Joe Swanberg Movies

  • 2008
    Paintbrush

    Paintbrush

    Paintbrush

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    Made up entirely of stills, 'Paintbrush' presents portraits of ten users of a fictitious online social networking website. By detailing the informatio...

    Paintbrush
  • 2009
    The Mountain, the River and the Road

    The Mountain, the River and the Road

    The Mountain, the River and the Road

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    Jeff, a wannabe writer flailing at his career, his romantic relationships and any effort to be a responsible adult, takes a road trip to flee his mund...

    The Mountain, the River and the Road
  • 2007
    The Timebox Twins

    The Timebox Twins

    The Timebox Twins

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    A brother and sister discover the secret behind the "timebox" a device that is used to keep schools on schedual, you hook four together and get a time...

    The Timebox Twins
  • 2014
    Happy Christmas

    Happy Christmas

    Happy Christmas

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    After a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their 2-year-old son.

    Happy Christmas
  • 2007
    Hohokam

    Hohokam

    Hohokam

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    After an old friend's visit ends, Lori is feeling a bit down. Bored with her job, agitated at home, and frustrated with money problems, Lori takes out...

    Hohokam
  • 2014
    Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

    Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

    Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

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    The arrival of a handsome new farmhand threatens the balance between a farmer and his daughter.

    Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
  • 2011
    What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

    What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

    What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

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    An anthology film consisting of four segments, entitled "Hot Boys," "The Sleep Creep," "The Meat Man," and "Silver Bullets," each of which obliquely d...

    What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
  • 2007
    Grammy's

    Grammy's

    Grammy's

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    Two brothers have a really bad time on a fishing trip until a stranger makes them a bizarre but lucrative offer.

    Grammy's
  • 2019
    90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

    90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

    90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

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    Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Off-Camera Directing, "90 Years of the Musi...

    90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
  • 2011
    Caitlin Plays Herself

    Caitlin Plays Herself

    Caitlin Plays Herself

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    Caitlin, a young Chicago performance artist, struggles to create work that is both personal and political. A piece she performs about the BP oil spill...

    Caitlin Plays Herself
  • 2013
    24 Exposures

    24 Exposures

    24 Exposures

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    Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is tasked with investigating him.

    24 Exposures
  • 2023
    Blackout

    Blackout

    Blackout

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    Small town artist Charley is a tortured man whose drinking binges blur with his sneaking suspicion that he might be a werewolf. He distances himself f...

    Blackout
  • 2011
    The Zone

    The Zone

    The Zone

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    A mysterious visitor spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple and their friend. Over the course of the night and the follo...

    The Zone
  • 2011
    Autoerotic

    Autoerotic

    Autoerotic

    4.62011HD

    Autoerotic follows four interconnected Chicago couples as they explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration. Through a unique blend...

    Autoerotic
  • 2010
    Audrey the Trainwreck

    Audrey the Trainwreck

    Audrey the Trainwreck

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    The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a televis...

    Audrey the Trainwreck
  • 2015
    There

    There

    There

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    A disgruntled veteran unable to adjust back into society justifies domestic terrorism by interpreting his actions with alien invasion.

    There
  • 2022
    Good Guy with a Gun

    Good Guy with a Gun

    Good Guy with a Gun

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    Follows a young man who after his father is murdered starts making bad choices, goes through life-threatening consequences and, of course, gets into g...

    Good Guy with a Gun
  • 2016
    Joshy

    Joshy

    Joshy

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    After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to...

    Joshy
  • 2015
    Lace Crater

    Lace Crater

    Lace Crater

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    Opting to sleep in the allegedly-haunted guest house while spending a weekend in the Hamptons with friends, Ruth, a lonely young woman in her mid-twen...

    Lace Crater
  • 2012
    Be Good

    Be Good

    Be Good

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    Paul - a workaholic independent filmmaker - takes charge of his sleepless baby, Pearl, when his wife, Mary, returns to work. He is slowly driven crazy...

    Be Good