John Lurie Movies

The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been...

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...

Nares mocks up Ancient Rome by shooting in faux-classical sites including Tribeca's American Thread Building, where a decrepit penthouse loft with a...

The Sunset Blvd. of underground cinema, and a suitably ambivalent retrospect on the star-game casualties of New York's upper depths, with Patti Astor...

Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of joining a man she met a few months before. She finds herself alone in the apartment of the...

A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts in a decrepit...

A psychotic saxophone player lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the...

Behind the scenes of 'The Last Temptation of the Christ'

From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and...

Nan Goldin's slide show “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” converted, mixed and screened as a film by the artist, portraying the American...

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

At loose ends drifter stumbles upon a struggling painter as he searches for answers under the stars and rooftops of New York.

A short film narrated by John Lurie comprised of still images La Jetee-style about the middle-aged rediscovering punk rock.

The Wooster Group's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt and directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, with performances...

Second feature film by the French-born director is a Bertolucci-style story of a bored, rich woman looking for romance and adventure. She meets an...

Documentary on American film director Jim Jarmusch made for German television. featuring interviews with cast and crew from...

A visceral homage to those living and dying under the shadow of AIDS in a world run amok.

"5 Sides of a Coin" is a comprehensive overview of the worldwide cultural movement of Hip-Hop.

An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.