Movies and TvShows featuring "music-journalism" theme.

Dancing on the Edge is a TV mini-series set in 1930s London during the interwar period. It follows a jazz band and explores the challenges they face, including racism, anti-Semitism, and interracial relationships. The story delves into the complexities of the showbiz industry and the characters' struggle for acceptance and success.

William Miller, a teenager in the 1970s, gets the opportunity to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an emerging rock band while joining them on tour. Along the way, he navigates the complexities of family, friendship, and the music industry.

An educational program hosted by Gen Hoshino and his puppet "Kaisetsuin" that focuses on a "history changing" musician in each episode.

Set in the 1970s, Velvet Goldmine follows a journalist who dives into the rise and fall of a renowned glam rock musician, exploring themes of sexuality, identity, and scandal in the music industry. The story is told through flashbacks and interviews, revealing the impact of the musician's career and personal life on those around him.

In 1987, a small-town girl moves to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams of becoming a rock star. Along the way, she falls in love with a fellow musician and faces challenges in the cutthroat music industry.

In Slash, a group of rockers embarks on a road trip only to be terrorized by a supernatural serial killer. As the body count rises, they must uncover the truth behind this horrifying urban legend before it's too late.

All These Women is a comedy film about a music critic who finds himself in a series of humorous encounters with various women. The film showcases his experiences with cellists, authors, mistresses, and music journalists in a mansion in Eastern Europe.

A story about real life early 20th century British composer and music critic Philip Arnold Heseltine.

Todd Loren, whose scandalous series of unauthorized comic book biographies of rock stars enraged and sometimes charmed his subjects, provoked numerous lawsuit threats from the likes of Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses and Skid Row, and eventually led to a landmark First Amendment case, all before he was savagely murdered in 1992. Includes first hand accounts from many of the artists and writers who were inspired and exploited by Loren, along with interviews with Alice Cooper, Mojo Nixon and more.

The final episode in our Mini-Docs series comes from musician and writer Jake Anderson, who explores the niche music genres which find an increasing audience in the North East. On a mission to discover outside-the-mainstream sounds and the driving forces behind their creation, Jake chats with musicians Me Lost Me, SQUARMS and Mariam Rezaei, along with some of the major players keeping these sonically-engaging sound makers doing what they’re doing, including Simeon Soden from Kaneda Records and Lee Etherington of TUSK. This mini-documentary features reflections on some of the most unique acts in the North East, what genre boundaries actually mean and artists’ hopes for the future of the North East’s alternative scene. This is an Art Mouse film for NARC. TV, written and directed by Jake Anderson.

If you want to know what is Slam, you have to come see it. Freaks, piercings, thongs and a lot of cream. 100% wild.

The music industry has an infamous history as one of the shadiest. "The Music Industry’s Darkest Secret" takes a look at its dark side, between the ties to organized crime to the rigging of the charts. A tour through the stories the music industry would probably like to ignore.

Ticket to Write : The Golden Age of Rock Music Journalism is a fascinating look at the musical landscape , circa 1966 - 1981 , as told through interviews with period journalists and musicians

This is the inside story of the Freddie Mercury you never knew: a behind the scenes story focusing on the two years that changed his life, from the summer of 1985 at Live AID when he achieved his greatest musical triumph to the spring of 1987 when he faced his deepest fears and was diagnosed with AIDS. It’s the true story of his battle to keep his privacy against a prying tabloid press, to work despite crippling pain and to confound science and save his life.

Zachary Blasto, a hard-drinking, talented songwriter and performer, envisions madcap musical fantasies in order to avoid dealing with the downward spiral of his personal life.