Half-Cocked & Radiation // Get Punk'd

We’re having a DOUBLE FEATURE of Suki Hawley’s and Michael Galinsky's cult music films HALF-COCKED and RADIATION! Following both films, the filmmakers will Zoom in for a Q&A! 

HALF-COCKED - Tara (Tara Jane O'Neil) is growing weary of her slacker life. When her brother Otis, an arrogant rocker lead vocalist, abuses Tara after a show, she and her pals hijack his van (full of band equipment), hit the road and form their own band. The film features Ian Svenonius and members of Rodan and The Grifters, playing versions of themselves. With music by Unwound, Slant 6, Freakwater, Versus, Polvo, Smog, Helium and others.

RADIATION - Unai is a cynical Spaniard who books American indie bands up and down the Iberian peninsula. Exhausted and disenchanted, at the tail end of youth, with nothing to show for his years of struggle beyond an empty wallet and a tenacious speed habit, Unai struggles to remember why he got into rock and roll in the first place. Then he meets Mary, an impulsive Lower East Side artist who captivates him with a punk spirit he feels he has lost. 

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'GET PUNK'D' is a monthly series recognizing the obscurity and unruliness of punk subculture. Ranging from low-budget indie flicks to coming-of-age dramas, these films feature a heavy dose of gritty rock 'n' roll soundtracks, DIY methods, and anti-establishment attitudes.

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