Richard Kern

Featuring Lydia Lunch and the photography of Richard Kern. Teaser for an arté doc [Chris Habib] made as a kid

A look at the life and work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and his impact on Japanese culture.

The Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare archive images. Art galeries present movie extracts...

Discover the New York underground scene during the 80s and throw yourself into an exciting, anarchic and repulsive world that you won't forget.

After a vengeful sorceress is tortured and killed by a corrupt industrialist looking to harness the spectral powers of Red Spirit Lake, her niece...

The apparent strangeness of two sisters becomes easily understood as they wreak appropriate revenge on one of their abusive husbands, by tying him up...

I am so endlessly alone. Whats my illusions, whats my odds, and illusions have to be killed, I don't have more time to destroy. Is my loneliness real...

A scattershot documentary about punk rock film makers in New York, with contributions from Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins, Richard Kern, Beth B, Nick...

An unattractive social outcast (Jeff Strong) visits a stranger (Lara Phillips) in prison after setting off the events that landed her there.

The filmmaker Kern and a female subject in a chaotic fast-cut blend of sexual and hypnotic imagery.

A No-Wave erotic horror exploring the aesthetics of kink, sadism, mutilation and suicide.

Haxan Films-produced documentary on Richard Kern's work around 1997. Footage from his photo sessions, interviews with Kern and his models, etc....

Seasoned photographer Richard Kern, best known for his images of scantily-clad, amateur models, travels around the globe to interview and shoot...

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to...

This DVD features 13 provocative short films by Richard Kern. Color & B&W film shorts with Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins and more. Includes Death Valley...

Video Fanzine featuring: Half Japanese, Redd Kross with Sky Saxon as Purple Electricity, R Kern, Sonic Youth, White Flag, Psycho Daisies, Charlie...

A documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including Foetus, Steroid Maximus and Manorexia. Featuring...

A documentary of uncompromising, outlaw, cult underground filmmaker Jim Van Bebber, covering his life from 2010-2015 while he tries to make a...

A down-on-his-luck adult film star sees a chance to make a comeback via a lesbian documentary film-maker, but she is exploiting him to get financial...

A video full of swastikas, human skulls on American flag backdrops, girls frenching on department store mannequins and burning themselves with...

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...

The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.

This documentary features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), John John Jesse (Demonic Erotic painter), Jim Rose (Jim Rose...

Reveals the extreme measures lawmakers and critics go through to censor avant-garde artists, who walk the fine line between art, perversion, religion...

The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City's...

Photographer Richard Kern asks his models to "roll around and do something interesting for a few minutes". Extra Action documents 60 of these...

Experimental film consisting of images of young women handling automatic handguns and rifles.

Pierce is a documentary showing Richard Kern's girlfriend having her nipples pierced.

Zedd plays dual roles in this short-film as a street-wandering guy and a suicidal female.

A man takes several women home for his own gratification, with mixed results.

The filmmaker Kern and a female subject in a chaotic fast-cut blend of sexual and hypnotic imagery.

The sexual misadventures of a sexually insane girl.

One of Richard Kern’s most ambitious works is Fingered (1986), whose sarcastic disclaimer says “although it is not our sole intention to...

A fan tries to get an artist's attention by literally coming apart.

Elizabeth bristles at the religious directives of her parents, asserting her right to personhood outside demure hairstyles and turkey dinners,...

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to...

A No-Wave erotic horror exploring the aesthetics of kink, sadism, mutilation and suicide.

Nazi is a short film by underground film-maker and photographer Richard Kern, featuring Annabelle Lee. This movie came from his Death Trip collection.

A woman takes each of her boyfriends - one poor and one rich- for a drive in her new car. Each argues with her and insists on taking the wheel. She...

About a deformed guy and his girlfriend.

A woman's vagina is sewn shut.

Holly Adams plays an attractive but rather repressed young woman. She checks her horoscope, shambles homeward from her dull office job and promptly...

Face to Panty Ratio is a 3 minute short film by New York based photographer and cult director Richard Kern featuring close ups of girls’ faces...

In the unsettling, absurdist SIMONLAND, a grotesque, televangelist-style demagogue leads his studio audience and isolated viewers through a psychotic...

Short movie by New York photographer and cinematographer Richard Kern.

A series of short films by Richard Kern: Stray Dogs, Woman At The Wheel, Thrust In Me, & I Hate You Now.

A series of short films by Richard Kern: Stray Dogs, Woman At The Wheel, Thrust In Me, & I Hate You Now.

Shots of walking down 42nd Street showing storefronts including everything from Texas Fried Chicken to 25cent porn arcades.

Two girls are in a sparsely furnished apartment, scantily clad, and being generally unpleasant to each other.

This DVD features 13 provocative short films by Richard Kern. Color & B&W film shorts with Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins and more. Includes Death Valley...

Two girls are in a sparsely furnished apartment, scantily clad, and being generally unpleasant to each other.

Two girls are in a sparsely furnished apartment, scantily clad, and being generally unpleasant to each other.

Death Valley '69 was the first music video by Sonic Youth. The video features the majority of the band in various states of bloody dismemberment...

Collection of live spoken word performances by Lydia Lunch.

In 1991, a long-form music video version of Goo was released on VHS and LaserDisc. A music video for each song from the album was included; the track...

In 1991, a long-form music video version of Goo was released on VHS and LaserDisc. A music video for each song from the album was included; the track...

In 1991, a long-form music video version of Goo was released on VHS and LaserDisc. A music video for each song from the album was included; the track...

One of Richard Kern’s most ambitious works is Fingered (1986), whose sarcastic disclaimer says “although it is not our sole intention to...

One of Richard Kern’s most ambitious works is Fingered (1986), whose sarcastic disclaimer says “although it is not our sole intention to...

The world-famous erotic photographer Richard Kern manages like no other to capture exciting girls in their most intimate moments. Graceful,...

Catholic is a b/w Super-8 short written, produced and directed by Richard Kern. A Catholic student has a crisis of faith.

Tumble demonstrates Richard Kern’s departure from narrative filmmaking in the early nineties. He was clearly more interested now in...

House Sitter is one of many new short films on the 2013 DVD Extra Shot by Kern.

Seasoned photographer Richard Kern, best known for his images of scantily-clad, amateur models, travels around the globe to interview and shoot...

Richard Kern’s 1983 film "American Obsessions" features David Wojnarowicz interacting with plaster heads from his “Metamorphosis”...

Photographer Richard Kern asks his models to "roll around and do something interesting for a few minutes". Extra Action documents 60 of these...

Between 2010 and 2018, Kern interviewed women about the medications they used and the effects of those meds on their outlook.

Between 2010 and 2018, Kern interviewed women about the medications they used and the effects of those meds on their outlook.

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to...

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to...

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to...

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to...

A No-Wave erotic horror exploring the aesthetics of kink, sadism, mutilation and suicide.

A No-Wave erotic horror exploring the aesthetics of kink, sadism, mutilation and suicide.

Sonic Youth performs in the music video "Scooter + Jinx (Moneylove)" from the album "Goo" recorded for Geffen Records. An instrumental by Sonic Youth...

Experimental short film starring Lung Leg and a worm.

The sexual misadventures of a sexually insane girl.

The sexual misadventures of a sexually insane girl.

God Is in the T.V. is the second video album by Marilyn Manson. It features all 13 music videos Marilyn Manson spawned between July 1994 and...

Lost sequel to Zombie Hunter by Richard Kern.

Short movie by New York photographer and cinematographer Richard Kern.

Zombie Hunger is an experimental short film depicting a group of people shooting up and then vomiting.

Zedd plays dual roles in this short-film as a street-wandering guy and a suicidal female.

Nazi is a short film by underground film-maker and photographer Richard Kern, featuring Annabelle Lee. This movie came from his Death Trip collection.

About a deformed guy and his girlfriend.

The filmmaker Kern and a female subject in a chaotic fast-cut blend of sexual and hypnotic imagery.

Lost sequel to Zombie Hunter by Richard Kern.

A collection of Marilyn Manson's music videos.

Zombie Hunger is an experimental short film depicting a group of people shooting up and then vomiting.

A man takes several women home for his own gratification, with mixed results.

Controversial photographer and filmmaker Richard Kern’s ode to podophilia, aka foot fetishism.

Holly Adams plays an attractive but rather repressed young woman. She checks her horoscope, shambles homeward from her dull office job and promptly...

Controversial photographer and filmmaker Richard Kern’s ode to podophilia, aka foot fetishism.

Experimental film consisting of images of young women handling automatic handguns and rifles.

Catholic is a b/w Super-8 short written, produced and directed by Richard Kern. A Catholic student has a crisis of faith.

Controversial photographer and filmmaker Richard Kern’s ode to podophilia, aka foot fetishism.

A fan tries to get an artist's attention by literally coming apart.

Controversial photographer and filmmaker Richard Kern’s ode to podophilia, aka foot fetishism.

A woman takes each of her boyfriends - one poor and one rich- for a drive in her new car. Each argues with her and insists on taking the wheel. She...

Lost sequel to Zombie Hunter by Richard Kern.

Part showcase for the fashion label Atelier E. B., part infomercial for a particular brand of menstrual cup, "The Girl who follows Marple" envelopes...

A woman's vagina is sewn shut.

Photographer Richard Kern asks his models to "roll around and do something interesting for a few minutes". Extra Action documents 60 of these...

Photographer Richard Kern asks his models to "roll around and do something interesting for a few minutes". Extra Action documents 60 of these...

Tumble demonstrates Richard Kern’s departure from narrative filmmaking in the early nineties. He was clearly more interested now in...

Zombie Hunger is an experimental short film depicting a group of people shooting up and then vomiting.

Lost sequel to Zombie Hunter by Richard Kern.

Elizabeth bristles at the religious directives of her parents, asserting her right to personhood outside demure hairstyles and turkey dinners,...

Clean is an experimental short film by NY filmmaker Richard Kern.

A woman talks about why she scarifies herself and shows it.

Heir to a long New York film and visual culture, which peaked in the 1960s, Richard Kern was undoubtedly one of the most exciting artists of the 80s...