An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr.

Station to Station

2015

English

6.2

♡ 1

72%

Doug Aitken Director

Patti Smith as Self

Thurston Moore as Self

Mavis Staples as Self Beck

Beck as Self

Sending a burning arrow into the stunting effects that the compartmentalization of culture has on how creativity manifests, visual artist Doug Aitken embarked on an experiment exploring a less materialistic and more nomadic direction of art creation, exhibition, and participation. Station to Station involved a train that crossed North America housing a constantly changing creative community including artists, musicians, and curators, who collaborated in the creation of recordings, artworks, films, and 10 unique happenings, across the country.

Patti Smith, la poésie du punk

2022

French

6.9

♡ 5

Action

Music

Anne Cutaia Director

Bob Dylan as Self

Mike Douglas as Self

Patti Smith as Self

Sam Shepard as Self

At the age of 20, Patti Smith arrives in New York and upsets the codes of rock, poetry, and genre. She has become a living legend without ever leaving the sidelines. A poet, actress, and musician. Also militant. An artist with a thousand lives, now 74 years old. The documentary follows the course of Patti Smith's life. Childhood first, and the artist who says: "I wanted to be someone special. I felt distant. Not just from other children, I felt far from the whole world. I spent my childhood in think I was an alien. " Little Patti grew up in rural New Jersey and received a religious education from her Jehovah's Witness mother. But Patti Smith leaves the movement, which does not suit her artistic inclinations.

The Vasulka Effect

7.2

Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir Director

Salvador Dalí as Self

Patti Smith as Self

Andy Warhol as Self

David Byrne as Self

The opening of The Vasulka Effect couldn’t be more apt: Steina Vasulka addresses her husband Woody through various TV screens. He does the same and replies. A perfect image of the relationship between the free-spirited, groundbreaking pioneers of video art. After meeting in Prague in the early 1960s, they relocated from Czechoslovakia to New York, where they later founded The Kitchen, their legendary art and performance gallery.

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

2010

English

7.1

♡ 5

88%

Yony Leyser Director

Patti Smith as Self

Gus Van Sant as Self

America Ferrera as Self - Host

Peter Weller as Self - Narrator

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.

Ex Libris

2017

English

7.4

♡ 1

Documentary

Frederick Wiseman Director

Anthony Marx as Self

Evan Leslie as Self - 'Library for the Performing Arts' Moderator

Patti Smith as Self - 'Live from NYPL' Guest

Ta-Nehisi Coates as Self - 'Live from NYPL' Guest

A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

2022

German

7.1

♡ 8

96%

Thomas von Steinaecker Director

Nicole Kidman as Self

Patti Smith as Self

Robert Pattinson as Self

Christian Bale as Self

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators – including Christian Bale, Nicole Kidman, and Robert Pattinson, we are given an exciting glimpse into the work and personal life of the iconic artist.

Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis

2013

English

8.1

♡ 2

84%

Christopher Wilcha Director

Patti Smith as Self

Oscar Isaac as Self

Colin Meloy as Self

Jack White as Self

A concert inspired by the Coen Brothers' film, 'Inside Llewyn Davis,' which is set in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, featuring live performances of the film's music, as well as songs from the early 1960s. Performers include the Avett Brothers, Joan Baez, Dave Rawlings Machine, Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive, Colin Meloy, The Milk Carton Kids, Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Patti Smith, Willie Watson, Gillian Welch, and Jack White, as well as the star of the film Oscar Isaac.

The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town

2010

English

7.8

79%

bruce springsteen and the e street band

Documentary

Music

Thom Zimny Director

Bruce Springsteen as Self

Patti Smith as Self

Nils Lofgren as Self - E Street Band

Max Weinberg as Self - E Street Band

The ninety-minute film combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978—including home rehearsals and studio sessions — with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former-manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record.

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

2016

English

7.5

♡ 2

97%

portrait of an artist

Fenton Bailey Director

Patti Smith as Self

Brooke Shields as Self

Fran Lebowitz as Self Ed Koch

Ed Koch as Self

Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most controversial photographer of the twentieth century. Openly gay, Mapplethorpe took images of male sex, nudity, and fetish to extremes that resulted in his work still being labelled by some as pornography masquerading as art. But less talked about are the more serene, yet striking portraits of flowers, sculptures, and perfectly framed human forms that are equally pioneering and powerful.

West of Memphis

2012

English

7.8

♡ 18

95%

Amy Berg Director

Erin Moriarty as Herself

Patti Smith as Herself

Johnny Depp as Himself

Erin Moriarty as Self - Journalist

The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense allows the film to show the investigation, research, and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the American South.

Rolling Thunder Revue

2019

English

7.5

♡ 7

Martin Scorsese Director

Bob Dylan as Self

Gene Simmons as Self

Sharon Stone as The Beauty Queen

Patti Smith as The Punk Poet

Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.

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Burroughs: The Movie

Station to Station

Patti Smith, la poésie du punk

The Vasulka Effect

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Ex Libris

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis

The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

West of Memphis

Rolling Thunder Revue