Delphine and Solange are twins, whose mother owns a cafe around which most of the action takes place, living in the seaside resort of Rochefort. One is a dancer the other a musician and both hope to further themselves and move on from the town. But both fall in love, Delphine with a sailor on shore leave and Solange with an American composer. "The Young Girls of Rochefort" is a lush homage to the heyday of Hollywood musicals, highly enjoyable with wonderful songs, dance and awesome pastel-shaded find out more...

Baz Luhrmann, the man who gave Romeo and Juliet a good work over, gets his very modern, style heavy paws on the musical classic and blimey he doesn't mess about. Satine is host and star at the most prestigious nightclub in Paris, where only the very wealthy can while away their evenings. Amongst the plethora of men besotted is one struggling young writer, Christian. The two begin a passionate affair, but as their liaison becomes known it ignites a dangerous cocktail of desire and obsession. Moul find out more...

Rogers and Hammerstein's famous musical about the growth of love amongst the fecundity of the American farmlands, where the corn stands as high as an elephant's eye. Great family entertainment with some of the greatest musical songs ever and the choreography by Agnes DeMille is superb. find out more...

Based on the hit musical, Rent tells the story of eight friends dealing with life and love in Manhattan's Alphabet City, a sort of gritty ‘Fame' that follows the hard and sometimes tragic lives of those who still have dreams. find out more...

From the director of 'She's Gotta Have It' comes a bigger budget and entirely black movie. The militant 'Jigaboos' want the school to ditch its South African investments, but they come into conflict with the lighter skinned 'Wannabees'. Humour, music and dance make this a great follow up film. find out more...

A classic musical based very loosely indeed on the legend of the Sabine women, with the added Hollywood ingredients of dancing and songs such as "Spring Spring Spring" and "Bless Yore Beautiful Hide". Exuberant, innocent and energetic, this is the definitive vintage 50s musical. find out more...

Another Astaire and Rogers classic sees the two crossing the Atlantic on the same ship, but ably consoled by such classic numbers as ‘Let's Call The Whole Thing Off' and ‘They Can't Take That Away From Me'. Other song and dance routines include the short Rehearsal Fragments, Rhumba Sequence, Beginner's Luck, Slap That Bass, Walking The Dog, They All Laughed At Christopher Columbus and Shall We Dance? Synchronized bliss. find out more...

Just simply the best musical ever made. Witty, inventive, brilliant, wonderful and slightly surreal; it manages to parody Hollywood without ever quite descending into self-parody, always retaining its dignity (always dignity...) A must-watch every few years or so.

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"Stingray Sam is not a hero / But he does do the things that folks don't do that need to be done / He's got a bravery inside / That will not let him run away..." So goes the theme song to McAbee's bewitching second feature. The film plays like a homage to a 1950's that didn't exist, a riff on all the genres made famous by that decade. Consisting of six 'episodes' (each one narrated by a jubilant David Hyde Pierce) the film follows the eponymous Stingray Sam and his sidekick The Quasar Kid as the find out more...

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star in arguably their finest film together. Packed with exhilarating dance routines and a marvellous score, this is an indispensable musical classic! Swing Time is full of magical moments including a complex and delightful routine to Pick Yourself Up, a luminous turn to Waltz In Swing Time and Astaire's breathtaking solo to Bojangles Of Harlem. find out more...