Glenn O'Brien Movies

  • 2018
    Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

    7.12018HD

    Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting...

    Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • 1981
    Subway Riders

    Subway Riders

    Subway Riders

    6.51981HD

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

    Subway Riders
  • 1982
    Wild Style

    Wild Style

    Wild Style

    6.11982HD

    Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the...

    Wild Style
  • 2010
    Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

    Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

    Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

    7.32010HD

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

    Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
  • 2001
    Downtown '81

    Downtown '81

    Downtown '81

    6.92001HD

    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...

    Downtown '81
  • 2011
    Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

    Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

    Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

    22011HD

    A glowing, prismatic portrait of the rise and fall of America's first celebrity designer—Halston—the man who was synonymous with fashion...

    Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
  • 2010
    Beautiful Darling

    Beautiful Darling

    Beautiful Darling

    5.82010HD

    James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her...

    Beautiful Darling
  • 1972
    Andy Warhol

    Andy Warhol

    Andy Warhol

    71972HD

    With a rambling, unstructured style that echoes Andy Warhol’s own approach to filmmaking, this documentary profiles his career, showing him to...

    Andy Warhol
  • 2011
    Blank City

    Blank City

    Blank City

    72011HD

    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...

    Blank City
  • 2017
    Basquiat: Rage to Riches

    Basquiat: Rage to Riches

    Basquiat: Rage to Riches

    5.92017HD

    This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before agreed to be...

    Basquiat: Rage to Riches
  • 1990
    Force of Circumstance

    Force of Circumstance

    Force of Circumstance

    01990HD

    A courier who represents Moroccan dissidents arrives in Washington with secret documents.

    Force of Circumstance
  • 2012
    Trophy Hunter

    Trophy Hunter

    Trophy Hunter

    02012HD

    Trophy Hunter, a short, fake documentary about illegal wildlife trade that Josh and Benny made for the Turtle Conservancy in 2012. It features the...

    Trophy Hunter
  • 2005
    Face Addict

    Face Addict

    Face Addict

    02005HD

    Face Addict tells the story of a unique and unrepeatable experience, that of the artistic community in New York between the late '70s and early '80s,...

    Face Addict
  • 1970
    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    01970HD

    This short film explores memory and transformation by cataloging landmarks that aren’t even a decade old: 1 World Trade Center, the 59th Street...

    A Clean Sweep