Factory Records, the Hacienda club, Tony Wilson, Happy Mondays, etc, etc. '24 Hour Party People' is an affectionate and humorous trip through Manchester's monster music scene in the 80s and 90s. The soundtrack as you'd expect is blinding and Steve Coogan's portrayal of Wilson is spooky. A film that stands on it's own as an excellent near tragi-comedy, but within its historical context... it's bloody mad!

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Set during the cultural revolution in China we follow two urbane young men after they are dismissed to a remote, but beautiful, mountainous corner of the country to re-learn the basic tenets of Chairman Mao's communist ideology. At first depressed by their predicament, the two lads soon perk up when they come across a hidden selection of western literature, a find they eagerly share with the curious and beguiling local seamstress. They also survive by telling stories, making music and pulling te find out more...

Superb biopic of legendary country singer Loretta Lynn. Sissy Spacek, who incidentally has a belting voice, deservedly won the Best Actress Oscar for her moving portrayal of the naive Kentucky farm girl who became a singing superstar against all the odds, while Tommy Lee Jones is dynamite as her husband Doolittle. Beverly D'Angelo is also a revelation as Loretta's close friend, the late great Patsy Cline. An inspirational rags-to-riches story, only to be avoided if you have a strong aversion to find out more...

When Gram Parsons died in a hale of self inflicted narcotics in 1973 his best buddy and road manager, Phil, took it upon himself to fulfil an old promise, cremation in the desert of Joshua Tree. Not everybody however, in fact nobody, share Phil's beliefs, and with only a flower power hearse and an increasingly disgruntled hippy for company he races across the desert with the law, gram's family and gram's lovers in hot pursuit. Based (loosely) on true events, Gram Parsons is both a funny and tou find out more...

'Scott Walker: 30 Century Man' explores the man's music and career, from his early days as a jobbing bass player on the Sunset Strip, mega-stardom in Britain's swinging 60s pop scene and finally his transformation into a lyricist of true genius. Featuring interviews with friends, collaborators and fans including amongst others, David Bowie, Radiohead, Jarvis Cocker, Brian Eno, Damon Albarn and Neil Hannon. A fascinating portrait of the ultimate cult artist. find out more...

Sid Vicious was the self-destrutive icon of the punk era, the genuine "no future" kid who took his two years of fame with a two-fingered salute to the society that spawned him. A beautifully crafted tale of his relationship with Nancy and their tragic tailspin to death. Not just for old punks! find out more...

An artful documentary about the life of Daniel Johnson, singer/songwriter, artist, cartoonist and general artistic genius, but a man sadly afflicted with a severe mental illness that makes him totally self-delusional and an occasional danger to both himself and others. Daniel, raised in a Christian fundamentalist family in deepest West Virginia, amongst many of his fantasies, sees Devils everywhere, and with his overblown self-importance, not helped by his legions of admirers, vying with his low find out more...

Brothers stick together, even when they can't stand each other and aren't actually brothers. For twenty-odd years, New York punk quartet the Ramones traded under a single surname, dressed in a uniform of leather jackets and jeans, shared tour buses and dressing rooms, and hated each other's guts. This is a largely sympathetic look at a group that could never cash in on the kind of witty, radio-friendly pop-punk sounds since imitated by everybody from the Pixies to Busted. Sympathetic, but even-h find out more...