In 1981, Penelope Spheeris released the first Decline Of Western Civilization film, a landmark documentary on L.A.'s early punk scene that ranks alongside Repo Man, Rock 'n' Roll High School, and ...

In “The Decline of Western Civilization,” a trilogy of documentary films spanning three eras of rebellious rock in Los Angeles, director Penelope Spheeris captured seminal bands in their ...

Penelope Spheeris sat down to discuss her legendary documentary trilogy The Decline of Western Civilization, which captured life in LA’s punk, metal, and gutter punk scenes.

For decades, there were only two ways to watch “The Decline of Western Civilization”: buy a bootleg or download it online. Both are illegal. For a movie about the underground punk scene, the ...

Penelope Spheeris’ nonfiction rock ‘n’ roll trilogy “The Decline of Western Civilization” will receive the 2024 Legacy Award at the Cinema Eye Honors, Cinema Eye organizers announced on ...

Penelope Spheeris’ classic 1980s punk documentary, The Decline of the Western Civilization was re-released last month, accompanied by its two follow-ups, Part II, covering the “The Metal Years ...

Penelop Spheeris’s 1988 sequel to her classic 1981 LA punk documentary focuses on the kind of extravagance that the kids in the first film were rebelling against, at least insofar as it ...

As mentioned, Penelope Spheeris‘ essential, long-out-of-print Decline of Western Civilization documentary trilogy is finally getting a DVD/Blu-ray release on June 30. The first one (the punk one ...

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988) The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998) For rent and streaming on multiple ...

Penelope Spheeris discusses her career as a filmmaker, directing documentaries like The Decline of Western Civilization and studio films such as Wayne's World.Spheeris talks about growing up in her ...

The new Trust Records documentary features members of Circle Jerks, 7Seconds, and more. AP is exclusively premiering the first episode.