Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3037 Films to Buy & Rent
Michelangelo Superstar (2005)
- Dir. Wolfgang Ebert, Martin Papirowski
- The agony and ecstasy of Michaelangelo’s twin passions – life and art – are examinedin this study of his artistic legacy and…
Midnight Movies - From The Margin To The Mainstream (Incl. Night of the Living Dead and Reefer Madness) (2005)
- Dir. Stuart Samuels
- Entrenched in the counter–cultural fertility of the seventies, this documentary profiles six seminal underground flicks that transformed the…
Modify (2005)
- Dir. Jason Gary, Greg Jacobson
- Revealing study of body modification and mutilation, with over 50 "procedures" documented, from the innocuous and commonplace (tanning, waxing,…
National Geographic - Inside 9/11 (2005)
- Cogent, well–considered, and remarkably balanced overview of the key events before, during and after September 11’s infamous terror…
National Geographic - Strange Days on Planet Earth (2005)
- Foreboding eco documentary hosted by actor and keen environmental campaigner Edward Norton (AMERICAN HISTORY X) uncovering the connections between…
New York Doll (2005)
- Dir. Greg Whiteley
- Affecting yet hilarious documentary about the bass–player of influential glam–punk band The New York Dolls, Arthur 'Killer' Kane, whose…
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up (2005)
- Dir. Bob Gruen, Nadya Beck
- Fascinating – if roughly hewn – documentary about the legendary NYC glam–punk music group, compiled from archival footage shot by…
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
- Scorsese's comprehensive biography focuses on Bob Dylan's life and music from 1961–66, includes never–seen performance footage and…
Off the Rails - A Love Story (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Marcus Lush
- Quality TV series that journeys with presenter and train buff Marcus Lush from Bluff in the South to Opua in the North on a variety of railways…
Oil Factor, The (2005)
- Dir. Audrey Brohy, Gerard Ungerman
- Another addition to the panoply of anti–Iraq War documentaries, this attempts to draw the links between the Western World's over–reliance…