Paul Morrissey Movies

The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double...

Vera von Lehndorff is a Prussian noblewoman and daughter of the Count Lehndorff, a leader of the anti-Nazi resistance, executed during WW II. She was...

James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her...

Esther Robinson's portrait of her uncle Danny Williams, Warhol's onetime lover, collaborator and filmmaker in his own right, offers a exploration of...

Legendary filmmaker Paul Morrissey waxes disgruntled about sex, religion, & art.

Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie is a virginal intellectual who believes women are oppressed in...

A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.

Paul Morrissey lowers his brow and stares back at the camera with a stern and determined look. A bright light falls from the right; the left side of...

The film icon/Andy Warhol darling is interviewed is his legendary cluttered apartment.

Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of...

The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light,...

Documents each member of The Velvet Underground having their cards read at a big apartment party. The tarot reader is continually interrupted in her...

Ondine is a gay man attempting to re-adjust his sexuality via various encounters with different women. After trying his luck with three women, Ondine...

Nodding to the TV actress Mary Martin, who took part in a New York anti-litter campaign in 1961, Paul Morrissey imagines a pretty young litter-picker...

Riffing on Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents is “about a cleansing energy applied to a fallen world. But this time the mode is...

One of Andy Warhol's screen tests, focusing on an actor's face for 4-5 mins.

Documentary about American artist and former Warhol superstar, Brigid Berlin.

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

A young man reads a comic depicting what the title says. We see his face and reactions. He finally finishes the book and leaves the scene.

At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp...