Subgenre Sampler
War: 952 Films to Buy & Rent
Holy War, Inc. (2003)
- National Geographic's TV 'special' on Osama Bin Laden and his 'al–Qaeda' organisation, that presents a straight–forward account till…
In Search of the Afghan Girl (2003)
- Renowned TV documentary follows the attempts to find out what has happened to the Afghani refugee whose startling features graced the cover of…
Killing Hitler (TV Mini-series) (2003)
- Dir. Jeremy Lovering
Feat. Peter McDonald, Kate Ashfield, Kenneth Cranham…
- Accurate docu–drama merging archival footage with recreations and educated interview to portray and dissect 'Operation Foxley' – a secret…
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (2003)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy
- Vivid sea–chase yarn, set during the Napoleonic Wars, with Crowe commanding the screen as the sympathetic captain of a British frigate…
Napoleon (TV Mini-series) (2003)
- Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich…
- A handsomely staged French (though English language) production of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Clavier) from his youthful antics, military…
Plan Colombia - Cashing-In on the Drug War Failure (2003)
- Dir. Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy
Feat. Noam Chomsky
- A punchy expose of the US Government's 'Plan Colombia', which was purportedly designed to fight drug cartels in the South American country. However,…
Triple Agent (2003)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
- A measured and discrete exercise in espionage cinema from octagenrian dir. Rohmer (AN AUTUMN TALE), eschewing his usual air of cordial romance for an…
Unlikely Heroes (2003)
- Dir. Richard Trank
- Inspirational documentary tracing the little–known stories of Jewish men and women who displayed acts of extraordinary courage during the…
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite (2003)
- Collection of CBS Documentaries narrated by broadcaster Walter Cronkite revealing the graphic inside story of the Vietnam War through the medium of…
World War 1 In Colour (2003)
- Dir. Jonathan Martin
- Documentary using computer colourised archive footage from worldwide sources including Russia, Germany, France, Italy, the USA and Britain’s own…