The missing link between punk and riot grrl wasn't a band or even a fleeting subgenre, but an amazing 1982 Paramount music-biz satire that was never properly released, seen only on late-night cable, crappy bootlegs, and at art-house revivals.

PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
The pitch: As unconventional and free-form as the poet-rocker herself, photographer turned filmmaker Steven Sebring's cerebral but humane portrait was shot over nearly a dozen years with Smith's full participation.