Category: Punk
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Class Of 1999 (1990)
Joanna Gould wrote about Class Of 1999 (1990) for the ‘good bad movies’ issue of VHS Tracking and I’d always been meaning to confront this one. I remember vividly reading about the movie in video store magazines as a kid; the poster and the plot scared the hell out of me, the idea of high… Read.
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Buzzard (2014)
Heavy metal music blaring and a freak out over a busted Nintendo power glove, this is the first scene of dark indie comedy, Buzzard (2014), one of the several collaborations between Michigan based director Joel Potrykus and star Joshua Burge. I loved their last film together from 2018, the surreal Relaxer, and I was keen… Read.
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White Star (1983)
White Star (1983) was a film I was trying to track down endlessly. Ever since I read about it in a Joe Bob Briggs Top 5 Dennis Hopper performances that he penned in the Eighties. No Blu-Ray release, not on any streaming service – well, turns out all I had to do was type “Dennis… Read.
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Dogs In Space (1986)
People have always recommended Dogs In Space (1986) to me and I know for many people it means a lot to them, representing a time and place, the post-punk sub-culture of Melbourne in the late 1970s. It’s also a key cult text in Australian cinema, director Richard Lowenstein bringing one of the biggest rock stars… Read.
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The Doom Generation (1995)
I remember The Doom Generation (1995) was released into cinemas when I was a teenager, as a hip US indie – maybe a bit on the back of Pulp Fiction and the similarity of Rose McGowan’s Louise Brooks bob/overall look to Uma Thurman. I also recall Roger Ebert – whose reviews I read back then… Read.
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