The 50-year history of Redd Kross, the influential LA punk band, is tracked with new and old footage of brothers Jeff and Steven McDonald and friends in Andrew Reich’s wonderful documentary Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story. Now on Blu-ray and DVD from MVD Visual.
Tag Archives: Documentary
Elvis ’56 [1987] [Lightyear Blu-Ray]
The year Elvis shot to stardom is explored in Alan & Susan Raymond’s 1987 documentary Elvis ‘56, now on Blu-Ray via Lightyear Entertainment.
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell [2025] [MVD Visual]
The multitude of secrets and strangeness of an enigmatic, but everywhere and known to all, figure of LA’s punk scene is explored in Dave Markey’s insanely engaging 2025 documentary, Secret Lives of Bill Bartell, now on Blu-ray from MVD Visual.
The Last Sacrifice [2026]
The Last Sacrifice, a documentary by Rupert Russell, expertly explores how an English farmer’s ritualistic murder jump-starts a rise in witchcraft and folk horror in culture and film; streaming on Shudder starting February 16th, 2026.
Rockers [1978] [MVD Rewind 4k UHD & Blu-Ray]
1978’s Rockers follows a musician and his friends & bandmates tries to get by selling records off his bike, until it gets stolen. Now on 4k UHD & Blu-Ray via MVD Rewind.
Jacqueline Kennedy’s Asian Journey (1962)
Long before Brett Ratner pointed his cameras at Melania Trump, another First Lady was given the big screen treatment. And while the resulting film may not have been a cinematic classic, at the time it proved to be an invaluable marketing tool for the administration of that First Lady’s husband.
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Secret Mall Apartment [2025] [Music Box Films Blu-Ray]
Eight artists in Providence, Rhode Island, set up a secret apartment at a mall in Jeremy Workman’s aptly titled Secret Mall Apartment, produced and released on physical media by Music Box Films on November 18.