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Death to Malcolm McLaren

Death to Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm McLaren, the promoter and manager responsible for assembling the world’s first boy band — The Sex Pistols — has died at age 64. We [...]

Skull Grinders
words by Agent Automatic | artwork by Nate Pollard

Skull Grinders

I’ll punch holes in the eyes of god. I was feeling mellow a while ago, but that’s changed. I’m gnawing on the jaw of a [...]

TIMECRIMES
reviewed by Agent Automatic

TIMECRIMES

Karbo Vantas Entertainment 92 min., dir. by Nacho Vigalondo, with Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, and Bárbara Goenaga Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes) is a Spanish science fiction [...]

THE READER
reviewed by Agent Automatic

THE READER

Mirage Enterprises 124 min., dir. by Stephen Daldry, with Kate Winslet, Jeanette Hain, and Ralph Fiennes As an Oscar contender, The Reader couldn’t have been [...]

Heart of the City
words by Agent Automatic | artwork by Kevin O’Rourke

Heart of the City

Originally published in Verbicide issue #22 Kevin O’Rourke is part of a new generation of Motor City artists. This low-key powerhouse fuses elements of graphic [...]

RENAISSANCE
reviewed by Agent Automatic

RENAISSANCE

Miramax 105 min., dir. by Christian Vlockman with Daniel Craig, Romola Garai, and Catherine McCormack Renaissance is a French animated film, set in Paris, 2054. [...]

FACTOTUM
reviewed by Agent Automatic

FACTOTUM

IFC Films 94 min., dir. by Bent Hamer, with Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, and Marisa Tomei Factotum (based on the novel by Charles Bukowski) tells [...]

ASOBI SEKSU – Citrus
reviewed by Agent Automatic

ASOBI SEKSU – Citrus

Asobi Seksu is one of many bands who are recreating the distorted ambient sound popularized in the early 1990s. Heavy rhythms overlaid with vocals both [...]