M.C. Escher – Metamorphose
Everybody knows the works of Maurits Cornelis Escher, but we don’t know much about the man who created some of the most iconic optical illusions ever made. Metamorphose tells us …
Frank Zappa (1993 BBC docu)
Originally shown on BBC 2’s The Late Show (now there was a pretty funky arts series, one that’s still missed) on July 23 1993, it contains one of Zappa’s last …
Brigitte Bardot Sings
This French documentary from 1992 is an enjoyable overview of Brigitte Bardot’s forays into pop music. It features insightful interviews with Bardot, Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, as well as …
Au Bordel Ce Soir
(If the player above doesn’t work, please click this direct link.) Even though they hand over a part of their fees for rent, Ghislain is not a pimp. No English …
Beautiful Losers
The book is an undeniable classic, the film shows what it’s all about: Beautiful Losers follows the lives and careers of a collective group of Do-it-yourself artists and designers who …
Dressing For Pleasure
Scottish documentary filmmaker John Samson died at the age of 58 in 2004. But sadly, for someone of his distinct talents, he unceremoniously faded into obscurity two decades before his …
Cocksucker Blues
Always a pleasure watching some good old fashioned rock star action, including the groupies, the airplanes and the attitude. Excellent! Usually the minute this video gets posted, it gets shut …
Thelonious Monk : Straight, No Chaser
A feature-length documentary on legendary jazz pianist, Thelonious ‘Sphere’ Monk. pieced together from footage shot in the early sixties, lost and subsequently rediscovered in the eighties. Clint Eastwood produced this …
George Carlin – Life Is Worth Losing
Discovered the work of George Carlin only recently. His humour is extremely bitter, so if you want to be in a happy place right now, maybe you should go watch …
Haack: The King of Techno
On Bruce Haack, musician, composer and pioneer of electronic dance music. Haack began the sixties by producing albums of forward-thinking music for children; he ended it with Electric Lucifer, an …
