Subgenre Sampler
Music: 1385 Films to Buy & Rent
It Might Get Loud (2008)
- Dir. Davis Guggenheim
Feat. The Edge, Jack White, Jimmy Page
- Euphonic examination of rock guitaring with three of its most distinctive practitioners, Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White.
Sure to enrapture…
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (2008)
- Feat. Johnny Cash
- Indispensable documentary film chronicling the fateful day in 1968 that Johnny Cash performed at California's Folsom State Prison, the recordings of…
Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution (2008)
- Essential, exhaustive (3hr!) exploration into German electronic music centering on the pioneers of the genre, Kraftwerk.
The first hour…
La Boheme (2008)
- Vivid German production of Puccini's immortal tragi–romance, performed my leading operatic couple Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon.
Leonard Cohen - Live in London (2008)
- Feat. Leonard Cohen
- Leonard Cohen's farewell tour (including two memorable New Zealand dates in early 2009) is captured at its pinnacle in this towering presentation of…
Lydia Lunch Video Hysterie - 1978-2006 (2008)
- Retrospective of pioneering feminist Lunch's musical collaborations, including both her rock and spoken word output. Mostly live videos, some going…
Metal Mania (2008)
- Music doco that takes the microphone backstage to some of the greatest metal acts of the last fifty years, including Kiss, Angus Young, Motley Crue,…
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)
- Dir. Steven Sebring
- Narrated by the rock icon herself, this intimate, lyrical observation of Patti Smith's art and philosophy plays rather like a sitting through one of…
Radiohead - The Best Of (2008)
- Chronological collection of 21 inventive music videos and optical collages of rare singles from the slinking talents of Brit indie–rock kings,…
Rip! A Remix Manifesto (2008)
- Dir. Brett Gaylor
- A exuberant celebration of remix culture which also introduces the debate over intellectual property rights with the help of featured guests,…