Directing
Scott B
Scott B and Beth B were among the best-known New York No Wave underground film makers of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Known For
Black Box · 1979Black Box
★ 5.41979
MovieHorror
An innocent youth is abducted and dragged down into a dystopian nightmare where teenage Lydia Lunch throws him into the Black Box.
The Offenders · 1980The Offenders
★ 7.01980
MovieDrama
A punk savage satire about a kidnapping.
Karaoke Superstars · 2006Karaoke Superstars
2006
MovieTV MovieDocumentary
Starring Macy Gray, Rickey Mino, and Bob Ezrin. In order to break the boring mold of their everyday lives, a group of twentysomething girls enters a high-stakes karaoke competition.
The Deadly Art of Survival · 1979The Deadly Art of Survival
★ 6.31979
MovieAction
Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who helmed the landmark hip-hop film Wild Style) used the housing projects next to his New York Lower East Side apartment as his central location in this 1979 classic, shot on a vintage Super 8 camera.
Eddy's World · 2020Eddy's World
★ 5.02020
MovieDocumentary
EDDY'S WORLD is a fascinating portrait of a 98 year old working toy inventor. Best known for the iconic "chattering teeth" and 800 classic toys, he shares his passion for creativity and his philosophies of life and aging. Eddy lives in a retirement community and we follow him through his daily routine - working on new models in his garage machine shop, writing short stories on his computer, creating translucent lithophane portraits with his new 3D printer., walking and exercising. Eddy began designing toys on the Batfish Submarine during World War II. He is an endearing story teller who believes that optimism and new ideas keep him young and healthy.
Letters to Dad · 1979Letters to Dad
★ 8.01979
Movie
The almost lyrical Letters to Dad, is a meditation on authority that superimposes the spectre of Jonestown over the relatively fresh faces of the parapunk art world; the film takes on a musical form - like a 20th-century ballad composed of subliminal behavior cues, advertising testimonials, and the text of the National Enquirer
Vortex · 1982Vortex
★ 5.71982
MovieThriller
A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poet) plow her way through the plans of a corporate businessman who seeks government defense contracts through real "corporate wars" and the manipulation of politicians.
G-Man · 1978G-Man
★ 3.01978
Movie
An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the New York City bomb squad succumbs to his dominatrix.
