The Soultangler
The Soultangler, a mid ’80s DIY horror film gets a lovingly restored Blu-ray release from AGFA.
The Soultangler, a mid ’80s DIY horror film gets a lovingly restored Blu-ray release from AGFA.
Will this gleefully offensive indie horror movie bring about a DIY horror boom?
Anecdotes and high level analysis of the DIY punk culture reveal what we’ve known all along: Punks just wanna have fun. But a good fight is OK as well.
Maxed Out on Distractions (Lolipop Records/Burger Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
A documentary on the obscure but exciting South African Punk movement of the late 1970’s.
A maker’s guide to the inexpensive and versatile Arduino processor and its uber-geeky maker world.
Merchandise makes Gainesville, and Matthew Moyer, swoon like teenagers at an early ’90s Morrissey concert… and that’s a very, very good thing.
No Sanctuary (Rise Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Joe Biel’s latest is a documentary on the modern-day DIY punk scene fostered by Plan-it X Records.
No Hope No Future (Brille Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Martin Atkins imparts the wisdom of several decades worth of punk rock self-sufficiency into one book. Except for predictable sections on sex and drugs, Rob Ward is impressed.
Call me a dork if you must, but I can’t wait to ogle Wayne Coyne’s backyard space ship and get infected with the alien spirit of Christmas. Carl F Gauze considers Christmas on Mars required watching for the 12-sided dice crowd.
Heart Palpitations of The Rich And Famous (Eskimo Kiss). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Ian Koss swoons over the new coffee-table compendium of his fave zine, Make. The DIY revolution continues! Inventors will take back the garage from crappy garage bands!
Born to Be a Motorcycle (Asthmatic Kitty). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Tired of fruitlessly looking for a kite photography platform? Unwilling to pay thousands of dollars for a steadicam holder for those scenes in your homebrew slasher flick? Ian Koss thinks O’Reilly’s Make may be the mag for those do-it-yourselfers with too much smart in their pants.
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A great, valuable alternative to major media. But enough about Ink 19, let’s talk about the ‘zine community. Jason Feifer says it’s stronger when the ‘zines are better – and this DIY resource is the book to do that.
Darkside of the Rumors. Review by Marty Pursley.
A former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.
This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.
Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).
Aaron Tanner delivers 400 pages of visual delights from the ever-enigmatic band, The Residents, in The Residents Visual History Book: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2.
Two teenage boys build a sexy computer girlfriend with an 8-bit computer… you know the story. Carl F. Gauze reviews Weird Science (1985), in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.
Cauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.
Marleen Gorris’s first theatrical feature is a potent feminist look at the easily disposable lives of sex workers in Amsterdam. Phil Bailey reviews Broken Mirrors.