Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
(1991) [E]

A Portrait Of a Professionally Unparalleled Woman She was Sarah, Sassy, The Divine One - The Incomparable Sarah Vaughan. Sarah Vaughan - The Divine One recounts the stellar singer's career from her beginnings at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, to her debut at the Apollo...  More

Ciao! Manhattan
(1972) [R]

Susan, young and beautiful and excessive in everything; drugs, sex and spending extravagantly. She suffers an early, tragic death. A fascinating 1960s document that anybody interested in the Warhol Factory scene should watch.  More

The TAMI/TNT Show
(1964) [G]

This is not actually a concert film, but a compilation of two concert films, "The T.A.M.I. Show" and "The Big T.N.T. Show," both of which were shot 20 years previously  More

Lost in La Mancha (2 Disc Set)
(2002) [M]

In August 2000, master filmmaker Terry Gilliam finally got his oppurtunity to create his dream film he laboured for a decade, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Assembling his film crew, he prepares his production in what promises to be the biggest budgeted feature film using only European...  More

Russian Ark
(2002) [G]

A groundbreaking feat of filmmaking, Alexander Sokurov's amazing journey through 300 years of Russian art and history is the first ever feature to be shot in a single, unedited take - the ultimate director's cut. Magically transported to St Petersburg's Hermitage museum in the early 1700s, a...  More

West Side Story (Special Edition) (2 Disc Set)
(1961) [PG]

Winner of no less than ten 1961 Academy Awards, including a special Oscar for Jerome Robbins for his choreography, West Side Story is Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' transported to the slums and racial tensions of contemporary New York. A tough and trenchant musical, its highlights include a...  More

Diana Krall Live in Paris
(2001) [E]

Recorded live at the Paris Olympia on December 1, 2001, Krall's classic style blends equal parts artistic vision, hard work and determination. The British Columbia native began playing piano at the age of four and now has five stunning albums behind her. She made her debut with the critically...  More

Eddie Cochran Live at Town Hall Party
(1959) [E]

Legendary U.S. rock & roll pioneer Eddie Cochran live in concert on early 1950's American TV show "Town Hall Party". Rare historic value of the performances offsets the obvious limitations of the kinescope transfer.  More

My Wife is an Actress (Ma Femme Est Une Atrice)
(2001) [M]

Yvan (writer/director Yvan Attal), a young sports writer, is married to Charlotte (Charlotte Gainsbourg), one of France's most famous actresses. They try to live a normal life, but her fame makes it difficult as autograph hunters interrupt their dinners, cops about to serve traffic summonses let...  More

Monterey Pop (2 Disc Set)
(1968) [M]

The first concert film of the rock & roll era, Monterey Pop is an invaluable record of some of the major musical figures of the late 1960s. The organizers of the Monterey International Pop Festival, held June 16-18, 1967, wisely chose to record the proceedings on film for commercial distribution....  More

Centre Stage: Collector's Edition
(2000) [PG]

After competitions, 12 young dancers make it to the American Ballet Academy. They'll prepare for a recital to determine who will be asked to join the American Ballet Company. Tensions mount between Jonathan, the company's aging choreographer, and Cooper, his best dancer, who also wants to...  More

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
(2001) [M]

Vaslav Nijinksy was one of the most celebrated dancer/ choreographers of the 20th century, and undisputedly the greatest male dancer of his era. Yet at the height of his career - as with many artists ahead of their time - Nijinsky's modernist works fiercely divided the ballet world. Based on the...  More

The Jolson Story/Jolson Sings Again
(1946) [G]

Together for the first time and for the first time on DVD, comes these two true-life tales that capture the music, the memories and the magic of Al Jolson. Larry Parks is unforgettable in the role of America's greatest performer, in two films that follow Jolson's career and life from renowned...  More

Together
(2002) [M]

TOGETHER is a coming-of-age tale interwoven with the harmony and intensity of a complex musical orchestration. Xiaochun is a 13-year-old boy, a talented violinist who lives with his father in a small, provincial Chinese city. Shy and sensitive, music is his way of expressing his feelings....  More

Amandla
(2002) [PG]

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a soul-stirring and inspirational film that tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. The first film to specifically consider the music that sustained and galvanized black South Africans for...  More

My Voyage to Italy (2 disc set)
(1999) [M]

One of the most acclaimed directors of our time, Academy Award nominee Martin Scorsese directs and narrates this in-depth exploration of the careers of great Italian filmmakers and their art's profound influence on him. Scorsese highlights the classics of Italian cinema, from post-war neo-realism...  More

Dogville
(2003) [MA]

In Lars Von Trier's experimental Dogville, fugitive Grace (Nicole Kidman) arrives in the isolated township of Dogville pleading that she is on the run from a team of gangsters and desperately need their help. The kindly Tom (Paul Bettany), a self-appointed town spokesman encourages the little...  More

Prisoner of Paradise
(2003) [G]

The startling true story of Kurt Gerron, a well-known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star in Berlin in the 1920’s and ‘30’s. Among his greatest accomplishments Gerron co-starred with the legendary Marlene Dietrich in the film classic, The Blue Angel. Gerron also sang...  More

The Wiz
(1978) [G]

The fabulous land of Oz rocks in the spectacular musical based on the smash hit Broadway show.In this Motown production, Dorothy(Diana Ross) is a shy Harlem kindergarten teacher who,While searching for her lost dog Toto in a swirling blizzard, is whisked to a wonderland to follow the yellow brick...  More

History Of Australian Cinema: 1896 to 1940
(2004) [M]

A three-part series looking at the early years of the film industry and motion pictures in Australia. The Pictures That Moved 1896-1920 - 45 Minutes (1967) A novel moving picture of Australia early in the 20th century. The film starts with the 1896 Melbourne Cup race, the 1900 multimedia event...  More

Desire Under The Elms
(1958) [PG]

Eugene O'Neill's riveting play about a family torn apart by greed explodes onto the screen in a soaring film version starring Anthony Perkins and Sophia Loren. Perkins is the farmer's son Eben, awaiting the day he will inherit the land from his tyrannical, widowed father (Burl Ives). But when...  More

Shall We Dance
(2004) [M]

Golden Globe winner Richard Gere (Best Actor In A Musical Or Comedy, Chicago, 2002; Unfaithful, The Mothman Prophecies) and Jennifer Lopez (Jersey Girl, Maid In Manhattan, The Wedding Planner) star in the year's most romantic comedy. John Clark (Gere) is a workaholic who feels trapped in a dull,...  More

Blues Film Collection: Feel Like Going Home
(2003) [G]

Guided by the phenomenal talent of Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer, The Blues consists of 7 feature-length films that are both personal and impressionistic, viewed through the lens of 7 world famous directors who share a passion for blues music. In the tradition of 'The Buena Vista Social...  More

Blues Film Collection:The Soul of a Man
(2003) [M]

Guided by the phenomenal talent of Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer, The Blues consists of 7 feature-length films that are both personal and impressionistic, viewed through the lens of 7 world famous directors who share a passion for blues music. In the tradition of 'The Buena Vista Social...  More

A Night with Bobby Darin
(2001) [E]

In this highly rated 1970 television special taped at the peak of his popularity, Darin is joined by a young and just-emerging Linda Ronstadt, and the charming George Burns. Includes his classic songs "Simple Song of Freedom", "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher" and "I Ain't Got Nobody".  More

Shall We Dance (Japanese Version)
(1996) [PG]

Shohei Sugiyama is an accountant who spots a beautiful Japanese woman in a dance studio window. Hoping to get closer to her, even though he's married and has a child, he signs up for dance lessons in secret, and slowly begins to fall in love with the art form itself.

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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
(2004) [M]

The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers traces the British comic's turbulent rise from popular BBC radio performer to one of the world's most gifted comedic actors. Propelled by an overly possessive mother, Sellers struggled to reconcile his relationship with women, celebrity and his many selves....  More

Festival Express (2 disc set)
(2003) [M]

In 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the greatest rock bands of all time. Janis Joplin, The Band, The Grateful Dead, The Flying Burrito Brothers and others all lived (and partied) together for five days, stopping at major cities along the way to play a series of concerts.The...  More

The Band Wagon (2 disc set)
(1953) [G]

In this Vincente Minnelli-directed backstager, Fred Astaire dazzles in numbers set in a train station (By Myself), a penny arcade (A Shine on Your Shoes), a backlot Central Park (Dancing in the Dark) and a smoky cafe (Girl Hunt), the latter two with the incomparable Cyd Charisse. "Triplets"...  More

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
(2001) [M]

The story of Hollywood legend Judy Garland is vividly told in this widely acclaimed film,which features Emmy Award winning portrayals by Judy Davis and Tammy Blanchard. Based on the book by her daughter, Lorna Luft, the remarkable story of Hollywood legend Judy Garland is vividly told in this...  More