Thurston Moore Movies

  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

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    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
  • 2006
    The Devil and Daniel Johnston

    The Devil and Daniel Johnston

    The Devil and Daniel Johnston

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    This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the...

    The Devil and Daniel Johnston
  • 2012
    Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

    Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

    Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

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    Charming, intelligent and iconoclastic, Ben Lee is an Australian singer-songwriter whose creative growth since his early adolescence has undergone...

    Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
  • 2008
    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

    6.52008HD

    Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a...

    I Need That Record!
  • 1998
    Free Tibet

    Free Tibet

    Free Tibet

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    A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.

    Free Tibet
  • 1995
    An Introduction to Harmolodics

    An Introduction to Harmolodics

    An Introduction to Harmolodics

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    Ornette Coleman is always asked, “what is Harmolodics?” Harmolodics is the term he coined to describe his music and his philosophy of...

    An Introduction to Harmolodics
  • 2024
    Scala!!!

    Scala!!!

    Scala!!!

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    This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which...

    Scala!!!
  • 2005
    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    6.62005HD

    A feature-length documentary chronicling early '80s punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginnings in San Pedro, California, to their demise...

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
  • 1992
    1991: The Year Punk Broke

    1991: The Year Punk Broke

    1991: The Year Punk Broke

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    David Markey's documentary of life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana during their tour of Europe in late 1991. Also featuring live...

    1991: The Year Punk Broke
  • 2019
    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    7.82019HD

    From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most...

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?
  • 2016
    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    6.42016HD

    Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the audiotape won't die. Rock veterans join a legion of young bands releasing...

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
  • 1986
    Submit to Me

    Submit to Me

    Submit to Me

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    Cinema of Transgression pioneers and participants (Lydia Lunch, Lung Leg, Nick Zedd, etc.) perform a series of acts as they submit to director...

    Submit to Me
  • 2022
    Black Lodge

    Black Lodge

    Black Lodge

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    Set in a nightmarish Bardo, a place between death and rebirth, a tormented writer faces down demons of his own making. Forced to confront the darkest...

    Black Lodge
  • 2009
    From The Basement

    From The Basement

    From The Basement

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    First DVD release from this refreshingly basic UK music programme puts the music in the foreground with an impressive role call of acts. With sparse...

    From The Basement
  • 2019
    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    72019HD

    The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City's...

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
  • 2017
    The Public Image Is Rotten

    The Public Image Is Rotten

    The Public Image Is Rotten

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    British rock icon John Lydon and fellow bandmates recall the years they spent performing as Public Image Ltd.

    The Public Image Is Rotten
  • 1987
    Submit to Me Now

    Submit to Me Now

    Submit to Me Now

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    Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to...

    Submit to Me Now
  • 2015
    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

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    "Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)" examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation's Capital. It was a decade when seminal...

    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
  • 1987
    Made in U.S.A.

    Made in U.S.A.

    Made in U.S.A.

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    Two men from Pennsylvania give up hope in their small run down coal mining town, and head off in search of the beaches of California. The two steal...

    Made in U.S.A.
  • 1997
    Don't Bring A Dog

    Don't Bring A Dog

    Don't Bring A Dog

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    Don't Bring A Dog shows a part of the New York underground music scene - rooted in the early eighties - existing apart from MTV and billboard charts....

    Don't Bring A Dog