Director Alex Ross Perry constructs a kaleidoscopic impression of the band Pavement by mounting scripted scenes with actors in a fake biopic, a musical stage play based on their songs, and an exhibition of questionable ephemera, blending it all together with archival footage.
Director Alex Ross Perry constructs a kaleidoscopic impression of the band Pavement by mounting scripted scenes with actors in a fake biopic, a musical stage play based on their songs, an exhibition of questionable ephemera, and blends it all together with archival footage.
The tumultuous journey of beloved singer-songwriter Janis Ian – who found fame as a teenager with her boundary-breaking song “Society’s Child” – unfolds in this saga of an artist who triumphed over homophobia, a misogynistic music industry, debilitating health issues, and a gun-toting lover.
Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Carly, who says: “ALMOST FAMOUS is one of my top three films of all time. Growing up in a house that listened to jazz, classical, world, and ‘80s pop, this film opened my eyes up to the greatness that is ‘70s rock. This stellar coming-of-age story is exactly what you want from a Cameron Crowe film: incredible music, quote-worthy dialogue, and the ungettable love interest.”
When she accidentally consumes an entire tray of weed cupcakes, Jane must cross town to repay an unforgiving drug dealer, attend an audition, and somehow replace the previous cupcakes in director Gregg Araki’s ultimate stoner comedy.
An eccentric lottery winner (Tim Key) lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer (Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden) back together. Old tensions resurface when his fantasy quickly turns into reality: the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island.
Set in a future world, a couple must pass an assessment before they are allowed to have a child in this sci-fi thriller starring Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen. A striking and precise debut from director Fleur Fortuné.
The latest feature by acclaimed French writer-director Alain Guiraudie (STRANGER BY THE LAKE) is a deliciously twisted tale of sexual repression in a small town marked by death. A thrilling mix of the macabre and pastoral mysticism with shades of Hitchcock and Pasolini.
In an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family. Writer-director Rungano Nyoni returns with a surrealist parable about the toll family secrets take on their keepers and the complicated costs of speaking up.
Sprung from a SNL skit, written by co-star Dan Aykroyd and director John Landis, and cast to the gills with R&B legends. Jake and Elwood Blues are on a mission from God. Part of SNL Cinematic Universe