Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 629 Films to Buy & Rent
Lions for Lambs (2007)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise
- A contemporary 'hot potato' issue is tackled from political, academic, militaristic and journalistic viewpoints, drawing an ultimately powerful…
Manufacturing Dissent (2007)
- Dir. Debbie Melnyck, Rick Caine
- Not just another debunking of Michael Moore, this thoughtful, well–considered essay on the left winger’s political documentaries exposes…
Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)
- Dir. Billie Eltringham
Feat. Catherine Tate, Iain Glen, Brittany Ashworth
- 60s–era Brit comedy following the middle–class Ratcliffe family, who move from their comfortable Yorksire home to East Germany in live…
My Brother Is An Only Child (Mio Fratello è Figlio Unico) (2007)
- Dir. Daniele Luchetti
Feat. Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro…
- The struggle between popular Communist and Fascist groups in 60's Italy is the stage for this tale of hot–headed sibling and filial conflict.…
Obscene (2007)
- Dir. Daniel O'Connor, Neil Ortenberg
- The definitive film biography of Barney Rosset, the influential publisher of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review, this charts his tumultuous career…
Oswald's Ghost (2007)
- Dir. Robert Stone
- This intelligent investigative doco focusing on the chain of events leading up to John F. Kennedy's assassination and the impact it had on America is…
Persepolis (2007)
- Dir. Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
- Exceptional black–and–white animated feature for adults based on the autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, who grew up in…
Pretender, The (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Bob MacLaren
- Acclaimed Kiwi mocko series centred on a self–serving New Zealand MP weaselling his way from the overlooked bank bench into second in charge of…
Sand and Sorrow (2007)
- Dir. Paul Freedman
- A sobering, all–encompassing document of the Darfur genocide that, while not subtle, powerfully informs of the atrocities committed, as well as…
Senator Obama Goes to Africa (2007)
- Dir. Bob Hercules
- Succinct documentary following Barak Obama's emotional journey with his family to Africa in 2006 in the wake of becoming the newly elected U.S.…