Joe Swanberg Movies

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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