The Punk Singer
It's weird and awesome to see a polished, talking-head-style documentary about the girl who once snarled "suck my left one" while wearing a ponytail and a mini-dress—and it feels very much in keeping with Kathleen Hanna's career-long mission of supporting other women that Sini Anderson's enjoyable new documentary is, in return, a love letter to Hanna. The Punk Singer is packed with amazing old Bikini Kill concert footage and interviews with Hanna's peers, including extensive interviews with Hanna herself; it's also slickly edited and one-sided, content to shore up Hanna's legacy as a punk rock hero.
by Alison Hallett