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Category: TV+Film

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021
Danny Boyle is Directing a Sex Pistols Miniseries for FX
By Bailey Davis / TV+Film / sex pistols, tv, johnny rotten
Based on the 2018 memoir ‘Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol,’ the six-episode miniseries centers around guitarist Steve Jones.
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December 16, 2020
Why Holiday Viewings of ‘Tangerine’ Should Be a Yearly Tradition
By Dustin Krcatovich / Riot Festmas, TV+Film / Riot Festmas, holiday, TV+Film
‘Tangerine,’ a powerful piece of transgender cinema from 2015, is good enough to be re-watched every holiday season.
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October 29, 2020October 29, 2020
The Striking Sounds That Score ‘The Exorcist’
By Sean Witzke / The Riot Fest Halloween Special, TV+Film / halloween, TV+Film, The Riot Fest Halloween Special
‘The Exorcist,’ released in 1973, has a unique sonic identity that’s always worth re-examining. You can catch a screening of the film this Saturday at…
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October 21, 2020
Something Weird Video’s Horror Catalog is Worth Digging Through
By Dustin Krcatovich / Halloween, TV+Film / halloween, TV+Film, Horror
Just in time for Halloween, American Genre Film Archive director Joseph A. Ziemba picked his five favorite horror flicks from the Something Weird Video horror…
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September 10, 2020September 10, 2020
The Secret Weapon on the ‘Kill Bill’ Soundtrack: The 5.6.7.8’s
By Annie Fell / Riot Fest At The Movies, TV+Film / TV+Film, Riot Fest At The Movies, soundtracks
The 5.6.7.8’s cover of “Woo Hoo” scores one of the best—and bloodiest—scenes in the first ‘Kill Bill Vol. 1’. Dive into the history of the…
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September 9, 2020September 9, 2020
1994: The Year ‘Clerks’ Broke
By Dustin Krcatovich / Editorial, Riot Fest At The Movies, TV+Film / green day, TV+Film, movies
Kevin Smith has been the figurehead of a major cinematic/pop culture cottage industry for over two decades. Given that, it can be easy to forget…
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September 7, 2020September 9, 2020
‘The Lost Boys’ and the Definition of a Cool Vampire
By Miles Raymer / Editorial, Riot Fest At The Movies, TV+Film / editorial, TV+Film, Riot Fest At The Movies
‘The Lost Boys’ is a movie that’s completely obsessed with cool, while also being deeply suspicious of the very concept.
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September 3, 2020September 2, 2020
Riot Fest At The Movies: The Soundtrack
By Riot Fest / Riot Fest At The Movies, TV+Film / TV+Film, movies, Riot Fest At The Movies
We’ve gone ahead and picked some of the best cuts from all four Riot Fest At The Movies features and put them together on a…
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August 25, 2020
Streaming Now: ‘Other Music’ Documents a NYC Record Store Like No Other
By Riot Fest / TV+Film / Stuff To Do, TV+Film, documentary
Other Music was always more than just a record store. For the 21 years it was open, it was a hub of the New York…
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August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
Robert Pattinson’s Batman is Goth AF
By Riot Fest / TV+Film / goth, batman, Robert Pattinson
Sad, brooding bangs? Smudgy dark eyeliner? Yep, Robert Pattinson’s take on Batman is goth as fuck.
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August 12, 2020
You Can Spend the Night in the World’s Last Blockbuster for Just $4
By Riot Fest / TV+Film / TV+Film, 90s, blockbuster
There’s only one Blockbuster left in the world—and if you’re lucky, you can spend the night in it with all the movies and snacks you…
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August 11, 2020August 11, 2020
‘Sopranos’ Star James Gandolfini Really, Really Loved Green Day’s ‘Dookie’
By Riot Fest / Music, TV+Film / green day, HBO, Dookie
Many people hold Green Day’s landmark 1994 album Dookie near and dear to their little punk hearts. The late James Gandolfini of The Sopranos, as it turns…
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