Evening viewing recommendation? Watch Paul Schrader’s potent sophomore feature HARDCORE (1979) on the Criterion Channel! 📽️ https://bit.ly/4bBEied | The Criterion Collection

"I've made two more or less autobiographical films — 'Hardcore' (1979), which is about my father, and 'Light of Day' (1987) which is about my mother — and [think they both may have failed commercially because they’re a little too personal." Paul Schrader | History of Cinema

Hey Ho, Let’s Go! 🎸👨‍🎤 Rad Facts: By 1979, the hardcore punk movement was emerging in So Cal. A rivalry developed between adherents of the new sound and the older punk rock crowd. Hardcore, appealing to a younger, more suburban audience, was perceived by some as anti-intellectual, overly aggressive, and musically limited. In Los Angeles, the two scenes were the “Hollywood punks” and “beach punks”, referring to Hollywood’s central position in the original L.A. punk rock scene and to hardcore’s