Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 629 Films to Buy & Rent
Hoffa (1992)
- Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Jack Nicholson
- An earnest attempt to redress the life of the controversial union leader who vanished without a trace in 1975. Jack Nicholson is near unrecognizable…
Incident at Oglala (1992)
- Dir. Michael Apted
- A compelling case is made for the innocence of a native American accused of murdering two FBI agents in 1976, though it's sense of social injustice…
JFK: Assassination Tapes (1992)
- Dir. John Barbour
- Largely a basis for Oliver Stone's opus, Jim Garrison himself speaks frankly about his investigation into the alleged cover–up surrounding the…
Manufacturing Consent (1992)
- Dir. Achbar, Peter Wintonick
Feat. Noam Chomsky
- Important film presents the theories of Noam Chomsky on the media and its mainstream bias which may have a far–reaching political agenda. What…
Oak, The (Balanta) (1992)
- Dir. Lucian Pintilie
Feat. Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc
- Provocative director Pintilie strikes the perfect balance of surreal comedy and powerful realism as he examines the progressive disillusionment of a…
Panama Deception, The (1992)
- Dir. Barbara Trent
- Oscar–winning film is unabashedly activist attempt to uncover some truths about the propaganda used to sanitise the U.S. Government's invasion…
Ruby (1992)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Danny Aiello
- The story of the man who shot the man who shot JFK, with Danny Aiello perhaps too likeable in the title role. Worthy slant on an increasingly…
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, The (1992)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Sam Neill, Jon Voight, Tony Barry…
- Telemovie enactment of the French–sponsored bombing of the Greenpeace vessel ' Rainbow Warrior' in 1984. Solidly dramatised with Neill and…
Stepping Razor Red X (1992)
- Dir. Nicholas Campbell
- A vivid, disturbing portrait of politically–minded reggae–singer Peter Tosh, who after many turbulent years in Jamaica was killed in…
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah…
- Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Darryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates and Tom Waits endured the two–year location shoot of Peter Matthiessen's…