When Nirvana Came to Britain

As glam rock's most flamboyant survivors, X Japan ignited a musical revolution in Japan during the late '80s with their melodic metal. Twenty years after their tragic dissolution, X Japan’s leader, Yoshiki, battles with physical and spiritual demons alongside prejudices of the West to bring their music to the world.

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.

In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.

NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical implications -- utilizing additional outtakes, never before heard audio recordings of the production meetings, and other rare archival elements.

Barón Rojo, la película

A struggling rock band is discovered by a gutsy young woman determined to make it as their manager. Certain that the band can be a winner, she convinces the group to give her a shot at making them stars. Surviving a slew of pitfalls -- among them a motorcycle gang and a helicopter pilot named "Crash" -- the band soon discovers that while making it isn't all that easy, getting there is all the fun.

Bob Harris presents a concert by the southern rockers, recorded in Shepherd's Bush, London for Old Grey Whistle Test on November 11th, 1975.

When it comes to self-promotion, no one can beat Blackout Problems: On their website and social media clips, white roses, gas masks and burning shopping wagons. On YouTube, the well-designed studio documentary "Dark Days", thick with pathos, is a gripping introduction to the third long player by the Munich-based band.

Nasi was always a controversial guy. Since his times with Ira! in the early 1980s, his name was among the most talented and also the most troublesome artists on the Brazilian scene.

In 1968, five girls from Tuscany who dreamt of seeing the world were offered to tour the Far East as an all-girl band, finding themselves in the middle of the Vietnam War. Fifty years later, they tell the story of Le Stars' adventure amongst American soldiers, remote jungle bases and soul music.

The Brazilian band Made In Brazil is featured in Guinness World Records as the group with the largest number of formations in the history of rock and roll. Also, no wonder, since the late 1960s, brothers Oswaldo and Celso Vecchioni have shared stages and studios with more than 200 groups of different musicians. This is their story, filled with rock and roll, some drugs and a lot of love for music.

Alice Cooper and band’s first performance, organized by his friend Frank Zappa, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival in 1969.

The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.

An apartment filled with people who are junked up on heroin and running around in their undergarments performing loud rock music.

This concert documentary blends the full live performance of the final hometown show of mewithoutYou's "[A→B] Life 15th Anniversary Tour" with interviews and archival footage to tell the story of the band's evolution and emotions as they revisit their debut record.

This rare Fleetwood Mac documentary provides an intimate look at the original band as led by Peter Green, during the 1960s British blues boom.

Classic emo and punk band Cap'n Jazz perform at the Daily Grind in Kansas City, MO on July 10th, 1995 before their break-up.

Comprising new and archival footage, this film observes rituals performed by the South Asian, African, and Caribbean diaspora in Britain, demonstrating an appreciation of land, community values, and the universe we share with other species and planets.

Pearl Jam play the second of two nights live at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA on April 29th 2016. >> SETLIST: Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go, Black, Jeremy, Oceans, Porch, Garden (tour debut), Deep, Release (tour debut), Breakerfall (tour debut), Corduroy, Who You Are, Let the Records Play, Spin the Black Circle, Do the Evolution >> ENCORE: Bee Girl (Eddie and Jeff acoustic) (tour debut), Just Breathe (Eddie, Boom, and Matt acoustic), All or None (tour debut), Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd cover), Mind Your Manners, Given to Fly, Daughter (with "It's Ok" and W.M.A." tags), Rearviewmirror >> ENCORE 2: Last Kiss (Wayne Cochran cover) (followed by "Over the Hills and Far Away" by Led Zeppelin tease), Better Man, Leash, Throw Your Hatred Down (Neil Young cover) (tour debut), Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys cover), Baba O'Riley (The Who cover), Yellow Ledbetter (with "The Star-Spangled Banner" Mike McCready guitar outro)

This is a film about touring musicians who don't care about making it in the music business and all of the hardships they face without the fame.