Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker
Total Credits at Criticker: 15 (Actor), 1 (Director), 1 (Writer)
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Leonard Cohen: I\
Since bursting onto the scene in 1967, Leonard Cohen has inspired generations with his unique personality and haunting music, becoming one of the most original and enduring artists to emerge from the 1960s. Now, Lions Gate is proud to celebrate Cohen's legacy with director Lian Lunson's film, an intimate look at the songs, poetry and life of one of music's most celebrated and influential troubadours. (Lions Gate Films)
Live Forever
Hilarous documentary about the Britpop music scene in the Nineties, featuring all the main bands of the scene exposing the truth behind the myths. (imdb)
Made in Sheffield
A look at the music of Sheffeild, England in the 1970's and early 1980's, when bands such as Caberet Voltaire, The Human League, ABC, Def Leppard, Heaven 17, Pulp, I'm So Hollow, Artery, The Extras, 2.3, Clock DVA, The Comsat Angels and many others are integral parts of a scene that exploited electronic music and other instrumentation not otherwise present in British music at the time. Includes interviews by members of The Extras, Pulp, The Human League and others. (imdb)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family.
The Music Instinct
While listening to music, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, asks the questions "where do goose bumps come from?" and "what's going on in my brain that allows the goosebumps to happen?" Levitin leads a group of researchers as they investigate music's fundamental physical structure; its biological, emotional and psychological impact; its brain altering and healing powers and its role in human evolution. (pbs)
David Bowie & the Story of Ziggy Stardust
Both a visual flashback and a telling of the life and birth of the alter ego that was David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. (imdb)
Jouneys Into the Outside with Jarvis Cocker
Pulp's Jarvis Cocker undertakes a search for 'outsider architecture', including the Palais Idéal in France and the Watts Towers in Los Angeles, in an attempt to understand why people build extraordinary and obsessive constructions with no reference to the conventions and working practices of mainstream architecture.
Sneezy on the Mic
Short film in which a ghoulish battle commences in a parallel universe
Pulp
PULP find fame on the world stage in the 1990's with anthems including 'Common People' and 'Disco 2000'. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career best performance exclusive to the film, the band share their thoughts on fame, love, mortality - & car maintenance. (imdb)
Stripes V Stripes
Stinging from the heavens comes Metal B-Boy, his super venom sting leaves our hero Zebra Face magnetized. Maybe Strawberry Caterpillar has a trick up one of her many sleeves to save the day?
6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia
Out of his visit to the island of Sardinia in 1921, D.H. Lawrence wrote a travel book called Sea and Sardinia that described the land and its people's timeless essence. Some 90-plus years later, director Mark Cousins goes to the island to understand the place and celebrated author. But instead of using the written word, Cousins relies on images. (sundance.org)
Do You Remember The First Time?
An unconventional promo for the 1994 single of the same name by British band Pulp. Various celebrities are interviewed about their memories of losing their virginity, and frontman Jarvis Cocker reminisces about his. (imdb)
Shut Up and Play the Piano
The journey full of megalomania and piano music of Chilly Gonzales: from the Berlin punk scene to the philharmonic orchestras, it's a story of eccentricity which also stars Daft Punk, Drake, Feist, Jarvis Cocker. (imdb)
Momus Man of Letters
Documentary about the avant-garde musician, presented as a mixture of songs, stream of consciousness images, and interviews with Britpop musicians such as Sarah Cracknell and Jarvis Cocker. (Letterboxd.com)
The House
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy. (imdb)