Ten years in the making, Strange Powers is an intimate documentary portrait of songwriter Stephin Merritt and his band the Magnetic Fields. With his unique gift for memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings that blend classic Tin Pan Alley with modern sounds, Stephin Merritt has distinguished himself as one of contemporary pop’s mostContinue reading “Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields – 2011”
Category Archives: Documentary
La gueule de l’emploi – 2011
Ten French job seekers show up for a two-day recruitment session knowing only that they’re vying for a sales position in the insurance field. Their prospective employer remains a mystery. With limited information, they’re launched into a hiring process that more closely resembles a reality TV challenge than a traditional interview.This brutal examination of entry-levelContinue reading “La gueule de l’emploi – 2011”
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne – 2011
Ozzy Osbourne’s four decade track record as a culturally relevant artist is unprecedented, but his personal struggles have been shrouded in secrecy, until now. Featuring never before seen footage uncovered from the archives and interviews with Paul McCartney, Tommy Lee and others, God Bless Ozzy Osbourne is the first documentary to take viewers inside theContinue reading “God Bless Ozzy Osbourne – 2011”
Lost Bohemia – 2011
For over a century, Carnegie Hall rented affordable studio apartments atop the famous music hall to artistic tenants such as Marlon Brando, Paddy Chayefsky and Isadora Duncan. As a privileged tenant, director Josef Birdman Astor began to videotape his neighbors whose lives intersected with decades of artistic history, but his project changed when the landlordContinue reading “Lost Bohemia – 2011”
Circo – 2011
Tino Ponce operates Circo Mexico, which journeys across the Mexican countryside in search of paying customers. Wanting to please his father and continue the family business, Ponce has recruited his young children as performers while laboring night and day to maintain the circus’s faltering financial fortunes. But a growing resentment brewing within his wife aboutContinue reading “Circo – 2011”
The Silent Majority – 2011
This short documentary suggests a direct connection between two of Nixon’s greatest triumphs as president: his landmark 1969 “Silent Majority” speech (in which he argued that street protesters did not represent the views of most Americans, despite their increasing visibility) and his historic landslide re-election in 1972 (in which George S. McGovern won only oneContinue reading “The Silent Majority – 2011”
Ibiza Occident – 2011
In the Hollywood of electronic music, musicians, DJs, gogos and promoters are working on a sophisticated entertainment machine to satisfy stressed-out Western society’s desire for fun, sex and freedom. Each of the “nine and a half music stories” presents part of the whole, whether of the island or of our world. It never claims toContinue reading “Ibiza Occident – 2011”
MxPx – Both Ends Burning – 2011
“Both Ends Burning” is a film that captures MxPx at a crossroads in their seasoned career. Directed by Bryan Buchelt, this documentary not only follows the band’s struggles in the face of the new touring climate, it also looks at the legacy and impact that Mike, Tom, and Yuri have had on the music industry,Continue reading “MxPx – Both Ends Burning – 2011”
The Price of Sex – 2011
The Price of Sex is a documentary about young Eastern European women who’ve been drawn into a netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse. Intimate, harrowing and revealing, it is a story told by the young women who were supposed to be silenced by shame, fear and violence. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova, who grew up in Bulgaria,Continue reading “The Price of Sex – 2011”
Laurent Garnier – It’s Just Musik Live a Pleyel – 2011
The DVD of a historical night.2 hours of the first techno concert in the French Classical music temple : Pictures of rehearsal and backstage.Documentary : Laurent Garnier a year after the show. Director : Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 7/11/2011 Country :
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