Topic: Music

Direction Zachary Heinzerling

Cast Paul McCartney · Rick Rubin

Synopsis Producer Rick Rubin interviews Paul McCartney on his work with the Beatles, Wings, and as a solo artist, including stories about his personal relationships that inspired his songwriting.

Direction Roman Polanski

Cast Adrien Brody · Thomas Kretschmann · Maureen Lipman · Ed Stoppard

Synopsis The Pianist (2002) follows the harrowing journey of Władysław Szpilman, a talented Jewish pianist in Warsaw, as he struggles to survive the devastation of World War II. As the Nazis occupy Poland, Szpilman's life is upended, and he is forced...

Direction David Simon · Eric Overmyer · Anthony Hemingway · Ernest R. Dickerson

Cast Wendell Pierce · Steve Zahn · Clarke Peters · Khandi Alexander

Synopsis Treme (TV Series) (2010) is a gripping drama set in New Orleans three months after Hurricane Katrina. The story follows an eclectic group of residents—musicians, chefs, activists, and everyday citizens—as they struggle to rebuild their lives and reclaim their city's...

Direction Lee Unkrich · Adrián Molina

Synopsis Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following...

Direction Ken Burns

Cast Peter Coyote · Johnny Cash · June Carter Cash · Jimmie Rodgers

Synopsis 8 Episodes. 16 Hours. Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hymns performed in small settings, to its worldwide popularity, learn how country music evolved over...

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Marsha Hunt · William Prince · Frank McHugh · Martha O'Driscoll

Synopsis A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall but, when grown, the son prefers to play with Vaughan Monroe's orchestra. But Mama's wishes prevail and...

Direction Kyōhei Ishiguro

Synopsis TV Series (2014-2015). 1 season. 23 episodes. Arima Kousei is a former child prodigy who lost his ability to play the piano when his mother died. His daily life is monochrome, but it begins to gain colour when he meets...

Direction Diego Capusotto · Pedro Saborido

Cast Diego Capusotto · Ivana Acosta · Javier Aón · Federico De la Iglesia

Synopsis TV Series (2006-2016). 11 Seasons. Peter Capusotto y sus videos is an Argentine television program hosted by Diego Capusotto in which the actor and comedian presents a collection of classic and contemporary Rock videos, alternating them with humorous sketches. The...

Direction Jamila Wignot

Cast Isaac Hayes · Steve Cropper · Otis Redding · Booker T. Jones

Synopsis In 1960s Memphis, an audacious set of interracial collaborators dared to make their own music on their own terms, forming Stax Records, one of America's most influential creators of Black music.

Direction Chris Morris

Cast Chris Morris · Mark Heap · Kevin Eldon · Amelia Bullmore

Synopsis A collection of bleakly dark comedy sketches pushing the boundaries of taste, decency and television in general, shot using new and different techniques and fading slowly in and out of each other against a slow musical soundtrack. Regular themes include...

Direction Damien Chazelle

Cast Miles Teller · J.K. Simmons · Melissa Benoist · Paul Reiser

Synopsis Whiplash (2014) follows Andrew, a young and ambitious jazz drummer, as he enrolls in a prestigious music conservatory. His talent catches the attention of Terence Fletcher, a ruthless and demanding instructor who pushes his students to their limits. Andrew strives...

Direction Morio Asaka · Ryosuke Nakamura · Tomoki Hasegawa

Synopsis TV Series (2006-2007). 48 Episodes. On board the train to Tokyo to meet her boyfriend Shoji, Nana Komatsu ("Hachi") happened to sit beside Nana Osaki who was traveling to Tokyo to fulfill her dreams of becoming a musician. The vocalist...

Direction Milos Forman

Cast Tom Hulce · F. Murray Abraham · Elizabeth Berridge · Simon Callow

Synopsis Amadeus (1984) tells the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a musical prodigy, through the eyes of his envious rival, Antonio Salieri. Set in 18th-century Vienna, the film explores Salieri's obsession with Mozart's genius and his own mediocrity. As Salieri recounts...

Direction Donald Glover · Hiro Murai · Janicza Bravo · Amy Seimetz

Cast Donald Glover · Emmett Hunter · Lakeith Stanfield · Terri Abney

Synopsis TV Series (2016-Present Day). 2 Seasons. 21 Episodes. Two cousins, with different views on art versus commerce, on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene; "Earnest 'Earn' Marks," an ambitious college drop-out and his estranged cousin Alfred (Brian Tyree...

Direction Osamu Kobayashi · Hiroshi Hamasaki · Jun Shishido · Kanji Wakabayashi

Synopsis TV Series (2004-2005). 26 Episodes. Tanaka Yukio, better known by his nickname Koyuki is a 14 year old who feels disconnected from life in general. Through the act of saving a mismatched dog, he meets guitarist Minami Ryuusuke, and becomes...

Direction Shin Won-ho

Cast Jung Eun-ji · Seo In-guk · Hoya · So Yool Shin

Synopsis TV Series (2012). 16 Episodes. Focuses on the extreme fan culture that emerged in the 1990s when idol groups took center stage and K-pop was flourishing. It tells the story of six former high school friends from a school in...

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Shoji Yasui · Jun Hamamura · Taketoshi Naitô

Synopsis July, 1945: Japan's army is on the run. A platoon in Burma sings to keep its spirit up. Inspiration comes from their self-taught lute player, Mizushima. At war's end, while they await repatriation at Mudon prison camp, Mizushima is sent...

Direction Kenichi Kasai · Chiaki Kon · Kunihiko Ikuhara · Noriaki Akitaya

Synopsis TV series (2007-2010). 3 seasons. 45 episodes. At a top music academy in Japan, Shinichi Chiaki's arrogance is matched only by his top-notch piano playing. But when Chiaki and the teacher get into a fight, he's demoted to the reject...

Direction Yōjirō Takita

Cast Masahiro Motoki · Tsutomu Yamazaki · Ryoko Hirosue · Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Synopsis Daigo Kobayashi is a young married cellist who played in an orchestra that has just been disbanded. Suddenly on the street without a job and no hope for a career, Daigo decides to move back to his hometown with his...

Direction Peter Farrelly

Cast Viggo Mortensen · Mahershala Ali · Iqbal Theba · Linda Cardellini

Synopsis A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. When Tony Lip (Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr....