Der Schauspieler und Theaterregisseur Yūsuke Kafuku hat vor zwei Jahren seine Ehefrau Oto, eine Drehbuchautorin, verloren. Obwohl er diesen persönlichen Schicksalsschlag noch nicht verarbeitet hat, erklärt er sich dazu bereit, bei einem Theaterfestival in Hiroshima das Tschechow-Stück Onkel Wanja zu inszenieren. Dort trifft Kafuku auf Misaki, die ihm als Fahrerin zugeteilt wird. Die zurückhaltende junge Frau chauffiert ihn fortan in seinem roten Saab 900 zur Arbeit und zurück. Auf ihren gemeinsamen Fahrten beginnen sie sich zögerlich ihrer Vergangenheit zu stellen und aufrichtig von ihrer beider Leben zu berichten...
Der temperamentvolle Theaterimpressario Oscar Jaffe glaubt, in dem Unterwäschemodell Mildred Plotka einen neuen Star entdeckt zu haben, und gibt ihr den Künstlernamen Lily Garland. Niemand sonst glaubt an das Talent von Lily, doch mit harten Methoden macht Oscar aus ihr einen Star.
Ein einstiger Star findet nach Jahren persönlicher und familiärer Krise wieder Anschluß an eine neue Karriere.
Micky und sein Orchester (inkl. Donald und Goofy) geben ein grauenhaftes Radiokonzert auf kaputten Musikinstrumenten.
High school senior Ben secretly lusts after bad boy classmate Johnny. After Ben gives Johnny a ride home one night, the boys end up in Johnny's swimming pool and have an encounter that breaks the rules and blows Ben's mind.
Bühnenautor Felix Webb (Lambert Wilson) hat ein Problem: Er ist mit Elena (Anna Galiena) verheiratet und hat drei Kinder. Und dabei hat er Verhältnis mit der Schauspielerin Hilary (Thandie Newton). Und bei dem ganzen Hin und Her muss sich Felix noch um sein neues Theaterstück kümmern. Da macht ihm sein Hauptdarsteller Robin (Jon Bon Jovi) ein Angebot. Er will Felix' Frau verführen, um ihn von einem Problem zu entlasten. Ist das die richtige Lösung?
A man writes a play, hoping that it will help him understand the dramatic events his son lived in Greece.
Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of "Sweeney Todd", this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process with the musical's director, composer and actors.
Reportage über die Dreharbeiten zur Verfilmung des Romans „Der Name der Rose“ vom Umberto Eco. Der unter anderem in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland unter der Regie von Jean-Jacques Annaud entstehende Film wirft für die Autoren unter anderem die Frage auf, welche Verbindung zwischen Literatur und großem Unterhaltungskino möglich ist.
A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields" by Bernard Marie Koltès with Pascal Greggory and Chéreau himself. From the first reading around the table through the first contact with the performance space, rehearsals and lighting to opening night, the entire creative process unfurls in front of our eyes. The film shows us the evolving and ongoing dialogue between Greggory and Chéreau, a dialogue full of crises and magical moments of harmony and insight via which the truth, intensity, complexity, mystery and depth of Koltès’ text gradually emerge to form an implicit bond between these two men. The film also shows Chéreau directing rehearsals for Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" in Salzburg, revealing both the unity of and profound differences between his opera and theater work.
An actress rehearses a script in her hotel room.
At dawn, in a great classical dance conservatory, a boy falls while rehearsing some movements. Something breaks in his foot, causing sharp pain. But it's exams day and the boy refuses to quit: he tries to face his dance partner and classmates, convincing himself his body has no limits.
A group of actors are rehearsing a supposedly cursed play- When the body count rises the actors must ask themselves, is the curse real or is there a murderer among them?
A documentary about the rehearsal of a theater production of Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander" in 2012, in Stockholm, Sweden.
Oriza Hirata is Japan's leading playwright and director, who runs his own theatrical company, Seinendan. Theatre 2 (Observational Film Series #4) examines the dynamic relationship between theatre and the society through depicting Hirata's activities. In order for his art and his not-so-commercial company to survive this highly capitalistic modern society, what kind of strategy does Hirata have and practice?
Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern musical genius, regarded as one of the true giants of post-war music. Seated at his beloved and battered piano in his Brooklyn brownstone the maestro holds court with frequent stentorian pronouncements on life, art and music.
This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.
Portrait about the planning and rehearsal of Richard Wagner's Parsifal directed by Calixto Bieito at the opera house in Stuttgart.