17: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Colourful, out-there frock opera about a transexual punk rock girl from East Berlin. The songs are by Stephen Trask – who more recently succeeded Randy Newman as composer on the … Fockers movies.
18: KIPPER, Confessions Of A Pop Performer
Voted “worst British film of 1975” in Sight & Sound, this finds cheeky chappy Robin Askwith copping off with some saucy birds while also trying to make it big in the music scene with his band, Kipper.
19: THE SNARKS, Smashing Time
Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave wreak havoc on Swinging London in George Melly scripted comedy. Michael York sports a terrific cravat. Psychedelic hipsters Tomorrow turn up as the Snarks: some consolation, perhaps, after Antonioni chose the Yardbirds over them to appear in Blowup.
20: THE ULTIMATE LOSERS, Slacker
It’s 1991, and arguably no film captured Gen X ennui better than Richard Linklater’s debut. Even the band – seen playing art-rock to the dysfunctional youth of Austin, Texas – can barely muster up the energy to get out of bed.