Patti Smith – MRQE

Brian Wilson: On Tour (V)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Legendary former Beach Boy, Brian Wilson toured America and Japan with a 10 piece band. Here he is captured performing 24 live tracks, and one that has never been issued before. Also included are interviews with Pete Townshend, Sheryl Crow, Neil Young and Patti Smith, a back-stage visit from Ronnie Spector, Paul McCartney’s induction of Wilson to the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame and a series of interviews with the man himself filmed over a 4 year period.

Turn in the Wound

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Abel Ferrara explores human conflict and the search for peace and balance through the music and words of Patti Smith and the experiences of people at war in Ukraine.

Ron Delsener Presents

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Now well into his eighties, Delsener shows little sign of slowing down. At one point, the camera follows him as he ping-pongs across New York attending multiple concerts in one evening. His love for the work of putting on a show shines through as he drags the filmmakers through crowds and backstage so he can chat with artists and crew members. Interspersed with these present-day adventures are looks back on the highlights of Delseners career, reflecting his own intense nostalgia. Its rare that a documentary so completely embodies the personality of its subject.

Wim Wenders: Desperado

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

“Wings Of Desire” and “Buena Vista Social Club”, “Paris, Texas” and “The State Of Things”: Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New German Cinema and one of the most important and influential representatives of contemporary cinema. With never before shown archive material and extraordinary encounters with companions and contemporary witnesses such as Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Andie MacDowell, Hanns Zischler, Patti Smith and Werner Herzog, this documentary provides unique insights into the life and work of one of the most multifaceted artists of our times. Renowned documentary filmmaker Eric Friedler (“It Must Schwing. The Blue Note Story”) and his co-director Andreas Frege were given the exclusive opportunity to portray Wenders for this film. From Dusseldorf to Paris, and all the way to the desert of Texas, the film traces iconic locations and decisive moments in Wenders’ work as director, producer, photographer and author.

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.

Ex Libris: New York Public Library

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The life and successes of iconic music executive Clive Davis, from his miraculous start at Columbia Records through his trailblazing work at Arista Records and J Records, with a heavy dose of outstanding music sprinkled in between.

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of placesthese are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most controversial photographer of the twentieth century. Openly gay, Mapplethorpe took images of male sex, nudity, and fetish to extremes that resulted in his work still being labelled by some as pornography masquerading as art. But less talked about are the more serene, yet striking portraits of flowers, sculptures, and perfectly framed human forms that are equally pioneering and powerful.

The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After the success of 1975’s “Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are poised to become rock ‘n’ roll’s newest stars. Instead of churning out another album, they take almost three years to record their darker, more mature fourth album, “Darkness on the Edge of Town.” Intent on expanding his worldview beyond New York and New Jersey, Springsteen explores broader themes of love and loss while battling to regain control of his tightly managed career.

Film socialisme

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday… Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. The children demand serious explanations of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Our humanities. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples and Barcelona.