Trailer for upcoming The National's 'Mistaken For Strangers' documentary
The National have posted the trailer for Mistaken For Strangers, a semi-real documentary about their tour for High Violet in 2010. Vocalist Matt Berninger invited his younger brother, Tom, to join the tour's crew. They described it as this: Tom - who is nine years younger than Matt and listens exclusively to heavy metal - decided to bring his camera along. Tom's at sea in the…
2013-04-16 11:30:01

Sequel to 'SLC Punk' to begin shooting this summer
The sequel to the 1998 indie film, SLC Punk will be shooting this summer. The new film will look back at the lives of the original film's main characters given the 18 years which have passed since the events of the film. It's currently titled Punk's Dead but no word on who will be returning for the film. The original movie starred Matthew Lillard and Michael A. Goorjian and was written and directed by Michael A.…
2013-04-01 14:30:01

New York Times on Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn punk band
The New York Times has a detailed and interesting article about Moshiach Oi!, a Brooklyn-based punk band made entirely of very observant Orthodox Jews. The band is the main draw for a new documentary called Punk Jews (the original name for our site, am I right?) The band's lead singer said this about the unusual…
2013-03-12 16:30:01

Trailer for upcoming Phil Spector biopic with Al Pacino
A trailer has been posted for the forthcoming film about controversial (and convicted) producer Phil Spector who was responsible for landmark albums including Ramones' End of the Century . Until his murder conviction, the producer was most famous for his "wall of sound" production style but that was soon overtaken by…
2013-02-05 15:00:01

HBO buys rights to Pussy Riot documentary
According to a Billboard report, the document Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, has been bought by HBO after it's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film, was directed and produced by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin. A review from the…
2013-01-22 13:30:01

Novel by TSOL frontman to become a film
Looks like Dr.Frank and Jim Lindberg won't be the only punks-turned-authors who will see their work adapted into a movie, TSOL vocalist Jack Grisham's 2011 semi-autobiographical novel An American Demon. According to an OC Weekly report, script is ready to go and a director has already…
2013-01-18 15:30:01

Doomtree to release documentary DVD
Hip hop collective Doomtree will be releasing a documentary just before the end of the year. The DVD is titled Team, The Best Team and is due out December 11, 2012. The 70-minute film will be part of a two disc set and the collective explained it this way: A look at what happens before and after the show--in the van,…
2012-11-07 13:00:01

New documentary from Don Letts about evolution of subcultures
Noted documentary filmmaker and DJ Don Letts made a series of documentaries for punk/mod clothing brand, Fred Perry on the eve of the companies 60th anniversary. The first of the six short documentaries - subtitled Born To Be Wild looks at fashion from the 50's era "Teddy Boy" through punks in the 70s. You can click…
2012-10-23 15:00:01

Producers of shelved Screeching Weasel documentary comment
The Screeching Weasel documentary which was recently shelved over disputes between Ben Weasel and the documentary producers. Ben demanded final cut on the film and was unable to come to a decision with the producers on this. They spoke about the problems: The reason we can't make this film is…
2012-09-17 12:30:01

Trailer for 'Bones Brigade: An Autobiography'
A new trailer ha been launched for Bones Brigade: An Autobiography . The film is the latest project from pro-skater turned documentarian Stacy Peralta. Peralta, who also shot Riding Giants and Dogtown & Z-Boys looked back at the infamous team of 80s skateboarders, Bones Brigade. The group included Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Lance Mountain, Tommy Guerrero, Mike McGill, all of whom were sponsored by skate…
2012-08-23 11:30:01