
Punk's Not Dead
Susan Dynner's film traces punk rock from its 1970s origins through the multiple scenes and subcultures it splintered into by the 2000s, using interviews with the people who lived each phase. Jello Biafra talks about the Dead Kennedys and the movement's early politics, while Fat Mike of NOFX and Tim Armstrong of Rancid discuss how punk survived becoming a commercial product on major labels and MTV. The film moves through hardcore, straight edge, riot grrrl, and pop-punk, letting musicians and fans argue over whether any of it still counts as punk once it started selling out arenas. Club footage and archival clips from CBGB-era New York sit alongside shots of Warped Tour crowds decades later, tracking how the look and the sound spread while the original anti-establishment stance got harder to pin down. Rather than settling the argument, the film lets old-guard purists and younger bands talk past each other, leaving the question of what punk actually is open by the closing credits.