Clint Eastwood directed and hosted this final segment of the seven-part Blues documentary which was aired on PBS in the United States and then released on DVD. Eastwood has been a longtime fan of the piano and of blues and jazz artists. He once did a movie called "Bird" about jazzman Charlie Parker. 　　Here, Clint sits at the piano next to people like Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Marcia Ball, Dr. John and others and interviews them. Most aren't good interviewees and say very little, especially Charles who revealed nothing about himself or his music; absolutely no insight. Brubeck does a beautiful number but its jazz, not blues. Apparently, Eastwood forgot this was a documentary on blues. About half of the material here is more on jazz greats, like Brubeck or Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Nat "King" Cole, etc. 　　The best parts were clips of older and deceased piano greats like Art Tatum, who may be the best of all time, as shown here. He was awesome and I admit I knew little about the man until this episode. 　　Other footage highlights Otis Spann and the Chicago electric blues sound, which is more like it, to blues fans like me. Charles Brown offers some good boogie while Big Joe Turner and Jay McShann, Pinetop Perkins, Pete Jolly, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and others contribute either live or in footage. 　　Meanwhile, film of a slinky woman in a sequined dress playing some boogie-woogie stuff was a highlight to me, too. Man, she could play and was fun to watch. I'd like to see more of her, or at least find out who she was. (I should have taken notes.). 　　Charles, via old TV tape, concludes this episode with his bluesy version of "America" which still in unique and wonderful.

“黑豹”查德维克-博斯曼遗作！改编自两次普利策奖得住奥古斯特-威尔逊的同名戏剧和传奇“蓝调之母”玛-雷尼的生平！奥斯卡最佳女配角得主维奥拉-戴维斯…

加拿大新锐导演罗伯特·布德里奥和 《爱在黎明破晓时》男星伊桑·霍克携手合作的《生为蓝调》，跳脱传统传记电影的钻研考究，在虚实互映的构组拼贴中，重现爵士乐手查特·贝克充满传奇色彩的戏剧一生。

20世纪20 年代，在芝加哥的一场午后录音中，乐队成员们正在等待开拓性的表演者、传奇的“蓝调之母”玛·雷尼（奥斯卡金像奖得主维奥拉·戴维斯饰），其间气氛变得愈发紧张。录音进行到后期时，无畏又脾气火爆的玛和其白人经纪人及制作人就她的音乐控制权展开了一场意志的较量。雄心勃勃的小号手列维（查德维克·博斯曼饰）非常欣赏玛的女朋友，并决心在音乐行业中占有一席之地，当乐队在工作室幽闭的排演室中等待时，他促使乐手们爆出揭露真相的故事，这将永远改变他们的生活。 　　《蓝调天后》根据两次普利策奖得主奥古斯特·威尔逊的戏剧改编而成，歌颂了蓝调的变革力量以及那些拒绝让社会偏见左右自己价值的艺术家。该电影由乔治·乌尔夫执导，鲁本·桑地亚哥-哈德森进行剧本改编，凭借《藩篱》荣获奥斯卡奖提名的丹泽尔·华盛顿和托德·布莱克担任制片人。科尔曼·多明戈、格林·特鲁曼、迈克尔·波茨、泰勒·佩姬、杜山·布朗担任联合主演，艾美奖得主布兰福德·马萨利斯进行配乐。

Darkside Blues (Japanese: ダークサイド・ブルース, Hepburn: Dākusaido Burūsu) is a manga series by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The story has been adapted into an anime film directed by Yoshimichi Furukawa. The film was originally licensed by Central Park Media and then later licensed by ADV Films. 　　The story involves the town of Kabuki-cho, home of a resistance faction called Messiah. In the futuristic setting, Kabuki-cho is one of the last places of freedom because the Persona Century Corporation has taken control of the majority of the Earth. Kabuki-cho is hence known as "The Dark Side of Tokyo". Furthermore, a mysterious stranger called Darkside appears to protect the citizens of Kabuki-cho.

In 1996, with his public image at a low ebb after a messy breakup with Mia Farrow, clarinetist and filmmaker Woody Allen set off on a tour of Europe with his New Orleans jazz band. Accompanying him were his sister, his soon-to-be wife Soon-Yi Previn, and Oscar-winning documentary maker Barbara Kopple. Like Allen says as the beginning of the tour, "Theoretically, this should be fun for us." 　　Woody Allen has always been more widely appreciated in Europe than in the U.S., so it's no surprise that the concerts quickly provoke the kind of fan hysteria usually reserved for rock stars. This star however is clearly not comfortable with his fame. Whether he's giving a tour of his lavish hotel suite or prodding at an unexpectedly dry omelet, the director seems profoundly ill at ease and sometimes--when trapped by a crowd or harassed by a particularly persistent photographer--he appears to be both frightened and angry at the way celebrity shapes his life. The pressure to be funny on cue is the bane of any comedian's life, of course, and for Allen the seemingly endless round of receptions and parties is something to be endured, not enjoyed. In the face of this, the mutual support and affection shared by Allen and the woman he introduces as "the notorious Soon-Yi Previn" comes across as both genuine and absolutely necessary. When they are together, he is at his funniest, and his least guarded. 　　What persuaded such a private artist to allow such a documentary to be made? Perhaps it was a desire to celebrate his love of music, something that appears to sustain him as much as his relationship with Soon-Yi. He may refuse to bob his head and tap his feet to please his audience, but when he launches into a soaring solo we finally see Allen at ease, transported by the thrill of playing jazz. --Simon Leake

横浜に住むBJは、毎晩場末のうらぶれたバーで歌っているブルースシンガー。だが歌だけでは食えない状態で、生活のために私立探偵紛いな副業でセコイ小銭を稼いでいる。そんなある日、失踪した少年・明の行方調査を依頼されたBJ。所在を見つけたものの、彼は闇組織のボスでゲイの牛宅麻の男娼となっていた。次の日、BJは久々に再会したニューヨーク時代の親友で刑事の椋を目の前で突然殺され、その上BJを何故か快く思っていなかった椋の同僚刑事・紅谷から殺人容疑をかけられて、取り調べと称したリンチを受ける。更に牛からも麻薬取引で運営している組織のメカニズムに触れたと見なされて命を狙われ、BJは窮地に陥るが……。

Crumb director Terry Zwigoff’s first film is a true treat: a documentary about the obscure country blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. As beguiling a raconteur as he is a performer, Louie makes for a wildly entertaining movie subject, and Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, Louie Bluie is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to excavate in the coming years.

作为电视剧导演在电视台工作的田洼优太（井之胁海 饰），虽然实现了梦想，但工作忙得不可开交，每天吃饭就像吃饲料一样。曾经的热情也消失了，变得烦躁不安，每天都过着不稳定的生活。另一方面，作为厨师本应一帆风顺的佐藤耕助（金子大地 饰）却不为人知地辞去了厨师的工作，现在过着家里蹲的生活 。两人是高中时代的老朋友，因为朋友离婚而再次见面。然后以某件事为契机，变成只一起吃晚饭的关系。然后，通过这样的“晚餐活动”，最终修复心灵。

年轻貌美的美国科学家琳达（布丽·拉尔森 Brie Larson 饰）被派往印度销售她培育的“9号稻米”。初到印度，琳达遭遇到巨大的文化冲击，但幸好有当地年轻官僚威廉的帮助，使她能够安心地在那里研究并推广销售她的研究成果。 　　在这个过程中，琳达遇到了因缴不出学费而辍学的大学生罗杰（乌特卡什·安邦德卡尔 Utkarsh Ambudkar 饰）。两人在研究中产生了争执，但也在这一过程中坠入了热恋。罗杰帮助琳达发现了被派往印度的研究成果存在丑陋内幕的问题。原来，她旨在帮助印度农民的研究成果被无良的公司总裁葛根滥用，即将对农民造成毁灭性的伤害。面对这场道德与人道主义的困境，琳达陷入了一个艰难的选择。她需要思考如何阻止即将发生的灾难，同时保护自己的研究成果不被滥用。而与此同时，她与罗杰之间的异国恋情也面临着考验，因为他们的感情将在这场危机中承受重压。