Tambo Jazz

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts abou...

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Roy Andersson

Cast

Håkan Angser, Eric Bäckman, Patrik Anders Edgren

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

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Woody Allen

Cast

Sean Penn, Ben Duncan, Samantha Morton

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.

Runtime

2h 43m

Director

Martin Scorsese

Cast

Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Bertrand Tavernier

Cast

Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker

Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youths and battles with the devil himself to save the black race.

Runtime

1h 21m

Director

John Coney

Cast

Sun Ra, Barbara Deloney, Erika Leder