Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3037 Films to Buy & Rent
East Side Story (1996)
- Dir. Dana Ranga
- Enchanting curiosity draws back the Iron Curtain to detail the history of the Communist musical! Focus on the Russian, East German, and…
Every Little Thing (La Monindre des choses) (1996)
- Dir. Nicolas Philibert
- Documentarian extraordinaire Nicholas Philibert observes the rehearsals and performance of an annual summer play by the inmates of an idyllic French…
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (1996)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- Further pushing out a signature style that impresses technique as much as subject, dir. Errol Morris here takes real life as a mere starting point…
Fetishes (1996)
- Dir. Nick Broomfield
- One of dir. Broomfield's more insalubrious documentaries, where his customised faux innocence is used as a passport into the world of New York's…
Gallivant (1996)
- Dir. Andrew Kotting
- An engrossing ‘gallivant’ around the coastline of Great Britain (and the parameters of experimental documentary) with the filmmaker, his…
Gray's Anatomy (1996)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Spalding Gray
- The late Spalding Gray delivers another of his patented movie–length monologues, this time relating in manic, humourous style his efforts to…
Hemp Revolution, The (1996)
- Dir. Anthony Clarke
- Wide–ranging look at the manifold properties and uses of hemp, incl. medicine, textiles, fuel, food and ‘inspiration’. Though made by…
Hommage a Noir (1996)
- Dir. Ralf Schmerberg
- Photographed in black–and–white in Cameroon, this presents an aesthetically unusual impression of Africa in all its extremes. Unlike the…
Hone Tuwhare (1996)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
- The late poet laureate, Hone Tuwhare, is captured in this affectionate, candidly observed portrait of an artist. Filmed by Gaylene Preston in the…
Human Mind, The (TV Series) (1996)
- Further explorations of the human body, with Dr. Robert Winston helming this phenomenal journey deep into the recesses of the brain.
Once again…