The best Rufus Wainwright’s movies

Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright

22/07/1973 (50 años)
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The Aviator

The Aviator
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/12/2004
  • Character: Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #1
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Heights

Heights
6.8/10
'Heights' follows five characters over 24 hours on a fall day in New York City. Isabel, a photographer, is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan, a lawyer. On the same day, Isabel's mother Diana learns that her husband has a new lover and begins to re-think her life choices and her open marriage. Diana and Isabel's paths cross with Alec, a young actor, and with Peter, a journalist. As the interrelated stories proceed, the connections between the lives of the five characters begin to reveal themselves and their stories unravel. Isabel, Jonathan, Diana, Alec, and Peter must choose what kind of lives they will lead before the sun comes up on the next day.

Days of Darkness

Days of Darkness
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaFantasy
  • Release: 27/05/2007
  • Character: Le jeune prince / Le prince chantant
Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder things with his daughters, his social life, and at work. In a world that at best is a farce, does he stand a chance?

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
7.4/10
19-time Grammy Award-winner Tony Bennett's 90th birthday is celebrated by a host of celebrities in this two-hour music special held at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, with musical performances by Bennett, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Lady Gaga, Billy Joel, Elton John, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Leslie Odom Jr., Rufus Wainwright and Stevie Wonder.

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
8/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 23/04/2016
From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
6.8/10
When the joker Tommy Tricker plays some practical jokes on some of his friends, his best friend Ralph, a stamp collector, discovers the secret of "stamp travel" to make him travel around the world on a stamp to bring back the mysterious Charles Merriweather, who never returned on a stamp for 75 years.

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
6.8/10
Poet, singer / songwriter and ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his home about his life and times. The interview is interspersed with archive photos and exuberant praise and live perfomances from an eclectic mix of musicians, including: Jarvis Cocker, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Anohni, The Handsome Family and U2's Bono and The Edge.

Keane - Strangers

Keane - Strangers
Strangers tells the story of Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley and Richard Hughes, who formed Keane in '97 at school in Sussex, did their first gig in '98, signed a record deal in 2003, released their debut album Hopes & Fears in 2004 and went on to conquer the world with a voice, a piano and a set of drums. The film charts Keane's musical progression from a four-piece guitar band to the three-piece piano-based group that they've become today, and shows how they went on from playing tiny gigs on the UK pub circuit, to winning 2 Brits awards and selling nearly 5 million albums around the world.

Robbie Williams: One Night at the Palladium

Robbie Williams: One Night at the Palladium
8.2/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 06/12/2013
Robbie Williams takes over the London Palladium for an evening of swing classics and new songs. Special guests joining Robbie and his big band on stage are Lily Allen, Rufus Wainwright and Muppets Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, and grumpy old men Statler and Waldorf.

Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle

Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
7.9/10
A Documentary feature film directed by Lian Lunson celebrating the late Kate McGarrigle.

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
7.5/10
  • Release: 07/02/2019
Filmed over two nights at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration brings together a big-name lineup of performers to pay tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter. Seal, James Taylor, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, Graham Nash and more perform songs from Mitchell’s extensive catalog of 19 studio albums. The celebration culminates with all of the stars performing Big Yellow Taxi and presenting a birthday cake to Joni on stage.

Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen

Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen
7.4/10
Some of today's most original recording artists perform the work of famed composer Harold Arlen.

The Runaway Bunny

The Runaway Bunny
5.1/10
The Runaway Bunny brings the illustrations of Clement Hurd and the poetry of Margaret Wise Brown to animated life for the first time. Featuring a restless little bunny who dreams of leaving home, the film is an exploration of love and childhood. Woven throughout the story are songs that accompany the bunny on his imaginary, magical adventures into the world and back home to the comfort of his mother's love.

A not so silent night

A not so silent night
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 24/12/2021
Recorded in 2008, direct from the Knitting Factory stage in downtown Manhattan. This The McGarrigle Christmas Hour features Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson among others

Inventing the Robinsons | The Making of Meet the Robinsons

Inventing the Robinsons | The Making of Meet the Robinsons
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 23/10/2007
  • Character: Self
Director Stephen Anderson and the cast and crew of Disney's Meet the Robinsons discuss the making of the 2007 animated film.

Rufus Wainwright: Live at the FiIlmore

Rufus Wainwright: Live at the FiIlmore
8.3/10
"L'Absence" – 4:00 "14th Street" – 4:33 "Harvester of Hearts" – 2:41 "Natasha" – 3:24 "The Art Teacher" – 3:34 "Hallelujah" – 4:22 "Matinee Idol" – 2:58 "Vibrate" – 3:17 "Gay Messiah" – 4:17 "Want" – 5:27 "Greek Song" – 3:52 "Foolish Love" – 5:35 "I Don't Know What It Is" – 5:40 "Dinner at Eight" – 5:00 "Beautiful Child" – 6:28 "Oh What a World" – 4:13 "Liberty Cabbage" – 4:56 "California" – 3:28 "As in Happy" – 3:40

Rufus Wainwright - All I Want

Rufus Wainwright - All I Want
8.4/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 11/04/2005
  • Character: Himself
Fresh from the massive success of Want Two, the multi-talented Rufus Wainwright releases his first ever DVD, All I Want. This fantastic package includes the documentary aired on C4, "All I Want"; an exclusive new track "The Maker Makes"; 5 exclusive live session tracks; plus 4 music videos and live concert footage from the Cambridge Corn Exchange and Central Park. The live songs Rufus performs are "Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk", "Dinner At Eight", "I Don't Know What It Is", "Vibrate", "Rebel Prince" and many more. Commentary also comes from his army of celebrity fans including Elton John, Neil Tennant and Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters.

Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!

Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!
7.7/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 03/12/2007
A live recording from Rufus Wainwright's sold-out February 25, 2007 tribute concert at the London Palladium to the legendary American actress and singer Judy Garland. The tribute concert features the same songs from Garland's well-known 1961 album, Judy at Carnegie Hall.

Rufus Wainwright - Austin City Limits

Rufus Wainwright - Austin City Limits
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 24/10/2020
  • Character: self
Rufus Wainwright live at Austin City Limits, 2020 setlist: Trouble In Paradise, Damsel In Distress, Unfollow The Rules, You Ain’t Big, Peaceful Afternoon, Only the People That Love, My Little You, Early Morning Madness, Devils And Angels (Hatred), Alone Time, Going To A Town

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