. Though Irene had a vibrant career as a model and singer in an underground Zürich band between 1968 and the late 80s, she died far too young. Through archival footage and interviews with prominent figures, director Gabriel Baur tells her story.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1930's Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness and an entourage of allies including Arturo Toscanini and Albert Einstein, Huberman saved nearly 1000 Jews - and guaranteed the survival of Europe's musical heritage.
Author
Language
English
Description
As the days and months go by, I will be publishing a series of ebooks about the subjects that I have encountered for the last 35 years concerned with the business of music. This collection of eBooks will also be offered as a softback, hardback, and as an audio book. Each eBook will contain between 20-30 pages of necessary and critical subject matter that I feel anyone that needs to know or wants to learn critical information about the music business....
13) Midnight Return
Publisher
The Film Sales Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When it premiered at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, Alan Parker's Midnight Express, written by a then up-and-coming Oliver Stone who would later win an Oscar for his script, became an immediate sensation, drawing praise from critics and audiences alike, and drawing the ire of the Turkish government. Now filmmaker Sally Sussman presents the wild and fascinating story of how the film was made as told by those who were there: Oliver Stone, Alan Parker,...
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Day in, day out, Barbara sells screws at a store in the East Berlin Market Hall. She is frustrated about having to tell her customers most of the time: “Ham wa nich!” (We don’t have that!) In the evening, she is the loud and wild singer of the legendary East Berlin avantgarde and punk band Das Freie Orchester. Playing music with her friends helps her escape the monotony of her job, convey feelings of unfulfillment with everyday life in East...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Français
Description
Bertrand Tavernier’s César-nominated three-and-a-half-hour tour through French film history, was too short to introduce audiences to all that he wanted to share. In this new eight-part series, the acclaimed director guides us through a roster of filmmakers both influential and forgotten.
Author
Language
English
Description
Follwing his earlier sucessful edition The Ultimate Guide To Selling Art Online, author Marques Vickers' newest release is an updated reference source for artists enabling creative entrepreneurs to maximize the expanding sales capabilities of the Internet. This edition details important exposure strategies, existing and emerging sales opportunities and valuable promotional outlets. Over 500 useful reference websites are provided referencing art marketing,...
18) The War on Disco
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s. But many diehard rock fans viewed disco as shallow and superficial. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” at a baseball game in Chicago.
Author
Language
Español
Description
Karel Holemans guardó secretos toda su vida, incluso a su familia. En esta biografía, su hijo desvela la fascinante historia de su padre: agente secreto, espía doble, pintor y héroe de los templarios.
Karel Holemans fue un pintor flamenco que soñaba con la independencia de Flandes. Espió en España durante la Guerra Civil, en el lado republicano. En la invasión nazi de Bélgica trabajó como espía doble. O tal vez triple. Fue agente de la...
20) The Meaning
Author
Language
English
Description
From the mind of multidisciplinary artist Cendrine Marrouat, comes a unique collection that blends poetry, poetic thoughts, short personal essays, and never-released photography. Cendrine's most personal project to date, "The Meaning" will leave you inspired and with a sense of renewed gratitude for life. "'The Meaning' is a deeply moving experience comprised of photography, poetry, philosophical musings and even a window into the very soul of different...
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