Lower East Side Movies
- 2014
The Cobbler
The Cobbler5.92014HD
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max...
- 2015
The Wolfpack
The Wolfpack6.82015HD
Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films...
- 2001
Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd
Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd82001HD
THE SINEMA OF NICK ZEDD is the first DVD collection of the filmmaker’s works, and includes 11 of his films as well as outtakes, interviews, and...
- 1989
How to Squash a Squat
How to Squash a Squat01989HD
1989, New York City's Alphabet City and East Village. A year after the Tompkins Square Park Riot, squatters and their community allies try to stop...
- 1994
Rhythm Thief
Rhythm Thief5.91994HD
Simon is a street retailer, his shop a corner on the lower east side in New York, his stock bootleg cassette tapes, the ambience provided via...
- 1993
Changing Fashions
Changing Fashions01993HD
Anthony Kiedis and Sofia Coppola try to escape the fashion influence of Debbie Harry.
- 1985
Story of a Junkie
Story of a Junkie5.91985HD
Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin...
- 1972
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)81972HD
Leon Gast's musical documentary reveals New York City's Latin culture and features live performances of salsa greats The Fania All Stars and The...
- 2021
Moments Like This Never Last
Moments Like This Never Last6.72021HD
Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on the streets of downtown New York City in the late 1990s. Developing from a...
- 1948
Big City
Big City7.21948HD
A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.
- 1986
Go to Hell
Go to Hell4.41986HD
A junkie wakes up on the streets and walks around, seeing a woman dressed in all white and a heroin addict shooting up.
- 2005
Methadonia
Methadonia4.82005HD
Shot over the course of 18 months in New York City's Lower East Side, METHADONIA sheds light on the inherent flaws of legal methadone treatments for...
- 2014
Looking for Johnny
Looking for Johnny6.62014HD
Johnny Thunders was the legendary hard-living rock'n'roll guitarist who inspired glam-metal, punk and the music scene in general. 'Looking For...
- 2022
Taste of the Tenement
Taste of the Tenement02022HD
There’s no one taste or flavor to define a neighborhood, especially one like the Lower East Side. Follow us on a culinary journey of food...
- 1986
No Picnic
No Picnic7.51986HD
A cinematic love letter to a pre-gentrification New York City
- 1979
The Deadly Art of Survival
The Deadly Art of Survival6.21979HD
Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of...
- 1970
Right On!
Right On!61970HD
Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary...
- 2021
Unprovoked: A Creative Process
Unprovoked: A Creative Process102021HD
Artist Taylor Denise sets out to make her first painting, which also happens to be her largest work to-date. As she embarks on this creative process...