In 1997, the Chicago Underground Film Festival held its fourth annual edition and published a four-page pull-out section in the Chicago-based political magazine Lumpen.

On October 20, 1986, the legendary underground documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot made its world premiere at the music club d.c. space in Washington, D.C. The club hosted punk rock shows, avant-garde jazz performances and poetry readings in D.C. from 1977 to 1991; and, at least in October 1986, held movie and video screenings on Sundays.

Aug. 14: Master documentarian Jeff Krulik will make his return to Los Angeles with his latest blockbuster, Led Zeppelin Played Here, which digs deep into rock music’s biggest mystery.

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jeff Krulik has a very loving relationship with Iggy Smalls, a black cat Jeff rescued in 2009.

Jeff Krulik, one of the best interviewers ever in documentary film history, has the tables turned on him by one of the best interviewers in film journalism, Mike Plante.

Here’s a trio of photos from the Jeff Krulik retrospective that was held on Aug. 26. 2012 at the Cinefamily in Los Angeles.

Aug. 26: Everything Is Festival presents a retrospective of Jeff Krulik’s quirky short documentaries with the filmmaker in person. Not to be missed!

Jeff Krulik and Jon Heyn revisit their head-bangin’ roots in their documentary Heavy Metal Picnic, which is now available on DVD through the film’s website.

The 11th annual Coney Island Film Festival has the headbangingly awesome Heavy Metal Parking Lot, plus films like The Last Immortal, The Super and tons of shorts.

The 5th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival is showing twisted films by Usama Alshaibi, Jeff Krulik, Jon Hewitt, Joseph Guzman and more.