Steve Albini Movies

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Fred Armisen

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steve Albini

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Wesley Willis

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steve Albini

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

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Cast: Steve Albini

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adrian Warner

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steve Albini

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Brian McMahan

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.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steve Albini

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gibby Haynes

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

Genre: Music

Cast: Ross Knight

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

Genre: Music

Cast: Steve Albini

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steve Albini

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Giovanna Cacciola

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

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Cast: Jacob McMurray

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....

Genre: Music

Cast: Steve Albini

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steve Albini

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Liz Phair

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Chris Bauermeister

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Doug Sohn

Featuring legendary recording engineer Steve Albini, 'Document: A film about Malojian' captures the energy of a band at the top of their game, as...

Genre: Music

Cast: Steve Albini

YOU CAN COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES, THE BIG BOYS tells the true story of the beloved funk/punk band from Austin, Texas. Go beyond Austin's city limits...

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Cast: Randy "Biscuit" Turner

The true story of punks, queers, & criminals on a ride with two men who accidentally changed music along the way.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Trent Reznor

A fixture of the "indie rock" scene in the mid-90's, Silkworm left behind a unique catalog that is continually being re-discovered by critics and...

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Cast: Matt Kadane

"Recording Josephine" showcases the personalities and recording process involved in the making of the album, "Josephine" by Magnolia Electric...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jason Molina

Looking For a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration is a collection of personal stories about defining moments of musical inspiration (a record, a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Björk

For the first time ever, the story of guitar pedals and effects will be told by the people who make them and the artists that use them. Coming in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Frampton

The Dutch band The Ex has been around for more than twenty years. All this time, nothing much has changed. Only their music is constantly developing....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: G.W. Sok

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nicolas Willmann

Gouge - a documentary tracing The Pixies' story featuring interviews with Bono, David Bowie, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead), Graham Coxon...

Genre: Music

Cast: Frank Black