• R.I.P. Pete Shelley, former frontman of the Buzzcocks and “Homosapien” hitmaker, age 63
• R.I.P. Italian auteur Bernardo Bertolucci, director of 1987’s “The Last Emperor” & other epic films
• R.I.P. Nicolas Roeg, director of “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” “Performance” & other great films
• Night Flight’s Stuart S. Shapiro’s inspiring book “Identifi Yourself: A Journey in Fuck You Creative Courage” is a humorous and poetic journey
• Night Flight partners with Blue Underground to present the best cult, horror & exploitation films
• Lech Kowalski’s “D.O.A.: A Right of Passage” features Sex Pistols U.S. tour footage & more
• Bob Gruen’s behind-the-scenes look at his Ike & Tina Turner music doc “On the Road: 1971-72″
• “The Gumby Show”: America’s Favorite Clayboy is back again on Night Flight!
• “Arise! The SubGenius Movie”: The return of Night Flight’s “Love That “Bob”” episodes!
• Outsider artist & one-man showcase filmmaker Laz Rojas comes to Night Flight Plus!

All posts tagged "Duran Duran"

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  Night Flight on IFC: Episode 1!

  “Night Flight” was the most radically fun, nostalgically cranium-bursting cable TV program of all time, originally airing in the ’80s (and syndicated shows aired during the ’90s) during the wee hours on Fridays and Saturdays on the...

  • Posted March 17, 2018
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  “Cherry ice cream smiles”: Revisiting Duran Duran’s visually-stunning, imaginative videos

  Night Flight’s “Duran Duran Video Profile” — which originally aired on August 11, 1984 — featured a half-dozen of their visually-stunning, imaginative videos, a format perfectly designed to sell Duran Duran to salivating pop fans around the...

  • Posted November 30, 2017
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  “I’m Still Standing”: Elton John’s classic video featured leather boys, mimes & kissing clowns

  Video Killed the Radio Star is a short-format documentary series which delves into a handful of the classic 80s-era videos and the people who made them, through in-depth and anecdotal interviews with music video directors and sometimes...

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  Happy Birthday to Nile Rodgers, one of the most influential & important figures in pop music

  On the anniversary of Nile Rodgers‘ birthday — he was born on September 19, 1952, in New York City — we’re sharing this part two episode of Night Flight’s “Visions of Platinum,” which featured a brief interview...

  • Posted September 19, 2017
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  Might as well face it, Robert Palmer’s iconic “Addicted to Love” video helped define the ’80s

  In 1986, Robert Palmer’s video for his Top Ten hit “Addicted to Love” caused quite a sensation, becoming one of the most iconic and enduring videos of the 1980s, defining the decade’s hyper-stylized fashion-conscious look. It was...

  • Posted July 7, 2017
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  “Fantastic Animation Festival” introduced revolutionary artists to rock ‘n’ roll audiences!

  Now available for streaming on Night Flight Plus is the influential 1977 Fantastic Animation Festival, the first widely-released collection of animated films, which became a hit with midnight movie lovers, was the first exposure for dozens of...

  • Posted May 26, 2017
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  “Hot Rocks”: Berlin’s “Sex (I’m A…)” and other techno-sleaze glamour rock hits

  On Friday, July 15, 1983, part of the “Night Flight” programming for the evening included the premiere episode of the Playboy Channel’s “Hot Rocks,” a new music video show that featured music videos showcasing partial or full-frontal...

  • Posted January 20, 2017
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  “Video Gallery: Sex” featured a NSFW version of Duran Duran’s “Girls On Film,” merging fashion and fetish

  “Welcome to Night Flight’s Video Gallery,” Pat Prescott says at the beginning of this 25-minute special which originally aired on March 22, 1983, and is now streaming on our Night Flight Plus channel. She continues: “Tonight we...

  • Posted May 13, 2016
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