Subgenre Sampler
Music > Documentary: 563 Films to Buy & Rent
Afghan Star (2009)
- Dir. Havana Marking
- Islamic fundamentalism and pop music commericalism make uneasy bedfellows in this vital, eye–opening documentary that follows the fortunes of…
All Tomorrow's Parties (2009)
- Dir. Jonathan Caouette
- The cult music festival as viewed through a kaleidoscope of Super 8, camcorder and mobile phone footage taken by various filmmakers, fans and…
Fly My Pretties - A Story (2009)
- Dir. Mikee Tucker
- Represents the best takes from the 2009 New Zealand tour, performed, filmed and recorded across ten shows, and is a conceptual extension of the…
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)
- Dir. Peter Raymont, Michele Hozer
- The definitive filmic account of the enigmatic Canadian–born pianist and cult figure that reveals a wealth of never–before–seen…
In Search of Beethoven (2009)
- Dir. Phil Grabsky
- Dir. Grabsky's scrupulous follow–up to his IN SEARCH OF MOZART examines classical music's other pre–eminent composer, Beethoven, in…
Music of the Brain (2009)
- Dir. Fiona Cochrane
- A brief, but insightful investigation into the role music plays in human development, from the womb to the grave.
Ne Change Rien (2009)
- Dir. Pedro Costa
Feat. Jeanne Balibar
- A smokey, high contrast insight into the artistic process from avant–garde filmmaker Pedro Costa, intensely focused on the methods of French…
Pete Seeger - Live In Australia 1963 (2009)
- Live, full–concert footage of legendary – and controversial –folk–singer Seeger's 1963 tour of Australia, where he traveled…
Pianomania (2009)
- Dir. Robert Cibis, Lilian Franck
- Something of an unofficial sequel to the Steinway documentary NOTE BY NOTE, this fascinating insight gives us a close–up look at the difficult…
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn (2009)
- Dir. Josh Whiteman
- Behind the defining look of Joy Division, U2, Depeche Mode and Simple Minds (curiously absent here), Dutch rock photographer turned filmmaker Anton…