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Chicago is a film adaptation of a stage musical based on a 1926 play, set in 1920s Chicago. It follows two murderers, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, who compete for fame and attention in the media and the courtroom.
Miles Ahead is a 2015 biographical-drama film directed by and starring Don Cheadle as jazz musician Miles Davis. The film covers Davis' career, personal life, and musical compositions in a non-linear and fictional way.
Born to Be Blue is a 2015 drama film starring Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker, a jazz musician who struggles with addiction and injury. The film is semi-factual and semi-fictional, and features a score by David Braid and vocals by Hawke.
Learn about the 1975 American musical based on a play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, about two women accused of murder in the jazz age. Find out how it became a long-running Broadway and West End hit, a film adaptation, and a satire on corruption and celebrity.
La La Land is a 2016 American musical romantic comedy-drama film starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a jazz pianist and an actress in Los Angeles. The film won six Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Stone, and is widely acclaimed as one of the best films of the 2010s.
Whiplash is a critically acclaimed drama film about a young jazz drummer who faces abuse and pressure from his teacher at a prestigious music school. The film won three Oscars, including Best Supporting Actor for J. K. Simmons, and is considered one of the best films of the 2010s.
A 2021 sequel to Space Jam (1996) starring LeBron James and the Looney Tunes. James and his son are trapped in a virtual multiverse by a rogue AI and must win a basketball game to escape.
In June 2021, Sony Pictures Classics acquired the distribution rights for the film. [4] Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 13, 2022, [5] and released in limited theatres in New York City and Los Angeles on May 13, before expanding to additional markets on May 27. [6]