John Zorn Movies

Traces the journey of five kung fu monks in search of the American dream. Hailing from China's legendary Shaolin Temple, these Zen masters and kung...

For 12 years now, Mathieu Amalric has been filming the stupendous New York saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Whirligig films that Zorn likes to...

A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

Filmed with an intimate three camera shoot by Antonio Ferrera, a close friend of John Zorn and a long time cameraman for the documentary masters the...

John Zorn's live performance of Naked City's self-titled album at The Marquee Club in New York City, 1992.

Agatha is an international lawyer, Jo a filmmaker. The two women are lovers. While Jo is on the road showing her films, Agatha discovers and reads...

Is heavy manual labour disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the...

In 1942, nazi leaders met in Wansee to organize the final solution to the Jewish problem. The Warsaw guetto was first. Treblinka was created in a...

A documentary about the colorful life, times and music of a true original, Louis “Moondog” Hardin, an eccentric blind musician and...

A film set to "Batman" by Naked City. Taking the band’s name and first album cover as a clue, Henry Hills drew heavily on themes in...

Through interviews we meet some of the people who risked their lives to hide Jewish children during World War II and how this experience has...

"Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags" brings to life the vibrant, unexpected history of the Garment District, which for many years was the heart and...

Part Two of John Zorn's COBRA (see April 16 for Part One).

Money (1985) is an historical document of the early days of "language poetry" and the downtown improvised music scene. A manic collage film from the...

Documentary examining contemporary Jewish musical culture in New York's avant garde Jazz scene in the 1990s.

An opera by John Zorn and Richard Foreman

This nouveau, sleekly produced film features the story of a unique lesbian S&M relationship between a mistress and her maid. Enter their fantasy: a...

Documentary that follows the lives of several Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.

André and Kim are a young couple living together in Montréal. André works with his family in Bungee jumping business while Kim...

John Zorn with his band at Anthology Film Archves performs COBRA, part one.