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Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC

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Filmmaker Danny Garcia examines the history of the renowned nightclub Max's Kansas City and the New York City rock scene of the 1970s.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian 08/04/2022
4/5
It’s another film to leave you sighing over New York’s lost 70s heyday of gritty reality and creativity and danger. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Variety 07/25/2022
A raw inside slice of punk nostalgia and punk history. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 08/20/2022
B+
The first documentary about Max’s Kansas City. Go to Full Review
Chris Barsanti PopMatters 08/10/2022
...a solid and necessary addition to the underground music documentary canon. Go to Full Review
Nick Hasted The Arts Desk 08/08/2022
2/5
If you were hankering to time-travel back to those golden punk nights, this gives a good idea of how ordinary, even plain awful, they could be. There’s something dispiriting, and chastening, about a film too cheap to feed our fantasies. Go to Full Review
Alistair Harkness Scotsman 08/04/2022
3/5
Though the film could have benefitted from tighter editing and more journalistic rigour, it’s also a treasure-trove of archival footage, including the last ever show of Sid Vicious. Go to Full Review
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Synopsis Filmmaker Danny Garcia examines the history of the renowned nightclub Max's Kansas City and the New York City rock scene of the 1970s.
Director
Danny Garcia
Producer
Danny Garcia, Michael Kniseley, Cesar Mendez, Nick Reynolds, Mike Schnapp
Screenwriter
Danny Garcia
Production Co
Chip Baker Films
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 20m
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