Straight to Hell (1987)

On a Criterion kick and having fun with Alex Cox's filmography!

If you like the stylings of Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez as well as Repo Man, this is a batty good time!

Three beloved rock stars, Courtney Love and late artists Joe Strummer (The Clash) and Shane MacGowan (The Pogues), put on killer performances. Even Jim Jarmusch gets in on the fun!

Deserts, Motels and Diners Just Flicks

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jmd

@jmduncanJun 9, 2026

OK how have I never heard of this, I think I need to watch it right now

jmd

@jmduncanJun 9, 2026

Reporting back that I indeed went ahead and watched it right then and it DELIVERED. (Also love that even Criterion couldn't be chill in their description and just went ahead and referred to "the insane cast" of this.)

Spines, Flicks, and Wax

@jeninakJun 9, 2026

Yay! I am so glad! Criterion keeps it real! I just love that they dedicated a collection to Alex Cox and one to Courtney. Punk is not dead!

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Straight to Hell

jmd

“Like anyone into movies in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I've seen OG cult classic Repo Man multiple times. Somehow I had never heard of this bonkers spaghetti western send-up from the same director—in which a group of inept criminals hides out in a desert town that turns out to be full of coffee-obsessed cowboy killers—until @Spines, Flicks, and Wax rec'd it today (thank you to her), and I lite”