With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.

When released, Paul Schrader’s American Gigolo shocked mainstream moviegoers. Slick and amoral, glitzy and gritty, this exposé was one of the first neo-noir films of the 1980s.

Elvis gets all the attention, but Little Richard is the real father of rock n’ roll. Lisa Cortés’s documentary, Little Richard: I Am Everything, examines the life and influence of the legendary performer. Review by Rob Levy.

Live in the City of Angels (BMG). Review by Rob Levy.

Central Belters (Rock Action). Review by Rob Levy.

Goodfellas turns 25. Rob Levy looks back at Martin Scorese’s mob masterpiece.

Bruce Dern stars as Woody Grant, a bitter and grumpy man who believes he has won one million dollars in a sweepstakes. When his son agrees to drive him to collect his winnings the ensuing road trip becomes a journey of profound emotion.

What begins as a reunion pub crawl for five friends turns into a night of booze, bodies, and the bizarre, delving deeper into chaos as it leads to redemption, love, loss, and hope at a pub called The Worlds End.

What begins as a reunion pub crawl for five friends turns into a night of booze, bodies, and the bizarre, delving deeper into chaos as it leads to redemption, love, loss, and hope at a pub called The Worlds End.

Jesse and Celine’s eighteen-year relationship takes a drastic turn as the two face changes in their personal and professional lives. Such is Richard Linklater’s newest talkfest.

Despite being dissolved for over two decades, Fletcher discovers how The Smiths, a band of four working-class kids from Manchester, created a fanatical following and left an iconic legacy that changed the music world.

Frances wants so much more than she has, but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. From Noah Baumbach’s monochrome melancholy comes a charming comedic tale of passion, pain, hope, and despair that can only happen in New York.

Two very different Manhattan families face change, conflict, and poverty as their lives – and their apartments – evolve.

Bruce Banner is on the run as he tries to control the beast inside of him. You wouldn’t like Rob Levy when he’s angry, but you’ll like him even less when he’s disappointed by a summer blockbuster.

An alcoholic hit man falls for a take-no-prisoners woman in this black comedy set in the grimy danger of Buffalo’s underworld. Rob Levy smells Oscar, well, first he smells blood, then smoke, but then definitely Oscar.

The Battle of Thermopylae is revisited with glamour, guts and fancy special effects. Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. Rob Levy screams, “Onward!”

Whether or not you’re trying to dispense with a certain roadrunning thorn in your side, Rob Levy finds much to enjoy in thisvolume. Christmas is just around the corner, after all, and doesn’t some special in your life need an Instant Tunnel Painter?

Entomology (Domino). Review by Rob Levy.

Tan, rested and ready, Superman flies onto the big screen once more. Rob Levy dutifully points to the heavens and knows the words by heart: “Look, up in the sky….”

Al Gore gets hot and bothered about global warming! Rob Levy thinks you should hear the man out.