Stredoškolský učiteľ hudobnej výchovy Joe Gardner dostane životnú šancu zahrať si s hviezdnou džezovou saxafonistkou v prestížnom jazzovom klube. Jeden chybný krok ho však prenesie z ulíc New Yorku do „Veľkého Neznáma“, čo je fantastické miesto, kde čerstvo narodené duše získavajú pred vstupom na Zem vlastnosti, návyky, talent ale aj svoje zlozvyky. Joe sa však svojho života nechce len tak vzdať a spojí svoje sily s dušou číslo 22, ktorá však vôbec nechápe, čím je práve ľudský život tak výnimočný. A ako sa Joe zúfalo snaží duši číslo 22 vysvetliť, čo je na živote také skvelé, postupne získava odpovede na otázky, ktoré si sám veľa krát kládol a nevedel na ne odpovedať.

From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

Európsky emigrant Viktor sa práve chystá na cestu do svojej rodnej, východoeurópskej krajiny, keď táto pre aktuálny vojnový konflikt "zmizne z mapy". Viktor uviazne na newyorskom letisku s neplatným pasom, a teda bez možnosti nastúpiť do lietadla. Nezostáva mu preto nič iné, než v letiskovej hale vyčkať na vyriešenie problémov. Počas svojho "pobytu" sa zoznamuje s celým personálom, nachádza nových priateľov a dokonca prežíva románik s nešikovnou, ale roztomilou letuškou Ameliou.

Žena saxofonistu Freda Madisona nájde na schodoch jeho luxusnej vily videokazetu, na ktorej ktosi zaznamenal zločin spáchaný v spálni jeho domu. Skrvavená obeť vyzerá ako Fredová žena Renee a vrah ako on sám. Privolaná polícia muža zatkne, avšak po niekoľkých dňoch zistia, že v cele je uväznený miesto Freda neznámy mladý muž.

Film Purpurová farba vznikol na základe rovnomenného románu Alice Walkerovej, ktorý získal Pulitzerovu cenu. Bohato štruktúrovaný dej, ktorý sa tiahne niekoľko desaťročí, rozpráva príbeh Celie, nevzdelanej vidieckej ženy z amerického Juhu. Po nútenom manželstve s násilníckym mužom, ktorého musí nazývať pánom, sa Celie uzavrie do seba a svoje trápenia zveruje len Bohu. Len priateľstvo s dvoma úžasnými ženami jej dodáva silu, z ktorej čerpá sebadôveru a schopnosť odpúšťať.

After a divorce with her childhood friend C.K. Dexter Haven, high society Tracy Lord is remarrying a shrewd social-climbing businessman. Meanwhile, a gossipy magazine blackmails Tracy's family into covering this wedding. A musical remake of the 1940 romcom The Philadelphia Story.

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.

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing major pop hits of the early 1960s and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations in the same time period.

Maurice Faugel si po prepustení z väzenia vyrovnáva účty a zároveň plánuje ďalšiu lúpež so svojím priateľom Silienom. Ten je však v prostredí, v ktorom sa pohybuje, považovaný za udavača... V tomto filme Melville adaptoval rovnomenný román Pierra Lesoua vydaný v edícii Série Noire.

V jedinom momente sa život Dannyho Parkera otočil o 180 stupňov. Dnes je z neho troska, zmietajúca sa v nekonečnom kolotoči drog a násilia. A pritom by všetko mohlo byť úplne ina, len keby so ženou nezostali na pláži a neskôr večer sa nezastavili v moteli v Salton Sea, kde sa tajne vyrábali drogy. Behom ich prítomnosti, motel napadli ozbrojení zabijaci. Dannyho postrelili, manželka zomrela a on sa z toho všetkého zrútil. Teraz mu však svitá nádej, pravdepodobne narazil na stopu vrahov a jediné, čo ho ešte drží pri živote je túžba po pomste.

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

On the night of the strangest wedding in cinema history, a grotesque gang boss hires a stonecold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend.

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Before her mysterious death in 1978, Lipnack Kuehl had taped over 200 hours of interviews. The tapes have never been heard. Now they form the basis of an atmospheric, multi-layered documentary that captures the many complex facets of a proud black woman, violent drug addict, loyal friend, vindictive lover and unforgettable singer of ‘God Bless The Child’, ‘Saddest Tale’ and the haunting ‘Strange Fruit’.

An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.

London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.