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BBC Arena: Dire Straits

August 10, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Arena is the BBC’s multi award-winning arts strand. Founded in 1975, Arena continues to produce gold standard documentaries for the BBC and world audiences *********************************************************************** BBC Arena: Dire Straits […]

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Music, Television

Talking to Girls About Duran Duran

August 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As […]

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Literature, Music

Love is a Mix Tape

July 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Mix tapes: Stick one into a deck and you’re  transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield, author of Turn Around Bright Eyes that time was one […]

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Literature, Music

The Dreamers

July 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From Academy Award winning director Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor, 1987), comes an erotic tale of three young film lovers brought together by their passion for movies-and each other. […]

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Film, Literature

Prince: Sign o’ the Times

July 13, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In front of a crowd at the Rotterdam Music Hall, Prince and his band bring to life his album “Sign ‘O’ the Times” that garnered him a Grammy nomination […]

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Film, Music

The Power Station: Video EP

July 6, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Power Station Video EP is a 30 minute video by The Power Station, originally released in 1986, and featuring Some Like It Hot, Get It On (Bang A […]

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Music, Television

David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise

June 8, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: On Saturday May 8, 1993, at the Hollywood Center Studios in Los Angeles, David Bowie was filmed performing six tracks from his latest solo album ‘Black Tie White Noise’.  […]

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Music

Duran Duran: The Making of ‘Arena’

June 1, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A fascinating insight into the making of an extraordinary film featuring the team that made ‘Arena’. *********************************************************************** Duran Duran: The Making of ‘Arena’ 7.5 eyelights: the many interviews with […]

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Music, Television

Shock Treatment

May 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Trust me, I’m a doctor! The musical madness and mayhem continue in this sumptuous “sequel” to The Rocky Horror Picture Show! In the continuing adventure of Brad and Janet […]

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Film

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

May 26, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Rocky Horror Picture Show is an “erotic nightmare beyond any measure.” Relive Richard O’Brien’s sinfully twisted salute to horror, sci-fi, B-movies and rock music – A “sensual daydream […]

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Film

Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits – HIStory

May 11, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: 10 Of The Greatest Short Films In HIStory! Here together for the first time are 10 of the most groundbreaking music videos of all time! Michael Jackson’s short films […]

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Music, Television

That’s Entertainment! III

May 9, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Lena Horne luxuriates in a bath during Cabin in the Sky. Cyd Charisse vamps through The Band Wagon’s Two-Faced Woman. Judy garland leads a street-swelling March of the Doagies […]

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Film

Duran Duran: Arena (An Absurd Notion)

May 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Arena (An Absurd Notion) is a concept concert video filmed during the course of Duran Duran’s 1984 Sing Blue Silver North American concert tour in support of the album […]

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Film, Music, Television

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