Movies: Fame

Anteojito and Antifaz live in an apartment house in Villa Trompeta, a fantasy city with funny animals, dancing vegetables, and Uncle Antifaz’s enemy, Cachavacha the witch, living with Pajarraco her owl, in the apartment right under his. Uncle Antifaz...

Enthusiastic emcee Taylor James (Tim Peper) leaves behind his home state of New Jersey when party planner Vanessa Dupree (Judy Reyes) hires him to work the busier New York City bar mitzvah scene. Tutored by slick Manhattan emcee Sebastian (George Val...

17-year-old Coco wants to become famous. She goes to each audition, but is rejected time and again. On her YouTube channel, she creates a fictional world in which everything is perfect and her self-confidence is based on likes and followers....

With the age of Reality Shows, one in particular offers the chance of fame and fortune for twelve ex-reality TV Stars. But at what cost, is fifteen minutes of fame worth more than their lives?...

PewPewPew is a mysterious virus spreading amongst the teens of Malmö, a small city in southern Sweden. Symptoms include nausea, confusion and an overwhelming desire to be famous. Four teens infected with the disease are struggling to understand what ...

Brilliantly mixing animated sequences and archival footage, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre paints a touching portrait of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson....

Set in Kochi right before the pandemic, micro-celebrity and boy genius Gabriel finds himself in the midst of an ugly rumor as he deals with small people with big city ideas....

A young woman arrives in a small town, looking for a place to spend the night. Strange events will force her to flee....

A tribute to one of Britain's biggest TV stars, telling the story of Caroline Flack's life and the impact that fame, mental health issues, press and social media had on her....

Exclusive behind the scenes access to the internet sensation the Wealdstone Raider aka Gordon Hill, finding out what he is really like and how his life has been turned upside down by 'that' video....

A short documentary about New York glam-pop group Scissor Sisters, how they met, how they got started (dingy gay NYC clubs) and how they're dealing with fame......

High school girls Emma and Alice face a life-changing event after they leave their Sacramento home to pursue their dreams in Los Angeles....

Famed Fighter Eric Mitchell makes the career move of the century and decides to fight a 5'11 grizzly bear. But soon he will learn, the quicker he rises, the harder he falls!...

In 2008, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova captivated audiences and earned two Academy Awards for their musical collaboration in the film Once. As their fictional romance blurred with reality, they fell in love, recorded an album, and embarked on a wo...

Ken Bone became an overnight sensation after participating in a Clinton-Trump town hall in 2016, but the excitement of the moment came with some unexpected consequences....

A celebrity reflects on his dark rise to fame....

Richard Clay, art historian and expert on semiotics and iconoclasm and the interplay between new technology and shifts in meaning, compares and contrasts cultural symbols from across the centuries, unpicking iconic images, music, and other cultural o...

An actress in her forties is facing family and domestic difficulties and feels that her demand in cinema and theater is decreasing over time. But she doesn't want to accept this....

A famed Hollywood actress from Lebanon walks viewers through the pivotal steps she took to achieve international success in her career, until she is forcefully disrupted by the unexpected....

A look at Charlie Chaplin and his rise to fame....