Taking a break from the bullsh*t and the beefs, The UK king of street swing Banksy’s step back from graffiti / street art, and drops a hilarious “documentary” centered around the history of contemporary pranking. [Read more...]
Banksy presents: The Antics Roadshow [full movie]
“Rubble Kings” NYC Gangs 1968 To 1975 [trailer]
There is always room for another documovie surrounding Pre Hip Hop Era NYC. Carrying the same colorful cityscape back drop as “80 Blocks from Tiffanys“, Shan Nicholson’s Rubble Kings gets a little more indepth on the positive side of things. In reality it picks up where 80BFT left off, with the South Bronx ready to explode due the tensions between the gangs and the NYPD. [Read more...]
BBC “Once Upon a Time in New York” [1-4]
‘What is Graphic Design’, ‘The History of UK Reggae’. Those are just the BBC features we can remember right now. If we had a BBC stateside, we’d probably be alot better off. The funny thing is, they do better than we do on our own documovies. And this, maybe the best one we’ve seen, Goes a little something like this…. “The Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk” – How the squalid streets of ’70s New York gave birth to music that would go on to conquer the world – punk, disco and hip hop. [Read more...]
Fear & Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson was a good watch… from a PBS perspective. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is basically G rated Gonzo (and certified classic) for the Hollywood dollar. But this? This right here? This is Hunter S. Thompson how it’s suppose to be… LIVE AND UNCUT. [Read more...]
Classic Video: Henry Chalfant – All City [1984]
This is connoisseur material at it’s finest. Henry Chalfant’s (Style Wars) often forgotten overlooked hip-hop documovie, All City. This was experimental documentary about the early days of the Hip-Hop in the South Bronx that was created shortly after Style Wars. Be sure to catch the lofi bit version of T La Rock + Jazzy Jay’s “It’s Your’s”. Classic Material. [Read more...]
Tarantino: The Discple of Hong Kong
Quentin Tarantino has a pretty versatile ghetto pass. Well, not really a ghetto pass. Lets call it diplomatic immunity…in the movie industry. After all, he IS allowed is Hoover Vac Hong Kong cinema, then shake it, flip it and rub it down and repackage it into Hollywood bankrolls. And we eat it up every single time. But guess what? [Read more...]
The Saga Continues: Michael Rapaport x ATCQ
With the ATCQ documovie slated for release this summer, there’s no question that fans the world over are waiting with heavy and heated anticipation. However more and more details are coming to light regarding the films production, mounting the major parties involved to fire shots back and forth. In an interview with MTV Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed took up arms, and now we have Michael Rapaport firing shot in the interview after the jump. Large up ATL’s DJ Rasta Root for keeping us up with play by plays. [Read more...]
