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American Idiot
- Archikulture Digest
- November 17, 2020
Punk rock takes the stage in a teen angst revolution against…whatever kids are revolting against today.
Brighton Beach Memoir
- Archikulture Digest
- February 20, 2020
A young man comes of age just as WW2 threatens to take over the world.
John Proctor Is the Villain
- Archikulture Digest
- February 18, 2019
A complex tale of sex and morality plays out in a small southern college
Hand to God
- Archikulture Digest
- January 20, 2019
A demon overtakes a Christian puppet troupe, upsetting next week’s Sunday service.
Avenue Q
- Archikulture Digest
- November 17, 2018
Puppets have sex. Where do you think little puppets come from?
Uncommon Women and Others
- Archikulture Digest
- November 11, 2018
Five women form a close friendship in an elite eastern college during the heady days of the feminist revolution.
The Birds
- Archikulture Digest
- October 13, 2018
Let’s visit an America attacked by birds that peck us to death at high tide. Not sure how things are going in Phoenix.

Hair
- Archikulture Digest
- July 1, 2018
Boundaries get pushed to the limit in this revival of the classic hippie musical from 1967.
The Allergist’s Wife
- Archikulture Digest
- January 21, 2018
A mysterious woman upsets the ultra liberal Taub household.
Louder Than Love – The Grande Ballroom Story
- Screen Reviews
- May 31, 2016
Detroit in the 1960’s was a hard city going through hard times. The music that come out of Detroit was incubated at the Grande Ballroom. Wayne Kramer (MC5), Ted Nugent and many others remember the wild times.
Mark of the Devil
- Screen Reviews
- April 3, 2015
Explicit torture in the middle ages leads to death, dismemberment and a new found respect for the American justice system and the inquisition.
Seahorses
- Screen Reviews
- March 19, 2015
A Craigslist date turns really weird. And then the seahorses kick in…
Robin’s Blue
- Print Reviews
- August 7, 2013
A young woman runs away from home, has a series of unhappy relationships, falls into professional sex and cocaine, and then cleans up and enters culinary school.
Betty Davis
- Music Reviews
- December 29, 2009
Is It Love or Desire? (Light In The Attic Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Nashville Pussy
- Music Reviews
- April 23, 2009
From Hell To Texas (Steamhammer / SPV). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Hollywoodland
- Screen Reviews
- September 18, 2006
Superman blows his brains out and a sleazy detective tries to cash in on the publicity. At least that’s what Carl F Gauze thought he saw during this muddled film.
Anatomy of a Secret Life
- Print Reviews
- August 18, 2006
Psst! Carl F Gauze has a secret to tell about secrets. Peek over his shoulder while he delves into a new psychological study on the motivation and results of living a secret life.
The Lovemakers
- Interviews
- July 21, 2006
Frontman/shirtless sex symbol/small-town boy Scott Blonde discusses the Bay Area band’s scandalous past — and future — in a candid interview with Steve Stav.
Best Selling Jewish Porn Films
- Print Reviews
- April 26, 2006
The only thing that can stop Carl F. Gauze from reading Wayne Koestenbaum’s enjoyable new volume of poetry is … Hold on a sec. Who’s there? Pizza? I didn’t order a pizza….
Writer of O
- Screen Reviews
- April 20, 2005
A documentary about the author of “Story of O”, the controversial novel about sadomasochism. Carl F Gauze unwraps the plain brown wrapper.

Lake Michigan Monster
- Screen Reviews
- March 5, 2021
A low budget nautical adventure filled with high concept effects.
Kinks
- Music Reviews
- March 4, 2021
Part 1. Lola Versus The Powerman and The Moneygoround (ABKCO, BMG). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
The Invisible Man Appears/The Invisible Man Vs the Human Fly
- Screen Reviews
- March 4, 2021
A pair of Japanese takes on The Invisible Man make their first appearance in the U.S.
Keep An Eye Out
- Screen Reviews
- March 3, 2021
Opening on VOD through independent theaters on March 5th, Keep An Eye Out is director Quentin Dupieux’s (Rubber, Deerskin) deviously surreal and comedic take on the police procedural.
Burst City
- Screen Reviews
- March 2, 2021
A low budget Japanese art film about punks, drag racing and teenage rebellion.
Marco Colonna
- Music Reviews
- March 1, 2021
Noise of Trouble (Niafunken). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Pascal Comelade
- Staff Picks
- February 27, 2021
Le cut-up populaire. Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Mixtape 152 :: The Power of the One
- The Lacking Organization
- February 26, 2021
You can say that bedrock funk bassist Bootsy Collins is The One, and you would be right on so many levels.
Buster Shuffle
- Music Reviews
- February 26, 2021
Our Night Out (Burning Heart Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Joe Jack Talcum
- Staff Picks
- February 26, 2021
Joe Jack Talcum sings Railroad Bill and Other Songs. Review by Julius C. Lacking.