Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Sister Smile (2009)- Dir. Stijn Coninx
Feat. Cecile De France, Sandrine Blancke - The poignant, still resonant true story of 60s popstar The Singing Nun, vividly played by actress Cécile de France.
Our Beloved Month of August (Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto) (2008)
- Dir. Miguel Gomes
Feat. Sonia Bandeira, Fabio Oliveira - Beautifully idiosyncratic film blending documentary with drama, from distinctive Portuguese director Miguel Gomes (TABU). A summery and romantic…
Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) (2008)- Dir. Christophe Barratier
Feat. Gerard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad - This period 30s French drama is set in a struggling music hall that seems destined for closure until a new star comes along to save the day. A love…
Across the Universe (2007)- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson… - Thirty–three tunes from the Beatles songbook are excitably re–constituted for this lavish 'jukebox' musical that threads together a story…
Crazy (2007)- Dir. Rick Bieber
Feat. Ali Larter, Waylon Payne - Unlikely musical biopic of legendary guitarist Hank Garland, charting the instrumentalist’s career highs, troubled relationships and personal…
Stomp the Yard (2007)- Dir. Sylvain White
Feat. Columbus Short - A stomping ghetto melodrama that follows a gangbanger's transformation into a champion hip–hop krump dancer, set in a fictional all–black…
Dreamgirls (2006)- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy… - Dazzling musical numbers and sassy performances jive in this acclaimed Motown musical charting the rise of fictional girl group, 'The Dreamettes', in…
Prairie Home Companion, A (2006)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Tommy Lee Jones… - Reviving the musical scope of his 70s watermark NASHVILLE, Robert Altman’s last film lovingly dramatizes the backstage quandary of a live radio…
TranSylvania (2006)- Dir. Tony Gatlif
Feat. Asia Argento, Birol Unel, Amira Casar - Tony Gatlif tones his freewheeling musical romanticism down a notch, but doesn’t discard the ramshackle sensuality of his earlier films, in this…
Lackawanna Blues (2005)- Dir. George C. Wolfe
Feat. S. Epatha Merkerson, Mos Def, Delroy Lindo… - An evocative series of linked vignettes set around the memories of playwright Ruben Santiago–Hudson, about a New York boarding house in the…
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