Whiplash

Whiplash 2014

8.38

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

2014

The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor 1963

6.60

A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.

1963

American Pop

American Pop 1981

6.84

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.

1981

Whiplash

Whiplash 2013

7.80

A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.

2013

Second Chorus

Second Chorus 1941

5.80

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.

1941

Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues 1955

6.10

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.

1955

Chasing Trane

Chasing Trane 2017

7.30

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.

2017

Tango Tangles

Tango Tangles 1914

5.00

In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

1914

The Sound of Freedom

The Sound of Freedom 2010

2.00

Based on true events. USSR, 1950s. As the reach of the oppressive communist regime escalates,

2010

Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night 1941

6.20

A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.

1941

The Strip

The Strip 1951

5.70

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.

1951

Hey Babu Riba

Hey Babu Riba 1985

5.60

In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.

1985

Sparni

Sparni 2023

10.00

It’s the second semester of junior year for Pierce “Sparni” Sparnroft, a gifted jazz vibraphonist studying at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Sparni’s prospects on the vibes were rejuvenated by their new professor, the world-renowned Steve Nelson, and are to be showcased during a student-driven recital in May 2023. But all the while, Sparni must face a crisis within.

2023

The Crimson Canary

The Crimson Canary 1945

6.00

Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered.

1945

The Flamboyant Sex

The Flamboyant Sex 1961

5.00

24 hours in the life of three Swedish girls in Paris. Seduced by the excitement but short of money they earn a few francs as nude models in an art school.

1961

Dixieland Droopy

Dixieland Droopy 1954

6.97

John Pettibone (Droopy), a dog whose love of Dixieland music is not appreciated by those around him, has a lucky meeting with Pee-Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland band at the circus.

1954

Jam Session

Jam Session 1942

6.10

Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.

1942

Shoe Shine Boy

Shoe Shine Boy 1943

7.00

A teenaged shoeshine boy urgently tries to raise the remaining amount of money he needs to purchase a secondhand bugle before 6p.m.

1943

Great Artists Steal

Great Artists Steal 2024

1

Set in 1980s Melbourne, a disgraced jazz pianist attempts to get back into his former band by sabotaging his replacement.

2024

Ain't Misbehavin'

Ain't Misbehavin' 1997

8.00

Comedy drama set during World War Two following the misadventures of two very different bandsmen - one an ex-air force pilot, the other a draft dodging, scheming private detective - as they get caught up with gangsters and romance in blitz torn London.

1997

Timewasters

Timewasters 2017

6.20

A struggling four-piece South London jazz band find themselves transported back in time to the 1920s and 1950s via an elevator in a dilapidated block of flats. Met with stares and curiosity in the past, the group hilariously navigates the clash of cultures and social conventions all while exploring worlds that are both incredibly familiar and painfully foreign.

2017