
Dave Alvin
Actor
Movies9
Movie6.9ActionRaven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
Streets of Fire
1984 · 574 votes
Movie7.6DocumentaryDocumentary about the making of John Waters' 1990 film Cry-Baby.
It Came from... Baltimore!!
2005 · 7 votes
Movie5.6DramaTwo musicians and a roadie take money that is owed to them from a job. One flees to Mexico, and everyone has questions.
Border Radio
1987 · 15 votes
MovieMusicDocumentaryHaggard actually lived the rambling, gambling, love ‘em and leave ‘em, often brutal life that remains the bedrock of country music lyrics – he hopped his first freight train at the age of 10, became a chronic truant and drinker and was locked up some 17 times as a youngster. Serious criminal charges followed, including car theft. He was, literally, in the inmate audience in 1959, when Johnny Cash gave his New Year’s Day concert in San Quentin – and, as he’s said repeatedly, “my life changed forever.”
Movie4.0DocumentaryMusicA biographical study of seminal punk blues singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his band the Gun Club.
Movie4.8ComedyRomanceJohn Boyz lives close to where they film "Baywatch", but you'd never know it. His life is full of bizarre friends, sweaty sex, pistol wielding gangsters, bungling bureaucrats, police fanatics, revolutionaries, and weirdos. All John wants is a little peace of mind and a little piece of the action, but in "Floundering" it wont come easy.
Floundering
1994 · 23 votes
MovieMusicDocumentaryA documentary about legendary San Diego-based, roots rock band, THE BEAT FARMERS featuring interviews with members Jerry Raney, Joey Harris, Buddy Blue, Rolle Love, and Country Dick Montana, plus Dwight Yoakam, Dave Alvin, Harry Shearer, Dr. Demento, and Mojo Nixon (among others).
- Movie10.0Mystery
A director researching for a new film stumbles upon an ad in a youth magazine that reads: "Call this number for your mental fantasies." Believing he's found what he's been searching for, he soon realizes this ad will trigger events far beyond his wildest imagination. The seductive young woman behind this service reveals men's deepest fantasies without physical contact – but she harbors shocking secrets no one could anticipate
The Bitter End
1999 · 1 votes
MovieMusicDocumentaryA journey into the world of well-traveled singer-songwriters like Peter Case, Mary Gauthier, Chris Smither, Dave Alvin, Slaid Cleaves and many more. The film contains live performances of 40 brilliantly crafted songs, as well as informal moments and interviews in which the artists reflect on audiences, songwriting, the music business, and life.
Troubadour Blues
2011
Series4
TV5.9Talk ShowLater... with Jools Holland is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland.
Later... with Jools Holland
1992 · 9 votes
TV8.0CrimeDramaA character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.
Justified
2010 · 892 votes
TV6.3DocumentaryNow the longest-running music series in American television history, ACL showcases popular music legends and innovators from every genre.
Austin City Limits
1975 · 19 votes
TV7.7DramaMysteryMary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.
Tales of the City
1993 · 37 votes