Decline of Western Civilization

13 great punk and rock documentaries to stream right now

From Rush to The Damned, from Decline of Western Civilization to ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot,’ here are a baker’s dozen of great rock docs you can stream on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Tubi & other places right now.

BAM film series 'Punks, Poets, and Valley Girls' highlights '80s women filmmakers

The series runs through August 20 and includes everything from hits like ’Big’ and ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ to the ’Decline of Western Civilization’ documentaries, ’Yentl’ and more.

BAM "Indie '80s' film series: 'Decline II,' 'Spinal Tap,' 'River's Edge,' 'Let's Get Lost' & more

BAMcinématek will be presenting “Indie ’80s” from Jul 17–Aug 27 at BAM Rose Cinemas, featuring a wide variety of off-kilter American cinema classics from the Reagan Years…

members of Delicate Steve, Dirty Projectors & more covering X's 'Los Angeles' for 'Decline' premiere afterparty

As mentioned, Penelope Spheeris‘ essential, long-out-of-print Decline of Western Civilization documentary trilogy is finally getting a DVD/Blu-ray release on June 30…

BAMcinemaFest 2015: 'Decline of Western Civilization' (soon on DVD/Blu-ray), Q&A w/ cast of 'Kids,' & more

The BAMcinemaFest returns for its seventh annual year from June 17-28. They’ll have the NY premieres for several films, and there are a few pretty cool special even…

Will Oldham stars in 'New Jerusalem' which opens in NYC this weekend

Will Oldham and Colm O’Leary in ‘New Jerusalem’ When not making records, Will Oldham has been known to act occasionally, most memorably in the 2006 indie drama Old Joy, though he has roles stretching back to John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan…