Thurston Moore Movies

  • 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
  • 2007
    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

    6.42007HD

    Documentary about rock pioneer Roky Erickson, detailing his rise as a psychedelic hero, his lengthy institutionalization, his descent into poverty...

    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
  • 1988
    Lou Believers

    Lou Believers

    Lou Believers

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    Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Lou Reed roam the streets of Los Angeles searching for James Woods.

    Lou Believers
  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    6.6252007HD

    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
  • 2023
    Louder Than You Think

    Louder Than You Think

    Louder Than You Think

    02023HD

    Gary Young, drummer for indie-rock icons Pavement, injected a wild-card unpredictability into the band's breakthrough, lo-fi sound. But those same...

    Louder Than You Think
  • 2008
    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

    6.4642008HD

    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!
  • 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
  • 2021
    Fire Music

    Fire Music

    Fire Music

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    Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and '70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers - brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman,...

    Fire Music
  • 2009
    No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

    No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

    No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

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    the connections and energy flow between the various artists populating the 1980s sub-cultures of New York and Berlin. Features Jim Jarmusch, Lydia...

    No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
  • 2021
    Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

    Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

    Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

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    The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate...

    Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
  • 2005
    Day Trip Maryanne

    Day Trip Maryanne

    Day Trip Maryanne

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    Day Trip Maryanne captures the collaboration between legendary sound sculptor Maryanne Amacher and guitarist Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth at her...

    Day Trip Maryanne
  • 2021
    Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

    Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

    Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

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    The American indie rock band “Dinosaur Jr.” is a radical group with an unmistakeable sound. The film tells the story the three...

    Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
  • 1991
    Skeeno H.C. Rules

    Skeeno H.C. Rules

    Skeeno H.C. Rules

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    Sonic Youth play hockey arena w/ Neil Young in Reno, Nevada. Ten years earlier 7 Seconds recorded the earnest hardcore classic "Skins, Brains, &...

    Skeeno H.C. Rules
  • 1991
    Rap Damage

    Rap Damage

    Rap Damage

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    Thurston on a bender. Shot one day during a break on the Ragged Glory Tour. Hip Hopped-up NYC roadie Maurice Menares plays the psychotic...

    Rap Damage
  • 2020
    Thick Air

    Thick Air

    Thick Air

    6.82020HD

    An experimental music ensemble is recording an album. They want a very specific sound: the sound of thick air. The sound engineer struggles to...

    Thick Air
  • 1984
    Rock My Religion

    Rock My Religion

    Rock My Religion

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    Rock My Religion is a provocative thesis on the relation between religion and rock music in contemporary culture. Graham formulates a history that...

    Rock My Religion
  • 2019
    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

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    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
  • 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
  • 1999
    Turn of the Century

    Turn of the Century

    Turn of the Century

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    Filmmaker, illustrator and musician Dame Darcy's weekly television collaboration with Blessed Elysium's Lisa Hammer aired on New York's Public Access...

    Turn of the Century