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MachucaMachuca (2004) Recommended
Dir. Andres Wood
Feat. Ariel Mateluna, Matias Quer
Observing the onset of Augusto Pinochet's bloody coup d'etat in Chile in 1973, through the eyes of two boys who become friends across the…
Manchurian Candidate, TheManchurian Candidate, The (2004) Recommended
Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Slickly modernised version of the Cold War classic, tailors its twisted fable of political paranoia into a complex speculation on military, political…
MondovinoMondovino (2004) Recommended
Dir. Jonathan Nossiter
A sobering documentary about the effects of globalisation on the wine industry, which travels to various vineyards, villages and offices to quaff a…
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on JournalismOutfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004) Aro Favourite
Dir. Robert Greenwald
Hot off the press, and of scorching topicality in the run up to the 2004 American Elections, this cogent piece of agit–prop convincingly argues…
Persona Non GrataPersona Non Grata (2004)
Dir. Oliver Stone
Dir. Stone's second documentary in a proposed trilogy about world leaders (after COMMANDANTE) has the frazzled American attempt to gain an interview…
Peter, Paul and Mary - Carry it OnPeter, 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…
Poster BoyPoster Boy (2004)
Dir. Zak Tucker
Feat. Karen Allen, Michael Lerner, Jack Noseworthy
A campaigning right–wing senator conscripts his closeted gay son to play happy families for the public, but the stakes are raised when the son…
Power of Nightmares, ThePower 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…
President Versus David Hicks, ThePresident 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…
Red DustRed Dust (2004)
Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor
A boldly straightforward courtroom drama set during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission era of post–Apartheid South Africa, where a former…

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