Steve Albini Movies

  • 2019
    Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero

    Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero

    Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero

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    In May 1997, Tim Taylor, creative force behind the beloved Dayton, Ohio rock weirdos BRAINIAC, was on the verge of his band signing to a major record...

    Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
  • 2018
    Rock vs. Cancer

    Rock vs. Cancer

    Rock vs. Cancer

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    A musician with terminal cancer spends his last days recording a rock album with legendary music producer Steve Albini.

    Rock vs. Cancer
  • 2003
    Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll

    Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll

    Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll

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    Documentary about the late Chicago artist and musician Wesley Willis. Filmmaker Daniel Bitton follows Willis throughout the Chicago area, riding the b...

    Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll
  • 2006
    Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here)

    Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here)

    Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here)

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    "Danielson: a Family movie" is a documentary about unbridled creativity vs. accessibility, Christian faith vs. popular culture, underground music vs....

    Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here)
  • 2012
    Reel Old School

    Reel Old School

    Reel Old School

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    Reel Old School is a documentary made by college students John Cotton and Brady Effler. It investigates the transition in the music recording world fr...

    Reel Old School
  • 2021
    Records

    Records

    Records

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    Twenty-one years after Alan Zweig’s groundbreaking first feature documentary Vinyl, Zweig returns to the topic of compulsive record collecting with ne...

    Records
  • 1997
    Out of the Loop

    Out of the Loop

    Out of the Loop

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    A feature-length documentary on the 1990s Chicago rock scene.

    Out of the Loop
  • 2014
    Breadcrumb Trail

    Breadcrumb Trail

    Breadcrumb Trail

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    Breadcrumb Trail focuses on Slint's seminal album, Spiderland, and the Louisville music scene from which the band originated.

    Breadcrumb Trail
  • 2021
    Why Am I Doing This? (A Film About Touring)

    Why Am I Doing This? (A Film About Touring)

    Why Am I Doing This? (A Film About Touring)

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    This is a film about touring musicians who don't care about making it in the music business and all of the hardships they face without the fame.

    Why Am I Doing This? (A Film About Touring)
  • 2024
    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

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    Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
  • 2013
    Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust

    Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust

    Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust

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    Form small beginnings on a Victorian farm to globetrotting punk rock icons, the Cosmic Psychos became one of Australia's most influential bands. Now a...

    Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust
  • 1992
    Big Black - Pig Pile

    Big Black - Pig Pile

    Big Black - Pig Pile

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    Big Black recorded live at the Hammersmith Clarendon, London - UK, in the summer of 1987.

    Big Black - Pig Pile
  • 1987
    Big Black - The Last Blast

    Big Black - The Last Blast

    Big Black - The Last Blast

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    Big Black's final show, at the Georgetown Steamplant in Seattle, August 9, 1987.

    Big Black - The Last Blast
  • 2024
    Uzeda - Do It Yourself

    Uzeda - Do It Yourself

    Uzeda - Do It Yourself

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    Uzeda - Do It Yourself
  • 2011
    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind

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    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind visually documents the explosion of Grunge, the Seattle Sound, within the context of the undergr...

    Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
  • 2007
    You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984

    You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984

    You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984

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    You Weren't There: a History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984 is a documentary that looks back on the impact that the Punk movement had on the Windy City. Th...

    You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984
  • 2007
    The Dirty Three

    The Dirty Three

    The Dirty Three

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    The Dirty Three are the rough and ready jewels in the crown of Australian rock and roll history. Born from the need to put food on the table and spawn...

    The Dirty Three
  • 2008
    Guyville Redux

    Guyville Redux

    Guyville Redux

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    Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in th...

    Guyville Redux
  • 2017
    Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker

    Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker

    Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker

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    In 2007, 11 years after one of the most influential American punk bands, Jawbreaker, called it quits, the three members, Blake Schwarzenbach, Chris Ba...

    Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker
  • 2017
    Hot Doug’s: The Movie

    Hot Doug’s: The Movie

    Hot Doug’s: The Movie

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    Hot Doug’s: the Movie is a portrait of the restaurant, its owner, and its fans. It’s a window into the closing of a cult-favorite hot-dog stand in Chi...

    Hot Doug’s: The Movie