The Hold Steady: A Positive Rage

In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

D. A. Pennebaker

Cast

Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth

As Tobias, a young director, supposes that his girl-friend Ellen had an affair with his brother Markus, front man of "Hansen", one year ago, he decides to shoot a documentary about the band's next tour. When Ellen joins the project, everybody's emotions boil over, although they are observed all the time.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Lars Kraume

Cast

Florian Lukas, Jürgen Vogel, Heike Makatsch

In the 1970s, 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. Twenty years on, these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Brian Gibson

Cast

Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail

Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Todd Haynes

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Toni Collette

A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Leopold Grün

Cast

Dean Reed, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Celino Bleiweiß

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa