Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Music: 86 Films to Buy & Rent
John Safran's Music Jamboree (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. John Safran
- The mischievious Australian–Jewish satirist here plunges into the surprisingly weird world of contemporary popular music.
Presenting a range…
Laurel Canyon (2002)
- Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale…
- Dropping in on the LA music scene, the writer–director of HIGH ART returns to her pet theme of conservatism yielding to a bohemianism, but…
Everybody Famous (2001)
- Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt…
- A hit in the Netherlands and at festivals, this half–sweet, half–cringe–inducingly sour satire, sees truly mediocre singer Eva Van…
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
- Dir. Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Feat. Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Rachael Leigh Cook…
- Cute, but declawed pop–biz satire derived from an ‘Archie’ comic spinoff (and TV series), in which the titular girl–band use their…
Rock Star (2001)
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Spall…
- Set in the heavy rock scene of the mid 80s, this music ‘comedy’ invites hysterics by (maybe?) taking itself too seriously in the face of some…
High Fidelity (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black…
- American adaptation of Nick Hornby's beloved English novel about pop music obsession and the vagaries of romance loses surprisingly little in the…
Detroit Rock City (1999)
- Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello…
- In 1978, Edward Furlong and his garage band pals are perhaps the most devoted KISS fans in the world, but the road to see their idols in concert is…
Rock Profile (TV Series) (1999-2001)
- Dir. Gareth Carrivick
Feat. Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Jamie Theakston
- The creators of LITTLE BRITAIN satirise the ways of rich rock'n'rollers with a series of parodies of Elton John, George Michael, U2, Tom Jones,…
Still Crazy (1999)
- Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Bruce Robinson…
- Victims of 70s music–biz burnout, the assorted members of rockers Strange Fruit reform (before they go completely soft) for this ripe satire on…
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, Evan Bonifant
- Belated, extraneous sequel to the 1980 cult 'classic' with John Goodman filling in the XXL trousers of the very late John Belushi. (Alas, the…