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La La Land
Damien Chazelle's film La La Land, although also partly jazz-based, comes as a stark contrast to his previous directorial project, the brutal and intense Whiplash (2014). In essentially what seems a typical boy-meets-girl romantic scenario, La La Land follows the relationship between Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a pianist and jazz traditionalist who wants to open his own ...
read moreJeff Beck: Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Jeff Beck
Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Eagle Rock
2017
As fashionable as concert sit-ins have come to be in recent years, such guesting can be the bane of the live performance. So often it is the case that such invitees can interrupts the flow and/or momentum rather than nurturing it. ...
Rolling Stones From The Vault: Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Eagle Rock Video
2017
The Rolling Stones have been nothing if not savvy (most of the time) throughout their fifty- year plus history, so it's no surprise the release of their latest title, Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015, is ...
Frank Sinatra: Portrait Of An Album | Sinatra Sings
Frank Sinatra
Portrait Of An Album | Sinatra Sings
Eagle Rock Entertainment
2017
The third release in The Frank Sinatra Collection concludes with the compilation Sinatra Sings, a retrospective of particularly memorable moments across forty years of Sinatra performances in the studio, on the stage, and on TV, narrated by his ...
Frank Sinatra: Live From Caesar’s Palace | The First 40 Years
Frank Sinatra
Live From Caesar's Palace | The First 40 Years
Eagle Rock Entertainment
2017
As the National Academy of Recording Arts so wonderfully puts it: “Frank Sinatra didn't put Las Vegas on the map, but he certainly made it worth the trip." (Sin-atra City: The Story of Frank Sinatra and ...
Frank Sinatra: The Royal Festival Hall (1962) | Live At Carnegie Hall
Frank Sinatra
The Royal Festival Hall (1962) | Live At Carnegie Hall
Eagle Rock Entertainment
2017
The first DVD in this series combines full-length shows from two of the world's most famous concert halls, one on each side of the Atlantic: The Royal Festival Hall, recorded during Sinatra's 1962 world tour ...
May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers
MAY IT LAST
Oscilloscope Laboratories
2017
The opening scene depicts Scott and Seth Avett walking through the maze of hallways located in the bowels of Madison Square Garden in New York City prior to the band's inaugural performance at the venue in April of 2016. When a security guard asks for ...
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
John Coltrane
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Meteor 17 and Crew Neck Productions
2017
Because it is poised to contribute to the image of John Coltrane in popular culture for years to come, a thoughtful appraisal of this film is very important. Promoted at major film festivals and released to theaters worldwide, ...
The Who At The Isle of Wight Festival 2004
The Who
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2004
Eagle Rock
2017
The Who Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2004 documents an appearance at the famed British festival two years after the untimely death of bassist John Entwistle and thirty-four(!) years after the original four-man lineup of the ...
Rolling Stones: Ole Ole Ole! A Trip Across Latin America
Rolling Stones
Ole Ole Ole! A Trip Across Latin America
Eagle Vision
2017
Although Paul Dugdale's documentary of the Rolling Stones, Ole Ole Ole!: A Trip Across Latin America, was shown in theaters during the autumn of 2016, it deserves its release on DVD/Blu-ray because his directing permeates the film with ...
