What to say about The American Astronaut... It's a heady cocktail of DIY science-fiction, lo-fi musical, transatlantic surrealism and good old fashioned nice-guy comedy. The action revolves around Sam Curtis, a mercenary of the Han Solo school, and his increasingly colourful mission. It begins with the delivery of a cat to a small outer-belt asteroid saloon where he meets his former dance partner, and interplanetary fruit thief, the Blueberry Pirate. Peril comes in the form of nemesis Professor find out more...

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One of Minnelli's best musicals, with Buchanan as a highbrow producer trying to turn Astaire's comeback show into an art house 'Faust' while Astaire and Charisse try to unite their dancing styles into a partnership. Astaire is superb in 'By Myself' and 'A Shine on Your Shoes' and, with Charisse, in 'Dancing in the Dark'. The film's most elaborate number is the 'Girl Hunt Ballet', a spoof of Mickey Spillane hard-boiled detective novels, with Michael Kidd's choreography and Charisse's femme fatale find out more...

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William Powell stars in this Oscar winning biopic charting the fall and rise and fall (and rise...) of Florence Ziegfeld's showbiz extravaganzas, including his legendary Follies. The cast is excellent (which features some original Ziegfeldians) and captures the fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants optimism that dominated Ziegfeld's tumultuous career. The music is great and the dancing sublime. Do yourself a favour! Watch it and cry for an age when such reckless decadence was something to be admired... find out more...

Miike Takashi returns to mess with your minds! The plot revolves around a family who have set up a guest house in the picturesque countryside in anticipation of an influx of tourists due to a new road under construction. Things soon start to go awry when the first guest dies and the family decide to bury him to keep the prospects of their business alive. The plot, however, soon takes a back seat to the audio-visual assault on the senses that follows. Musical numbers are played out with gusto fro find out more...

Irving Berlin's tale of a vaudeville showbiz family and their trials and tribulations, much dancing and singing is had by all. Starring Marilyn Monroe. find out more...

Fred and Ginger in one of their most memorable films, superbly accompanied by Berlin's score. The sets are fantastically over the top art-deco, which became a trademark of Fred and Ginger films, the plot is a "Gay Divorcee" mistaken identity romp and the relationship between the two leads is superb. Songs include 'No Strings', 'Top Hat, White Tie and Tails', 'Isn't It A Lovely Day?' 'The Piccolino' and 'Cheek to Cheek' and the dance routines come from Hermes Pan. find out more...

The epic tale of a young girl, stolen from her family and sold to a Kothawali, who grows into a beautiful woman with an angelic voice. Umrao's one true love marries another and she vows she will never perform again. Umrao Jaan is a true Bollywood classic, lush, melodramatic and with song and dance aplenty. find out more...

A bunch of no hope theatricals shepherded by a camp New Yorker create a musical extravaganza to celebrate the chief events in the history of Blaine, Missouri for the small town's 150th anniversary. An hilarious satire from the writer who brought you "This Is Spinal Tap". find out more...