FILMMAKER DON LETTS: THERE AND BLACK AGAIN
Don Letts, filmmaker, musician and DJ, came of age during the original punk scene in London. Born in...
Documentary Film
DAVID GREENBERGER: BEYOND DUPLEX PLANET
What began in 1979 for David Greenberger as a D.I.Y. newsletter for the residents at a Boston nursing...
LARRY FLYNT FOR PRESIDENT: NADIA SZOLD’S NEW DOCUMENTARY
Nadia Szold’s documentary Larry Flynt for President was scheduled to have its premiere last year. But COVID put...
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ: LIFE INSIDE HIS BURNING HOUSE
David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), multimedia artist, musician, AIDS activist and provocateur, brought a punk sensibility to NYC’s downtown gallery...
NICK REYNOLDS: ALABAMA 3, THE SOPRANOS, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, SEX PISTOLS AND DEATH MASKS
The resume of Nick Reynolds has many fascinating facets—son of the mastermind of The Great Train Robbery, abstract...
JIMI HENDRIX IN MAUI: GOING FAR BEYOND RAINBOW BRIDGE
We can’t think of any better person to ring in the new year at PKM than Jimi Hendrix....
FRANK ZAPPA: ALEX WINTER’S NEW FILM CAPTURES HIS GENIUS
Today (Dec. 21, the first official day of winter) would have been Frank Zappa’s 80th birthday. Given how...
FREAK POWER!: WHEN HUNTER S. THOMPSON RAN FOR SHERIFF
In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado and came within 300 votes of...
ROLLING STONE: LIFE AND DEATH OF BRIAN JONES
The acclaimed guitarist Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, Gods and Monsters, Lou Reed, et al.) has long...
HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT: UNRAVELING A MYSTERY
Jeff Krulik and John Heyn’s 1986 film Heavy Metal Parking Lot has become an unlikely cult classic. In...
FREDERICK WISEMAN: THE DIRECTOR WHO MAKES THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY
At age 90, Frederick Wiseman is one of those living American masters who would, in a better world,...
5 MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES THAT YOU CAN STREAM RIGHT NOW
Looking for something to do while you’re stuck inside due to COVID–19? Pick up that remote or put...
THE JOY OF DESOLATION: TAKING PUNK ROCK TO THE DESERT
Putting on punk shows in Los Angeles in the early 1980s became near to impossible with the lack...
Boom: The Second Coming of The Sonics
A new documentary on legendary band The Sonics by Jordan Albertsen opens a window on the rich and...