Thurston Moore Movies

  • 2026
    The Best Summer

    The Best Summer

    The Best Summer

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    Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo...

    The Best Summer
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

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    A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
  • 2026
    Broken English

    Broken English

    Broken English

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    A survivor, provocateur and true original, Marianne has spent more than six decades defying expectations — releasing over thirty-five albums...

    Broken English
  • 2016
    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

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    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
  • 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
  • 2009
    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

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    An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in...

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
  • 1995
    Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

    Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

    Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

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    All of the band 80's music videos along with some live performances

    Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
  • 2005
    Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind

    Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind

    Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind

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    Nirvana's groundbreaking 1991 album NEVERMIND raised the Seattle trio to the status of Godhead, forever changing the face of the pop music market....

    Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
  • 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)
  • 2020
    Thick Air

    Thick Air

    Thick Air

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    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
  • 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
  • 2006
    Cut Shorts

    Cut Shorts

    Cut Shorts

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    A collection of short films and music videos from independent filmmaker David Markey, from 1974 to 2004.

    Cut Shorts
  • 1985
    Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

    Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

    Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

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    This was a concert video released thru Sonic Death, filmed on January 5th, 1985 in the Mojave Desert. This was SY's first west coast excursion.

    Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 2000
    The Hardcore Collection

    The Hardcore Collection

    The Hardcore Collection

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    A fringe film collective of edge-dwelling New York nihilist punks and crazies whose main pathological protagonist triumvirate were voyeur smackhead...

    The Hardcore Collection
  • 2005
    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

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    Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern...

    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes