You’re Gonna Miss Me
Roky Erickson probably should’ve died young. He’d be remembered as he was then: a snake-hipped, baby-faced rocker howling and shrieking on stage. After You’re Gonna Miss Me, it’s impossible to think of him as anything but middle-aged, jowly, filthy, with fingernails overgrown and hair matted into one giant dreadlock. In the grips of schizophrenia and [...]
We Jam Econo: Story of the Minutemen
Directed by Tim Irwin, We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen is a 90-minute documentary chronicling the life and times of ’80s punk band, the Minutemen. It also serves as a poignant tribute to lead singer D.Boon, who died in a car accident at the age of 27 in 1985.
The Minutemen never sought commercial [...]
United 93
Screened in the spacious, ornamental Regent Theatre, United 93 is a film you already know the conclusion to.
The film is told in ‘real time’, recreating from the beginning the hijackers’ start to the day, arrival at the airport, the take off, the nervous take over of the plane, through to the final upheaval at the [...]
Un Couple Parfait
Considered a model couple by their friends, Nicholas (Bruno Todeschini) and Marie (Val‚àöÔø?ria Bruni-Tedeschi) return to Paris for a wedding and smilingly announce their separation at the pre-wedding dinner. From that moment, the impending split becomes reality and the couple begin to ponder the significance of their decision.
This film is slow, painfully slow. A number [...]
TV Junkie
There is only one truth for self-confessed ‘video junkie’ Rick Kirkham’the camera keeps rolling, no matter what.
When Kirkham was given his first video camera at 14, he began to record everything. From his role as dancer on ‘American Bandstand’ to national reporter for ‘Inside Edition’, Kirkham’s obsessive desire to remain centre screen, both in public [...]
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