Eugene S. Robinson

Like those famed tornado chasers, filmmaker Christian Anthony pursued art rock heavies OXBOW through five countries, two fistfights and a treasure trove of shows to come back with a document that is all at once profane, dangerous, funny, rage-inducing, and finally the most succinct take on artistic obscurity that has graced a screen in recent memory. Like the anit-Pennebaker, Anthony scores with a film that no one will care about, about a band no one cares about, for an experience that everyone will care about.

"The Luxury Of Empire" and "Live In Paris were filmed by Marie Xxme, while "Still Before" was filmed by Manuel Liebeskind.

IT CAME FROM AQUARIUS RECORDS tells the story about the San Francisco based independent record store, Aquarius Records. Having closed in 2016 after 47 years, this small apartment-sized store championed local, underground, independent, and challenging music to the masses - most memorably with their infamous bi-weekly, college essay-length, new-release lists. Six years in the making, interviewing collectors, musicians, and store owners, the film has a very personal angle, with lots of behind-the-scenes footage (and drama) that shows both the joy and excruciating stress that comes with running — and closing — a store like this, helped in no part by the changing city around them.

Les Instants Chavirés, situés à Montreuil, sont depuis 1991 un lieu de diffusion pensé comme un laboratoire des musiques improvisées, expérimentales, bruitistes. Après avoir ouvert en tant que salle de jazz contemporain, Les Instants Chavirés s’ouvrent au rock avant-gardiste au milieu des années 90. Depuis la programmation s'est majoritairement orientée vers le rock noise, l'électronique, le bruit… Ce film propose une plongée jubilatoire dans les archives de ce lieu utopique et toujours vaillant, régulièrement électrisé par des performances qui ont toujours fait la part belle aux expérimentations les plus libres.