Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 629 Films to Buy & Rent
Yes (2004)
- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill…
- Love and politics are brilliantly and inextricably entwined in this daringly original drama that sees a middle–aged American woman fall out of…
Absolute Power (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Stephen Fry
- With its cynical heart in the right place, this BBC comedy has a cunning Stephen Fry running a shameless PR firm, who act as spin doctors to the…
Basque Ball (2003)
- Dir. Julio Medem
- A dizzying documentary journey through the history and politics of the troubled Basque region of northern Spain, which for centuries has been…
Best of Youth, The (La Meglio gioventù) (2003)
- Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
- Sprawling and heady Italian saga tracks the lives of two brothers through the idealistic dreams of the 1960s and the long messy aftermath of…
Commandante (2003)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
- A unique, if rather–too–adoring, portrait of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro by political maverick dir. Oliver Stone (JFK,…
Corporation, The (2003)
- Dir. Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
- In a modern world where corporate power has come to exceed political power, this in–depth documentary defines a growing popular concern about…
Deal, The (2003)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Michael Sheen, David Morrissey, Dexter Fletcher
- Billed as the prequel to the 2006 hit THE QUEEN, this entertaining telepic chronicles the infamous meeting between Labour party heavyweights Tony…
Fog of War, The (2003)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- A perfectly–formed, Oscar–winning documentary about the life and career of Robert S McNamara, who served as Secretary of Defense under…
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
- Dir. Wolfgang Becker
Feat. Daniel Bruhl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova
- This comedy of concealment set around the fall of the Berlin Wall was a justifiable success around the world, with a bittersweet mood of political…
Head of State (2003)
- Dir. Chris Rock
Feat. Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Lynn Whitfield
- Likeable comedian Chris Rock makes his directorial debut with this middling yet prescient political comedy with a then–humorously unlikely…