Hallelujah I’m a Bum (1933)
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Al Jolson, Chester Conklin, Frank Morgan, Harry Langdon, Madge Evans, Tyler Brooke
Country: United States of America
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii – just during the two weeks when her beloved “Moondoggy” is home from…
Ballad in Blue (1965)
Ray Charles plays himself in this film where he helps blind boy David in his struggle to regain his sight. David’s over-protective mother Peggy is afraid of the risks connected…
Night of the Coconut (2022)
A science-fiction adventure musical comedy about friendship, parallel universes, the internet, and genocidal coconuts.
Buttons (2018)
During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help from their unexpected guardian angels who turn the tide of events and…
The Darktown Revue (1931)
With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers. This quietly outrageous film begins…
On the Riviera (1951)
In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye plays both a performer and a heroic French military pilot.
Classic Albums: Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (2018)
The true story of how Amy Winehouse’s best known and most celebrated body of work came into being. Featuring previously unseen footage of Amy, new interviews with producers Mark Ronson…
Brothers of the Head (2006)
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock’n’roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
Lying Lips (1939)
A nightclub singer refuses to “date” customers, so she’s framed for the murder of her aunt.
April Showers (1948)
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they’re almost broke and they have to do something to get…
How Murray Saved Christmas (2014)
One-hour animated special surrounding a surly deli owner Murray Weiner, who is forced to step into Santa’s shoes for one Christmas and bumbles his way into doing a great job.