D.C. Punk Documentary ‘Salad Days’ Has A Piracy Problem
This post has been updated. After making the rounds at film festivals and showings worldwide, D.C. punk-rock documentary Salad Days:…
Category: Film
Nick Hall On ‘I Need A Dodge,’ His Film About Joe Strummer’s Soul-Searching Years After The Clash
It’s the mid-1980s and The Clash is imploding. Frontman Joe Strummer ejected drummer Topper Headon in ’82, and guitarist Mick…
Come To A Screening of ‘Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)’
The documentary traces the rise of the hardcore punk scene in the nation’s capital, and all the DIY energy, rage and creativity that came with it.
The Nearly Lost Story Of Cambodian Rock ‘N’ Roll
Before the Khmer Rouge regime, a thriving pop and rock scene adapted Western music heard on U.S. military radio stations. The documentary Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten took 10 years to make.
Filmfest DC Is Coming. Here’s One Music Film To See (And One To Skip)
Last year could have been Filmfest DC’s final act. A projected $250,000 deficit threatened to sink the annual film festival after 2014,…
Did Led Zeppelin Play A Maryland Youth Center In 1969? Jeff Krulik Thinks So
Long before Led Zeppelin was riding motorcycles through hotel rooms and clothing middle schoolers everywhere, the band played a show…
Watch ‘Road Dawgs,’ A Mini-Documentary About Future Islands
In Road Dawgs, the members of Future Islands speak candidly about the group’s nearly decade-long career and its new-found success.
Tonight: Catch A Preview Of D.C. Punk Documentary ‘Punk The Capital’
D.C. punk documentary Punk the Capital hasn’t come out of the oven just yet, but tonight, it offers a little…
DC 85 Is A Treasure Trove Of ’80s D.C. Punk Videos
Today Pitchfork published a piece by my pal Marc Masters about DC 85, a new outlet for the 1980s D.C….
Too Punk For TV: Positive Force Documentary To Premiere In D.C.
Update, Jan 2: The film shows at Black Cat on Saturday, Jan 3, 2015. Buy tickets here. Once Jenny Toomey…
‘Salad Days’ Punk Documentary Unveils New Trailer, Premiere Date
Update, Oct. 10: The film screens Dec. 19 at AFI Silver Theatre. Tickets sold out fast for the early showing;…
‘Welcome To Deathfest’ Goes Behind The Scenes At Baltimore’s Annual Metal Festival
Metalheads love rituals, and Maryland Deathfest is the best one this side of goat sacrifice. Held in Baltimore every Memorial…
‘Punk The Capital,’ Another D.C. Punk Documentary, Is On The Way
One of the newest documentaries to capture a chapter in D.C. punk history is actually quite old: Punk the Capital has…
Fighting Back: A Conversation With The Makers Of ‘Rock, Rage, And Self-Defense’
When Gits singer Mia Zapata was raped and murdered while walking home from Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood in 1993, the…