Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 632 Films to Buy & Rent
Shahid (2012)
- Dir. Hansal Mehta
Feat. Rajkummar Rao, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Kay Kay Menon
- Indian biopic about the life of lawyer and human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who was assassinated in 2010 by four right wing assailants.
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Untold History of the United States, The (TV Series) (2012)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
- Oliver Stone is the voice and reasoning behind this fascinating, if contentious revisionist Cold War history through American foreign…
Veep (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Matt Walsh
- THE THICK OF IT creator Armando Iannucci successfully transplants the formula of his hit British political satire to the White House in this winning…
What Really Happened: Votes for Women (2012)
- Feat. Sara Wiseman, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt
- Another edifying take on a key turning point in New Zealand history (following What Really Happened: Waitangi), this Sunday Theatre commission…
Beginning of the Great Revival (The Founding of a Party) (2011)
- Dir. Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang
Feat. Andy Lau, Chow Yun-Fat, Daniel Wu…
- In the tradition of unashamedly jingoistic cinema comes this state–sanctioned celebration of ninety years of Chinese Communist Party rule.…
Borgen - Series 2 (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Pilou Asbæk
- Further episodes from the Bafta–winning Danish political drama in which an idealistic prime minister's rise to power brings with it a web of…
Boss (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Kelsey Grammer, Connie Nielsen
- In this tough political series, Kelsey Grammer is magnetic as a gritty Chicago mayor fighting for his city and his seat in office despite the onset…
How to Start a Revolution (2011)
- Dir. Ruaridh Arrow
- The remarkable story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr Gene Sharp, the elderly, softly spoken man whose writings concerning the way to wage a…
Ides of March, The (2011)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- Ryan Gosling plays an idealistic campaign worker forced to play dirty in a battle between opposing sides in a Democratic primary campaign in this…
If a Tree Falls (2011)
- Dir. Marshall Curry
- Part coming–of–age tale, part cops–and–robbers thriller, this extraordinary documentary tells the story of Daniel McGowan,…