Thurston Moore Movies

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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?
  • 2007
    Llik Your Idols

    Llik Your Idols

    Llik Your Idols

    4.62007HD

    Discover the New York underground scene during the 80s and throw yourself into an exciting, anarchic and repulsive world that you won't forget.

    Llik Your Idols
  • 2017
    Teenage Superstars

    Teenage Superstars

    Teenage Superstars

    7.52017HD

    Grant McPhee's sequel to Big Gold Dream picks up where the previous film left off, and continues its thrilling tour of the pre-Britpop, Scottish...

    Teenage Superstars
  • 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
  • 2024
    The Road to Ruane

    The Road to Ruane

    The Road to Ruane

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    Billy Ruane, storied impresario of the 90s Boston indie music scene. Billy promoted shows and inspired cult-like followings of bands by the likes of...

    The Road to Ruane
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1987
    Submit to Me Now

    Submit to Me Now

    Submit to Me Now

    4.61987HD

    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
  • 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
  • 2019
    SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

    SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

    SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

    02019HD

    A fly-on-the-wall documentary about the recording of the music score by Sonic Youth.

    SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
  • 1991
    Hippy Porn

    Hippy Porn

    Hippy Porn

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    Three disaffected teenagers talk, listen to music and hang out at a bohemian coffee house.

    Hippy Porn
  • 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
  • 1995
    The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

    The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

    The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

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    Comedy troupe The State hosts a Halloween special on CBS.

    The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
  • 2003
    Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

    Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

    Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

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    Filmed April 12, 2003 at a benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives, the international center for the preservation, study, and...

    Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
  • 2006
    Noise

    Noise

    Noise

    4.82006HD

    Footage from 2005’s Festival Art Rock in Saint-Brieuc, France, featuring Metric, Sonic Youth, Jeanne Balibar, and other acts.

    Noise
  • 2019
    Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine

    Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine

    Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine

    6.6672019HD

    Explores the seminal music magazine from its 1969 launch in Detroit to the untimely death of its publisher Barry Kramer in 1981.

    Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine