Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 627 Films to Buy & Rent
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 รจ 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.…
Send A Bullet (Manda Bala) (2007)
- Dir. Jason Kohn
- Unsettling doco exposing the corrupted underbelly of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where abduction, political fraud and torture runs rife.
A protege of…
Shoot on Sight (2007)
- Dir. Jag Mundhra
Feat. Naseeruddin Shah, Greta Scacchi, Om Puri…
- Not so much hot potato as lukewarm, this political thriller bases its story on the real–life shooting of an innocent Brazilian man gunned down…