As you may already know, we’ve been putting the final touches on the new issue of the magazine (more info on that soon). It’s a long, involved process that requires intricate metal lathe work and the repeated action of pulling a table cloth out from under fine china (for the kids). Unfortunately, under such demands, nobody noticed the internet-canary died and now I have to dry my brow and play catch up with some neglected films.

Headbangers, by Elena Wen, bucks the indie film norm of asking existential questions with no answers. Instead, it is a strangely satisfying answer to a question you probably didn’t even know existed. Picture, if it pleases you, a typical nuclear family: loving parents, a newborn baby, six dogs, some brick walls. As is typical, the wife is spinning her vinyl copy of the Descendents’ “Everything Sucks” and playing “try to regain something lost” with her baby. “Thank You/Grand Theme” ends, the needle picks itself up and the speakers cool down but the baby is still banging its head! Is this dangerous? Should Jane Modernfamily be concerned? Watch and find out!

For the next few days I’ll be bringing everyone back up to speed on the latest films we’ve posted. Please wait patiently at your computer; there’s complimentary Mountain Dew inside your disc drive, if you can find it.