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Lily and Generoso spent an epic amount of 2025 in front of a screen, and here they review their ten favorite features, seven supplemental films, and one outstanding repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals throughout the year.
After decades of creating award-winning documentary films, director Roberto Minervini has released his first fiction feature, The Damned, an ethereal Civil War piece that garnered Minervini the Best Director prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Founding member of The Cure Lol Tolhurst takes readers on a very personal tour of the people, places, and events that made goth an enduring movement and vital subculture, in GOTH: A History. Bob Pomeroy reviews.
Seance (Fullertone Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.
Black is the Night (BMG Rights Management). Review by Scott Adams.
The Lords of the New Church Special Edition (Blixa Sounds). Review by Scott Adams.
Babylon’s Burning (Westworld Records). Review by Al Pergande.
Another Live Album from The Damned (Four Worlds Media). Review by Carl F Gauze.
So, Who’s Paranoid? (Four Worlds Media). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Gail Worley talks with drummer Paul Cook of Sex Pistols and Manraze.
Rob Levy braves the danger and mayhem of one of the UK’s most legendary punk bands to interview Captain Sensible , guitarist and longtime member of The Damned , about a variety of topics including the new album So Who’s Paranoid?
Matthew Moyer spends a quiet night in with TSOL.
Living In The Future (Dirtnap Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
A documentary about the leading label of the punk and new wave movment, Carl F Gauze sticks a safety pin through his nose and jumps.
Blood Vessels (Teenage Heart Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Guitar and Drum (Kung Fu Records). Review by Vinnie Apicella.
Miss Muerte (Atavistic). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The original T.S.O.L. are back, and anarchist lead singer Jack Grisham spoke to Mary Ellen Gustafson in the middle of his bid to be governor of California. Now that’s punk rock.
Split (Burnt Ramen/Rodent Popcicle). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.
