Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Los Angeles er som kjent byen hvor drømmer blir til virkelighet. Ambisjoner råker ut for bittersøt romantikk i det moderne Los Angeles, hvor to kunstnere står overfor et hjerteskjærende dilemma.

Hva er det som gjør deg til... DEG? I Pixar Animation Studios' nye film "Sjel" møter vi Joe Gardner, en lærer på ungdomskolen som får sitt livs største sjanse. Han får spille på den beste jazzklubben i byen, men et feilsteg tar han vekk fra gatene i New York til det hinsidige. Et fantastisk sted der nye sjeler får sin personlighet, sine særtrekk og interesser. Joe er fast bestemt på å komme tilbake til livet sitt og slår seg sammen med den skeptiske sjelen 22. Som aldri helt har forstått hva som er så fint med livet på jorden. Mens Joe desperat prøver å vise 22 hvorfor et liv er verdt å leve får han kanskje også svar på noen av livets store spørsmål.

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.

Når Jake Blues (John Belushi) slipper ut av fengselet, begir han og broren hans, Elwood, seg(Dan Aykroyd) i vei for å besøke det barnehjemmet hvor de vokste opp og ble oppdratt av nonner. De får greie på at kirken har trukket tilbake støtten til barnehjemmet som kommer til å bli solgt dersom ikke eiendomsskatten blir betalt innen elleve dager. Brødrene beslutter at de skal skrape sammen pengene ved å samle det gamle bluesbandet, og lage en liten konsert. De er kanskje på "oppdrag fra Gud", men hele tiden skaffer de seg nye fiender.

After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.

Den unge og lettliva Mrs. Laura Manion har fortalt at ho er blitt valdteken av ein bartender, og rett etter vert mannen myrda av Laura sin ektemann. Advokat Biegler tek seg av forsvaret saman med den merkelege assistenten sin. Det virker som om Biegler kommer til å trenge all sin list for å lage noe som helst ut av denne saken...

High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of a professional musician isn’t for the faint of heart, as he must confront what it truly means to be great.

Året er 1906 og stedet er en småby i sørstatene. Den knapt 14 år gamle Celie blir mor til to små. Ungenes far er hennes stefar, som i lang tid har misbrukt henne. Han tar fra henne barna og nekter å fortelle henne noe om deres skjebne. Når Celies stefar blir lei av henne, gir han henne bort til en like voldelig enkemann, og mishandlingen fortsetter. Celie tømmer sitt hjerte i brevform, først til Gud og så til sin fraværende søster, Nettie. Det er ikke før i 1921, når blues-sangerinnen Shug Avery kommer inn i livet hennes, at Celie begynner å skjønne at hun er verdt noe. Hun innser at hun har rett til et verdig liv, og at det finnes et hav av muligheter for å oppnå det.

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother.

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.

Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's extraordinary musical diversity and were also the 2 most commercially successful albums that he released in his prolific career. Included are interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive & home movie footage, plus live performances to tell the story behind the conception and recording of these groundbreaking albums. Extras include additional interviews and demonstrations not included in the broadcast version, 2 full performances from the Roxy in 1973 and Saturday Night Live in 1976, and new full live performance done specially for these Classic Albums.

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.

Bli kjent med myteomspunnede Miles Davis, og oppdag den sanne historien om jazzlegenden med filmklipp som ikke er vist tidligere, og kjendisintervjuer.

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.