20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
A music movie starring Bette Midler, Mick Jagger and Sting
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
A documentary
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, the so-called ‘painter of the Rothschilds and the Rothschild of painters’, was the first Jewish painter of the modern era. Oppenheim came to represent the emancipation of German Jews in the nineteenth century, although his work depicting traditional Jewish life has mostly been forgotten ... (more)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)
A documentary starring Julian Schnabel, Al Pacino and Willem Dafoe
A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel.
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La Chana (2016)
A documentary
The film brings us under the skin and into the mind of La Chana, a talented Gypsy flamenco dancer as she returns to the stage to give a final seated performance after a 30-year break. Along the way, La Chana reveals the secret behind her disappearance when she was at the peak of her career.
Gimme Danger (2016)
A documentary starring Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton and Scott Asheton
No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, preening leopard of a frontman who somehow embodies Nijinsky, Bruce Lee, Harpo Marx, and Arthur Rimbaud all rolled into one ... (more)