"Director: Matt Wolf"

• Teenage | DVD | (31/03/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Inspired by punk author Jon Savage's book Teenage gives voice to young people from the first half of the 20th century in America England and Germany - from party-crazed Flappers and hip Swing Kids to zealous Nazi Youth and frenzied Sub-Debs. By the end of World War II they were all 'Teenagers': a new idea of youth. Before that there was no second stage of life: you were either a child or you went to work as an adult. At the turn of the century child labour was ending 'adolescence' was emerging and a struggle erupted between adults and youth. Would the young be controlled and regimented or could they be free?

• Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Wild Combination is director Matt Wolf's visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer singer-songwriter cellist and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992 Arthur prolifically created music that spanned an extraordinary diversity of styles and won the love of artistic communities that would seem utterly disparate. His collaborators and most ardent supporters ranged from Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg to rock bands like The Talking Heads and The Modern Lovers; the pre-Studio 54 disco scene of Nicky Siano's Gallery and David Mancuso's Loft; and DJ-producers like Francois Kevorkian and Larry Levan among others. Arthur's music spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art and now over fifteen years since his passing his work is still being embraced by new and ever growing audiences. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family friends and closest collaborators including (in order of appearance) the musician and writer David Toop (who did the last print interview with Russell) parents Chuck and Emily Russell Allen Ginsberg Ernie Brooks (The Modern Lovers The Necessaries) Philip Glass Russell's partner Tom Lee Steve Knutson of Audika Records (responsible for reissuing Russell's work in recent years) the singer-songwriter Jens Lekman and others.