Fame is certainly not for everyone, but folks interested in stories of struggling artists or enamored with late-1970s New York City will find plenty to enjoy
Tag: musical
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
There are few movies quite as original as “Pennies from Heaven.” Set during the Great Depression, the movie follows Steve Martin as a failed sheet-music
Can’t Stop the Music (1980)
There are very few movies quite as baffling, incomprehensible and ill-advised as this Village People movie. Reminiscent of other campy anti-masterpieces like “Mommie Dearest” and
The Red Shoes (1948)
Breathtakingly gorgeous and dramatically compelling from the first few shots, this quasi-adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s original fairy tale has no parallel. Set primarily in
Grease Live! (2016)
Just as good as the 1978 original film adaptation of the Broadway musical, this live television broadcast of “Grease” is a miracle to behold. From
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
This Hollywood biography of the prodigious 1950s rock star often plays like a light musical, which enables the narrative to absorb the punches of Lewis’s
