Whiplash

Whiplash 2014

8.40

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

2014

The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor 1963

6.50

A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.

1963

American Pop

American Pop 1981

6.80

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.

1981

Whiplash

Whiplash 2013

7.80

A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. The short film the 2014 film was based on.

2013

Second Chorus

Second Chorus 1941

5.80

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.

1941

Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues 1955

6.10

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.

1955

Jordan Jive

Jordan Jive 1944

7.00

Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go through some extremely strenuous acrobatic dancing.

1944

The Sound of Freedom

The Sound of Freedom 2010

2.00

Based on true events. USSR, 1950s. As the reach of the oppressive communist regime escalates,

2010

Chasing Trane

Chasing Trane 2017

7.30

An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.

2017

Tango Tangles

Tango Tangles 1914

5.00

In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

1914

Come Back, Africa

Come Back, Africa 1959

6.70

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

1959

Hey Babu Riba

Hey Babu Riba 1985

5.60

In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.

1985

Jam Session

Jam Session 1942

6.10

Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.

1942

The Cry of Jazz

The Cry of Jazz 1959

5.90

Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of music and race - a forecast of what he called "the death of jazz." A landmark moment in black film, foreseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades, it also features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ample images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in Windy City nightclubs, all shot in glorious black & white.

1959

The Crimson Canary

The Crimson Canary 1945

6.00

Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered.

1945

Great Artists Steal

Great Artists Steal 2024

1

Set in 1980s Melbourne, a disgraced jazz pianist attempts to get back into his former band by sabotaging his replacement.

2024

Dixieland Droopy

Dixieland Droopy 1954

6.90

John Pettibone (Droopy), a dog whose love of Dixieland music is not appreciated by those around him, has a lucky meeting with Pee-Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland band at the circus.

1954

Dixieland: Little Kids Big Dreams

Dixieland: Little Kids Big Dreams 2015

1

Little kids, big dreams and smashingly good music – Dixieland follows the amazing progress of four members of a Ukrainian children’s brass band from Kherson. Through steady practice under the wildest of conditions, Roman (12, trumpet), Polina (10, trombone, drums and many other instruments), Nikita (12, drums) and Nikita (14, piano) produce magical music with ancient, wobbly instruments. Not least due to their wit and good humor, they persevere together, helped along by their 80+-year-old conductor and a young teacher. These children of the post-Soviet provinces use American tunes to achieve their dream – to become someone in the world and make something of their lives, no matter how dire the circumstances. From the authors of an awards winning documentary film Ukrainian Sheriffs.

2015

The Flamboyant Sex

The Flamboyant Sex 1961

5.00

24 hours in the life of three Swedish girls in Paris. Seduced by the excitement but short of money they earn a few francs as nude models in an art school.

1961

Timewasters

Timewasters 2017

6.20

A struggling four-piece South London jazz band find themselves transported back in time to the 1920s and 1950s via an elevator in a dilapidated block of flats. Met with stares and curiosity in the past, the group hilariously navigates the clash of cultures and social conventions all while exploring worlds that are both incredibly familiar and painfully foreign.

2017

Ain't Misbehavin'

Ain't Misbehavin' 1997

8.00

Comedy drama set during World War Two following the misadventures of two very different bandsmen - one an ex-air force pilot, the other a draft dodging, scheming private detective - as they get caught up with gangsters and romance in blitz torn London.

1997