Thurston Moore Movies

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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!!!
  • 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
  • 2005
    Punk: Attitude

    Punk: Attitude

    Punk: Attitude

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    A documentary on the music, performers, attitude and distinctive look that made up punk rock.

    Punk: Attitude
  • 2019
    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

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    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?
  • 2001
    25 Years of Punk

    25 Years of Punk

    25 Years of Punk

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    Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground...

    25 Years of Punk
  • 2023
    Louder Than You Think

    Louder Than You Think

    Louder Than You Think

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    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
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 1995
    Blood on the Beach

    Blood on the Beach

    Blood on the Beach

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    Sonic Youth's Blood on the Beach is comprised of two shows and interview clips recorded in November 1985 in Brighton, UK.

    Blood on the Beach
  • 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
  • 2008
    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

    I Need That Record!

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    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!
  • 1994
    Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

    Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

    Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

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    Documentary that gives a voice to the percentage of youth that were outcasts/non-conformists in the 90's. Interviews many famous musicians and other...

    Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
  • 2011
    Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

    Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

    Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

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    From myth to legend Rowland Howard appeared on the early Melbourne punk scene like a phantom out of Kafkaesque Prague or Bram Stoker’s Dracula....

    Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
  • 1993
    Changing Fashions

    Changing Fashions

    Changing Fashions

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    Anthony Kiedis and Sofia Coppola try to escape the fashion influence of Debbie Harry.

    Changing Fashions
  • 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

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    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
  • 1988
    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

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    PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of...

    Put More Blood Into the Music
  • 2011
    Blank City

    Blank City

    Blank City

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    In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire...

    Blank City
  • 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