Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3037 Films to Buy & Rent
Peter Sellers Story... As He Filmed It (2004)
- BBC documentary on the career of enigmatic comic genius Peter Sellers, using footage which Sellers, a compulsive amateur film–maker, shot…
Peter, Paul and Mary - Carry it On (2004)
- Documentary about the New York folk music trio who "carried it on" from their socially–conscious forebearers like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger…
Power of Nightmares, The (2004)
- Dir. Adam Curtis
- Another provocative documentary from dir. Curtis, this time out he examines how political parties have created and used fears in order to maintain…
Power Shift: Energy and Sustainability (2004)
- Dir. Kirk Bergstrom
Feat. Cameron Diaz
- A brief study of how energy is produced and used in Western society, and how we might create more aware and efficient means of using it in the era of…
President Versus David Hicks, The (2004)
- Dir. Curtis Levy
- Timely, if 'difficult' documentary which follows the efforts of the father of 'Australian Taliban' fighter David Hicks, to free his son from US…
Ramones - Raw (2004)
- Dir. John Cafiero
- The definitive document of NYC punk icons The Ramones, who crossed bubblegum pop melodies with raw guitar and hilarious trash lyricism.
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Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (TV Series) (2004-2005)
- Feat. Gordon Ramsay
- Potty–mouthed chef and reality TV mogul Mr Gordon Ramsay visits some of the scummiest and most incompetent restaurants and gives them a swift…
Rhythm Is It! (2004)
- Dir. Thomas Grube
- The Berlin Philharmonic’s ambitious and dramatic undertaking – to school 250 children in a staging of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" – is…
Riding Giants (2004)
- Dir. Stacy Peralta
- Perhaps the definitive cinematic fan–letter to the sport of surfing, in particular its "big wave" subcult, with the dir. of DOGTOWN AND…
Roman Empire (2004)
- Overarching three–part documentary series anatomising the rise and spectacular fall of the Roman Empire.