A monument of post-free solo reeds playing and a stunning item in Peter Brötzmann's discography,
14 Love Poems is arguably the German saxophonist and clarinetist's strongest, most compelling solo statement. Recorded and first released by FMP in 1984, this LP ...
Ballads, which really seems to make ballads out of ballads, has been considered both worthy
of hanging on the museum wall alongside the other masterpieces and being accorded special merit as the jazz record most used for background music. Since ...
The pairing of Brazilian percussion god Cyro Baptista and vanguard British improv guitarist Derek Bailey
may seem an unlikely one in concept, but never was there a more natural and rewarding collaboration in reality. Recorded in 1982 by Martin Bisi ...
Inspired by a popular computer game, Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf
Strike tells the tale of what happens when Santa's helpers decide they need to unionize in order to get better working conditions from their jolly ...
Based on a novel by William Chamberlain, Imitation General has a bit more story depth
and character development than the average WWII service comedy. Glenn Ford stars as M/Sgt. Murphy Savage, who is forced to take drastic action when Brigadier ...
A 17-year-old Mayan girl (María Mercedes Coroy) who works on a coffee plantation in Guatemala
is arranged to be married. She dreams of a life outside the farm, and charts a course for modern civilization. Guatemalan native Jayro Bustamante directed ...
In this documentary from directors Aaron and Amanda Kopp, five orphaned children from Swaziland work
together with the help of a South African storyteller to create an animated fairytale centered on Liyana, a character based on their real-life experiences as ...