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1) Her smell
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Forced to get sober and reckon with the past, a self-destructive punk rock superstar retreats from the spotlight and tries to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
3) Ex drummer
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Nederlands
Description
Three drug-addled, misfit punk rock musicians are looking for a drummer. They approach Dries, a well known writer whose arrogant self assurance and yuppie lifestyle make him an unlikely candidate, but the fact that he can't play the drums appeals to the band's punk sensibility. Fascinated by these dysfunctional characters, Dries joins the group. His arrival awakens the personal disputes and family feuds latent in the band. A shocking, hardcore, blood-spattered...
Language
Swedish
Formats
Description
A joyous and sharply observant portrait of the rebellious spirit of youth. Despite having no instruments-or discernible musical talent-three young misfit girls growing up in early '80s Stockholm put all their energy into forming a punk band. Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
5) Traitors
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Arabic
Description
To keep her parents from being evicted and fund her Clash-inspired punk band, Malika takes a job smuggling drugs over the mountains. Her partner in the run is a world-weary veteran drug mule, who unexpectedly wins Malika's sympathy.
6) Sid & Nancy
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The tragic story of Sid Vicious's relationship with Nancy Spungen.
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Experience life on the road with the founding fathers of punk rock music, The Ramones! Contains vintage concert footage, rare television appearances, backstage footage and lots more are set within the core: a virtual plethora of home video from The Ramones' personal archives. From their humble NYC beginnings at CBGB's to induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Ramones have done it all.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Filmed entirely on location in the streets and clubs of New York City's lower' east Side in 1979, the film became a sensation of the London underground scene in the early '90s. A punk rock musician in New York must choose between his developing career and his love/hate relationship with a journalist who is trying to track down Andy Warhol.
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
"Joe Strummer, the undisputed pioneer of punk and former frontman for the Clash, is captured in a revealing and intimate portrait. The documentary hits the road with Strummer's new band, the Mescaleros, as they tour their second album, Global a go-go. Along the way Strummer dispels his punk persona to reveal a die-hard performer whose main objective is simple-get his music heard and break his record even. This memoir was shot by filmmaker and longtime...
11) Punk's not dead
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Follows the evolution of punk music from its anarchic roots to its use as a corporate marketing tool and its acceptance into popular culture, to its reinvention in today's underground scene. Combines interviews and commentary with live performances and behind-the-scenes anecdotes.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Finding Joseph I" is a feature documentary chronicling the eccentric life and struggles of punk rock reggae singer, Paul "HR" Hudson, a.k.a. Joseph I, legendary lead singer from Bad Brain.
The charismatic frontman's explosive live performances helped pioneer hardcore punk while delivering an enlightening message of positive mental attitude. HR's heavy devotion to the Rastafarian faith guided him in a spiritual direction leaving the band several...
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the off-Broadway musical hit, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" presents a drama queen getting not only what she needs, but also what she wants: love, unfettered and unconditional. Hedwig, a surgically botched transsexual from East Germany, travels the States with his band, playing a string of Red Lobster-type restaurants to audiences rendered incredulous by his boyish brand of girl glam; he reveals his story in flashbacks between musical...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Set against the conservative early 80s political landscape, this film chronicles the homegrown hardcore scene that was a swift kick in the head to corporate rock and mainstream complacency, as disaffected teens adopted the same collective credo--harder, faster, louder. Features live concert footage and interviews with people involved in the scene.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Criterion collection.
Language
English
Description
Based on the long-running New York smash hit, this film is a high-powered rock musical that tells the hilarious but emotional tale of a German glam-rock diva on a journey to find love and stardom in her new home, a trailer park in Kansas!
17) Smithereens
Series
Criterion collection volume 941
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren, a sparkplug in fishnets who lives dangerously downtown, moves to the city with the mission of becoming famous. When not pasting up flyers for herself or hanging at the Peppermint Lounge, she is getting involved with Paul, the nicest guy to ever live in a van next to the highway, and Eric, an aloof rocker.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Revealing, hilarious, and touching, The Other F Word asks what happens when a generation's ultimate anti-authoritarians - punk rockers - become society's ultimate authorities - fathers. With a large chorus of punk's leading men, this film follows Jim Lindberg through his hysterical and moving journey from belting his band's anthem to embracing his newfound role in mid-life: fatherhood.
20) Sid and Nancy
Series
Criterion collection volume 20
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
Sid & Nancy chronicles the brief, intense attachment of two of Punk rock's most notorious poster children, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.
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