Richard Kern Movies

  • 2015
    Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

    Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

    Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

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    A documentary of uncompromising, outlaw, cult underground filmmaker Jim Van Bebber, covering his life from 2010-2015 while he tries to make a...

    Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber
  • 2019
    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

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    The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City's...

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
  • 1985
    Manhattan Love Suicides

    Manhattan Love Suicides

    Manhattan Love Suicides

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    A series of short films by Richard Kern: Stray Dogs, Woman At The Wheel, Thrust In Me, & I Hate You Now.

    Manhattan Love Suicides
  • 1986
    Death Valley '69

    Death Valley '69

    Death Valley '69

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    Death Valley '69 was the first music video by Sonic Youth. The video features the majority of the band in various states of bloody dismemberment...

    Death Valley '69
  • 1986
    King of Sex

    King of Sex

    King of Sex

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    In the first half of the movie Nick Zedd has a rough sexual playtime with two young women. In the second half, whilst dressed in drag, he attempts to...

    King of Sex
  • 1990
    X Is Y

    X Is Y

    X Is Y

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    Experimental film consisting of images of young women handling automatic handguns and rifles.

    X Is Y
  • 1999
    The Hardcore Collection

    The Hardcore Collection

    The Hardcore Collection

    21999HD

    Heir to a long New York film and visual culture, which peaked in the 1960s, Richard Kern was undoubtedly one of the most exciting artists of the 80s...

    The Hardcore Collection
  • 1991
    Catholic

    Catholic

    Catholic

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    Catholic is a b/w Super-8 short written, produced and directed by Richard Kern. A Catholic student has a crisis of faith.

    Catholic
  • 1997
    Lunch on Kern

    Lunch on Kern

    Lunch on Kern

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    Featuring Lydia Lunch and the photography of Richard Kern. Teaser for an arté doc [Chris Habib] made as a kid

    Lunch on Kern
  • 2009
    NYC Foetus

    NYC Foetus

    NYC Foetus

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    A documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including Foetus, Steroid Maximus and Manorexia. Featuring...

    NYC Foetus
  • 1997
    Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York

    Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York

    Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York

    01997HD

    Haxan Films-produced documentary on Richard Kern's work around 1997. Footage from his photo sessions, interviews with Kern and his models, etc....

    Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
  • 1985
    Woman at the Wheel

    Woman at the Wheel

    Woman at the Wheel

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    A woman takes each of her boyfriends - one poor and one rich- for a drive in her new car. Each argues with her and insists on taking the wheel. She...

    Woman at the Wheel
  • 2014
    The Girl Who Followed Marple

    The Girl Who Followed Marple

    The Girl Who Followed Marple

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    Part showcase for the fashion label Atelier E. B., part infomercial for a particular brand of menstrual cup, "The Girl who follows Marple" envelopes...

    The Girl Who Followed Marple
  • 2007
    Kill the Artist

    Kill the Artist

    Kill the Artist

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    Reveals the extreme measures lawmakers and critics go through to censor avant-garde artists, who walk the fine line between art, perversion, religion...

    Kill the Artist
  • 1993
    No Age New York

    No Age New York

    No Age New York

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    A scattershot documentary about punk rock film makers in New York, with contributions from Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins, Richard Kern, Beth B, Nick...

    No Age New York
  • 2011
    Face to Panty Ratio

    Face to Panty Ratio

    Face to Panty Ratio

    4.42011HD

    Face to Panty Ratio is a 3 minute short film by New York based photographer and cult director Richard Kern featuring close ups of girls’ faces...

    Face to Panty Ratio
  • 2013
    House Sitter

    House Sitter

    House Sitter

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    House Sitter is one of many new short films on the 2013 DVD Extra Shot by Kern.

    House Sitter
  • 1991
    American Nightmare

    American Nightmare

    American Nightmare

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    A video full of swastikas, human skulls on American flag backdrops, girls frenching on department store mannequins and burning themselves with...

    American Nightmare
  • 1983
    Goodbye 42nd Street

    Goodbye 42nd Street

    Goodbye 42nd Street

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    Shots of walking down 42nd Street showing storefronts including everything from Texas Fried Chicken to 25¢ porn arcades.

    Goodbye 42nd Street
  • 2013
    Shot by Kern

    Shot by Kern

    Shot by Kern

    02013HD

    Seasoned photographer Richard Kern, best known for his images of scantily-clad, amateur models, travels around the globe to interview and shoot...

    Shot by Kern