Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. H...

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Perry Henzell

Cast

Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw

Martin Scorsese’s electrifying concert documentary captures The Rolling Stones live at New York’s Beacon Theatre during their A Bigger Bang tour. Filmed over two nights in 2006 with an all-star team of cinematographers, the film combines dynamic performances with archival footage and rare glimpses behind the scenes, offering a vibrant ...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Martin Scorsese

Cast

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts

The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Leon Ichaso

Cast

Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, John Ortiz

Transformer was universally praised for its well-constructed anatomy of a touchstone album. Now expanded to interweave the original broadcast version with the bonus features on the original disc, the story appropriately begins with Reed remembering his days with the Velvet Underground and the importance of Andy Warhol in making them a ...

Cast

Lou Reed