Masahiro Makino’s attempt at a Busby Berkeley-style musical. Quality is mediocre (much better than the older version we had though), but the film is a true revelation! It combines the elaborate kaleidoscopic choreography of Berkeley musicals with a charming down-to-earth comedy narrative.Read More »
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Masahiro Makino – Hanako-san AKA Miss Hanako (1943)
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Jack Bond – It Couldn’t Happen Here (1987)
1981-1990ArthouseJack BondMusicalUSAPet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England – but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childhoods, or the brutal reality of Mrs Thatcher’s late-eighties England? Along the way they come across many familiar (and sinister) faces. The movie also features some of the Pet Shop Boys’ most popular records.Read More »
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Annelise Reenberg – Frøken Nitouche (1963)
1961-1970Annelise ReenbergComedyDenmarkMusicalA convent girl school’s music teacher has composed an operetta. He has to escort his best student to an arranged marriage, but they head for his theater premiere instead.Read More »
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Emer Reynolds – Songs for While I’m Away (2020)
2011-2020DocumentaryEmer ReynoldsMusicalUSAThe story of how a young black boy from working class 1950’s Dublin, became Ireland’s Greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wildman.Read More »
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Robert Clem – How They Got Over (2018)
2011-2020DocumentaryMusicalRobert ClemUSAHow African Americans created the upbeat musical form that started out as gospel quartet music and became rock and roll.Read More »
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Various – Lemonade (2016)
2011-2020MusicalTVUSAVariousThe second “visual album” by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a piercing look at racial issues and feminist concepts through a sexualized, satirical, and solemn tone.Read More »
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Michael Pataki – Cinderella AKA The Other Cinderella (1977)
USA1971-1980EroticaMichael PatakiMusicalCinderella traces the misadventures of our heroine, who, via the help of her “fairy” godmother, is granted heightened sexual prowess to win over Prince Charming.Read More »
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Khavn – Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore AKA Pusong wasak: Isa na namang kwento ng pag-ibig sa pagitan ng kriminal at puta (2014)
2011-2020ArthouseKhavnMusicalPhilippinesSynopsis : Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. He uses religion and violence to stay in power. What superstition and razzle dazzle don’t accomplish, his goons do. To his most loyal henchman he gives the task of guarding his woman, who is headstrong and impulsive, and often gets into trouble. Before long, she falls in love with the henchman, and the star-crossed lovers decide to leave town. Fighting ensues. It is while on the run that they finally get to know each other for the first time…Read More »
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Hal Walker – Road to Bali (1952)
1951-1960ComedyHal WalkerMusicalUSASynopsis:
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.Read More »