‘Paint Drying’: How a filmmaker created the ultimate endurance test
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‘Saturation 70’: The long-lost Gram Parsons sci-fi movie that was too weird to finish
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Magick Show: How can I get an Executive Producer credit on this important occult documentary?
I’m glad you asked! Trying to get an indie documentary funded isn’t easy. You need some deep-pocket investors. There’s often no way around that, even…
‘Our Hobby is Depeche Mode’: Exclusive premiere of the ‘lost’ Depeche Mode documentary
Sometimes things get lost because it’s easier that way. Like Jeremy Deller’s and Nicholas Abrahams’ 2007 documentary on Depeche Mode fans called Our Hobby is…
Decline IV: The lost Penelope Spheeris documentary on Ozzfest ’99
Sharon Osbourne came up with the idea for Ozzfest after her Prince of Darkness husband got snubbed from playing Lollapalooza in ’96. The most reputable…
‘Show Us Your Belly’: Hilarious short documentary of a spontaneous Super Bowl ’88 street party
So, you’ve seen and love Heavy Metal Parking Lot, right? Well, one of the filmmakers behind that legendary documentary, Jeff Krulik, has also been involved…
F#ck it up Pigface: Watch the fabled industrial supergroup’s 1992 tour documentary
The phrase “industrial rock supergroup” is not something you hear very often. Back in 1990, Al Jourgensen assembled scene all-stars Martin Atkins (PiL, Killing Joke),…
The must-see documentary on the extraordinary, one-of-a-kind cult film classic, ‘Beaver Trilogy’
In 2011, we told you all about Beaver Trilogy, a one-of-a-kind collection of three short films. Ostensibly, director Trent Harris’s Beaver Trilogy is about a…
‘Urban Struggle’: Classic documentary on Black Flag and the Orange County punk scene
The first show Henry Rollins ever played in the Los Angeles area as a member of Black Flag took place at the Cuckoo’s Nest in…
Terry Riley and La Monte Young in a documentary about their teacher, Pandit Pran Nath
Poster by Marian Zazeela for a raga cycle performance at St. John the Divine, 1991 (via The Hum) William Farley’s In Between the Notes profiles…