Thurston Moore Movies

  • 2018
    Desolation Center

    Desolation Center

    Desolation Center

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    The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspi...

    Desolation Center
  • 2003
    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

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    Quintessential alternative rockers, Sonic Youth, celebrate free-form experimentalism while reinforcing their performance-art driven tradition in this...

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
  • 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
  • 2019
    Daydream Nation

    Daydream Nation

    Daydream Nation

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    A concert film of Sonic Youth performing their Daydream Nation album in full at the ABC in Glasgow.

    Daydream Nation
  • 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 acc...

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?
  • 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 musi...

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
  • 2019
    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

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    As a fixture of the New York music scene for 30 years, Sonic Youth performed in New York City innumerable times, and served as ersatz cultural ambassa...

    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
  • 2010
    Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

    Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

    Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

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    A thoughtful portrait of a renowned artist, this documentary shines the spotlight on New York City painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Featuring extensive i...

    Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
  • 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
  • 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

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

    SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
  • 2006
    Noise

    Noise

    Noise

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

    Noise
  • 2024
    Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

    Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

    Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

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    A video documenting Sonic Youth's performance at the Gila Monster Jamboree. Taking place in a remote location in the Mojave Desert, this was the bands...

    Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
  • 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 underst...

    Thick Air
  • 2007
    Welcome to My Castle!

    Welcome to My Castle!

    Welcome to My Castle!

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    Over 5 hours of full-length interviews with Nirvana, Tommy Chong, Sonic Youth, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Ron Jeremy, and many more. Includes videos of Na...

    Welcome to My Castle!
  • 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
  • 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 charismatic guys in the...

    Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
  • 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 document...

    Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
  • 2021
    The Sparks Brothers

    The Sparks Brothers

    The Sparks Brothers

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    Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your fav...

    The Sparks Brothers
  • 2008
    New York Rock at the BBC

    New York Rock at the BBC

    New York Rock at the BBC

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    Celebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic performances from the Ramones, New York Dolls, Television, Blondie, Lou Reed and m...

    New York Rock at the BBC
  • 1985
    Submit to Me

    Submit to Me

    Submit to Me

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    A No-Wave erotic horror exploring the aesthetics of kink, sadism, mutilation and suicide.

    Submit to Me