Mike Kuchar Movies

Corruption of the Damned might seethe with violence and sex, the two most attractive things you can put on the screen, but beneath them a twisted...

"A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle...

A short comedy by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

Big…Rousing…Memorable! The incredible war saga of our own boys in a Jap-infested jungle in the Botanical Gardens. Hear Lloyd Thorner...

A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.

Futuristic story of Carlos and Ben who fall in love in high school despite the racism and and homophobia. When Fundamentalist forces threaten to take...

(1959) Color, Sound, 25 min.

In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

The film combines teenage lust and deranged delinquency to create a cautionary tale for the ages.

This film powerfully documents New York City's gay community's response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the...

Based on a short story by Charles Bukowski from the collection "Tales of Ordinary Madness."

Portrait of siblings George and Mike Kuchar, who have made a name for themselves in the US underground scene with low-budget films.

Sort of a portrait of the videomaker Anne McQuire, who surfaces midway from this waterlogged landscape of El Nino disasters to dispense charm and...

A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.

Artists with brushes need light to paint a picture, but human feelings function just as well in the dark.

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

(1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

[A] cautionary tale about past-their-prime thespians caught up in a typically Kucharian vortex of madness. - Anthology Film Archives

Made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new,. Bob Cowan happened to be depressed as well and so we had a wonderful time working together....

Provides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking brothers from the Bronx. Get to know the Kuchars, casually...