Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 629 Films to Buy & Rent
Traitor (2008)
- Dir. Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Feat. Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Said Taghmaoui…
- Don Cheadle stars as a Semtex racketeer selling to the highest bidder – be he CIA or Jihadist – and finds himself a pawn on the twin…
Tudors, The (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Johnathon Rhys-Myers, Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill…
- Top–rating British costume drama brings to noughties audiences the rollicking, bed–hopping, head–lopping early years of the court…
W. (Bush) (2008)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, James Cromwell…
- Oliver Stone examines the leadership of former U.S. President George W. Bush in this wayward, if strangely compelling account of the Texan’s…
Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) (2008)
- Dir. Ari Folman
- This striking hybrid animation is an audacious attempt to recall, through anecdote, dream, and documentary, the 1982 Israeli–Lebanon war.…
XIII: The Conspiracy (TV Mini-Series) (2008)
- Feat. Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff
- Intriguing mini–series set around the premise that the first female President of the United States has been assassinated by an unknown sniper…
A Civilised Society (2007)
- Dir. Alister Barry
- Documentarian Alister Barry concludes his loose trilogy on New Right economic policies with this impassioned plea for the standards of public…
Axe in the Attic, The (2007)
- Dir. Ed Pincus, Lucia Small
- Two British filmmakers, horrified by the devastation to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, embark on a 60–day pilgrimage from…
Battle In Seattle (2007)
- Dir. Stuart Townsend
Feat. Martin Henderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson…
- Seattle’s infamous 1999 World Trade Organisation protests are analysed in this fictional, yet vivid recreation of events, shot admirably from both…
Breach (2007)
- Dir. Billy Ray
Feat. Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney
- A first–rate dramatic thriller that pits spy against spy on the American homefront, based on the true story of the FBI's internal investigation…
Burn Notice (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell…
- Polished spy series following the fate of a "burned" spy let go by the USA government who returns to his hometown of Miama to freelance and uncover…