Ink 19

In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long discovers and scores a secondhand vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorite LPs: 2XS (To Excess), the splendid 1982 flop from the iconic Scottish powerhouse, Nazareth.

Author and longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long kicks off the 2025 edition of his popular weekly Garage Sale Vinyl series with a bona fide banger: the blues-soaked, whisky-injected, self-titled 1971 debut record from Bonnie Raitt.

Longtime Ink 19 staff writer Christopher Long spent almost the entire year consuming and writing about new music. Here are his personal Dirty Dozen: the 12 records that made his heart the happiest in 2024.

Before there was Leather Tuscadero, Suzi Quatro was in two pioneering, all-woman rock bands in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. This is a Quick Look at those bands: The Pleasure Seekers and Cradle.

Don’t let the stats fool you. Zyzzyx Road may have been the lowest grossing movie in history, but is it worth checking out? Phil Bailey explores the new 4K UHD from Dark Arts Entertainment.

Seijun Suzuki’s 1958 widescreen film noir feature, Underworld Beauty, comes to Blu-ray.

Phil Bailey reviews quirky sexploitation film Facets of Love (1973), a saucy Hong Kong costume drama from director Li Hsang-han of kung fu powerhouse Shaw Brothers, now out on Blu-ray.

Lily and Generoso wrap an outstanding year at the cinema, with capsule reviews of ten favorite films, eight supplemental features, and one outstanding repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals in 2024.

Another gem in Marco Bellocchio’s oeuvre, journalism thriller Slap the Monster on Page One is as relevant today as it was in 1972.

Lily and Generoso review director Hernán Rosselli’s second hybrid-fiction crime film that artfully explores our perceived notions of family.