Movies: Beth Orton

  • 2014
    Lennon or McCartney

    Lennon or McCartney (2014)

    Lennon or McCartney

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    550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. Some stuck to one, some said more, some answered quickly, some thought it through, and some didn't a...

    Lennon or McCartney
  • 2006
    Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

    Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2006)

    Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

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    Poet, singer / songwriter and ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his home about his life and times. The interview is interspersed with archive photos and exuberant praise and live perfomances from an eclectic mix of musicians, including: Jarv...

    Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
  • 2001
    Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician

    Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician (2001)

    Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician

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    Chance, a hapless Los Angeles musician is searching for the coveted Moletron synthesizer through the classified ad paper the "Southlander", and meeting interesting characters along the way....

    Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
  • 2023
    Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

    Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (2023)

    Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

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    A musical documentary celebrating the life and work of glam rock pioneer Marc Bolan, combined with a behind-the-scenes look at the tribute album of the same name....

    Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
  • 2003
    Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well

    Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well (2003)

    Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well

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    Profile of veteran country singer Emmylou Harris, witnessing the heady success of her career while also discussing her late flowering of intensely personal and groundbreaking music, dealing with loss and the passing years....

    Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well
  • 2011
    Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 10: The Boatman's Call)

    Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 10: The Boatman's Call) (2011)

    Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 10: The Boatman's Call)

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    A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album The Boatman's Call (originally released in 1997). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told throug...

    Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 10: The Boatman's Call)
  • 1999
    Lilith on Top

    Lilith on Top (1999)

    Lilith on Top

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    Following up on her 2000 opus Suspicious River, Lynne Stopkewich directs this documentary about the final Lilith Fair. Launched in 1997 by Sarah McLachlan and a host of other female singer/songwriters, the concert series quickly became one of the mos...

    Lilith on Top
  • 2007
    The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

    The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (2007)

    The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

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    The Old, Weird America tracks the history of the Anthology of American Folk Music from its initial compilation of 78 records from rural Americana to its 1952 release on Folkways Records, the urban folk revival of the 1960s, and its continuing influen...

    The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
  • 2007
    Why Birds Sing

    Why Birds Sing (2007)

    Why Birds Sing

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    Inspired by musician and eco-philosopher David Rothenberg's book of the same title, this documentary explores the intriguing, charming, complex and often conflicting theories on why birds sing like they do and why humans are so attracted to the sound...

    Why Birds Sing
  • 2004
    John Martyn: Johnny Too Bad

    John Martyn: Johnny Too Bad (2004)

    John Martyn: Johnny Too Bad

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    This honest and often blackly hilarious film shows Martyn at home in Ireland, during the lead-up to and aftermath of an operation to have one of his legs amputated below the knee. Contributors include sometime collaborator and buddy Phil Collins, th...

    John Martyn: Johnny Too Bad
  • 2015
    Light Years

    Light Years (2015)

    Light Years

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    A subtly nuanced drama that explores the toll that physical and mental illness can have on a family....

    Light Years