Meet Me in the Bathroom

Nov 4, 2022

1h 48m

★ 5.7

An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s.

Overview

Set against the backdrop of 9/11, this documentary tells the story of how a new generation kickstarted a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.

Genres

Documentary

Music

History

Production Companies

XTR

Vice Studios

Pulse Films

Meet Me in the Bathroom Trailers

Cast

Self - The Moldy Peaches

Adam Green

Self - The Moldy Peaches

Kimya Dawson

Self - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Karen O

Self - The Strokes (voice) (archive sound)

Julian Casablancas

Self - The Strokes (voice) (archive sound)

Albert Hammond Jr.

Self - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Nick Zinner

Self - Manager, The Strokes

Ryan Gentles

Self - Interpol

Paul Banks

Self - Interpol

Daniel Kessler

Self - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Brian Chase

Self - TV On The Radio

David Sitek

Self - TV On The Radio

Tunde Adebimpe

Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.

7.2

This Is It

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6.9

The Apprentice

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1.0

Amazon Music Live: Ed Sheeran

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8.6

Disintegration Loop 1.1

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Disintegration Loop 1.1 consists of one static shot of lower Manhattan billowing smoke during the last hour of daylight on September 11th, 2001, set to the decaying pastoral tape loop Basinski had recorded in August, 2001. Shot from Basinski's roof in Williamsburg Brooklyn, this is an actual documentary of how he and his neighbors witnessed the end of that fateful day. It is a tragically beautiful cinema verite elegy dedicated to those who perished in the atrocities of September 11th, 2001.

6.8

Newsies

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A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.

6.1

Stonewall

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Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the gay community leads to riots on June 28, 1969.

6.2

Jailhouse Rock

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After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.

7.4

Palm Trees in the Snow

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7.3

On-Gaku: Our Sound

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A bored trio of high school delinquents start a rock 'n' roll band together. They have no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, but are determined to jam out and impress their only friend.

6.0

Romance & Cigarettes

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Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is forced to make some difficult decisions.

6.8

The First Wave

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When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” from March to June 2020. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm to understand how the city persevered through the worst pandemic in a century

8.4

Heroes: Silence and Rock & Roll

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An exploration of the rise of Héroes del Silencio, the seminal 1980s Spanish rock band anchored by Enrique Bunbury.

0.0

NYC Point Gods

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7.3

Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour Live Concert

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7.2

White Riot

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8.3

Britney Spears: Workin' It

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4.0

The Ring Thing

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When Sarah accidentally proposes to her girlfriend in Provincetown, the mixup turns their loving relationship into a minefield of marital exploration.

0.0

Left Behind

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A group of determined moms band together to create the first public dyslexic school in the largest school district in America, New York City.

6.4

Honey

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Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.