Subgenre Sampler
Performing Arts: 241 Films to Buy & Rent
She Stoops to Conquer (2003)
- Dir. Robin Lough, Max Stafford-Clark
Feat. Owen Sharpe, Stephen Beresford, Nigel Cooke
- Live production of Oliver Goldsmith's light comedy of manners from the accomplished National Theatre Company. set entirely during one night in a…
Slings and Arrows (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Rachel McAdams
- One of the great forgotten TV gems, this critically lauded, scandalously under–watched arts comedy centres on a fictional Canadian Shakespeare…
Cirque du Soleil - Fire Within (TV Series) (2002)
- A 13–part documentary series which showcases the creative processes of the 'Cirque du Soleil' dance–theatre troupe who specialise in a…
Cirque du Soleil - Varekai (2002)
- Dir. Nick Morris
- A splendid fantasy stageshow from Canadian troupe Cirque du Soliel. Combining jugglers, clowns, contortionists, trapeze and aerial artists, this…
Dracula - Pages From A Virgin's Diary (2002)
- Dir. Guy Maddin
- Deeply evocative version of Bram Stoker's oft–filmed 'Dracula' novel based around a recent stage–show by the Winnipeg National Ballet…
Fonteyn and Nureyev (2002)
- Feat. Rudolph Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn
- Considered the great dancing–partnership of our time, Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn are here seen at their prime, in such ballets as Swan…
Beckett on Film (Waiting for Godot, et al.) (2001)
- Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Neil Jordan, Kieron J Walsh
Feat. Julianne Moore, David Kelly, Jeremy Irons…
- An ambitious anthology of Samuel Beckett's nineteen stageplays, filmed here creatively by a roster of prestige actors and directors.
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Blerta - The Return Trip... (Blerta Revisited) (2001)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, John Clarke, Martyn Sanderson…
- Less a nostalgia 'trip' than a brilliant compendium of manic moments from New Zealand's 1970's travelling roadshow of anarchic performance –…
By Jeeves (2001)
- Dir. Alan Ayckbourne
Feat. John Scherer, Martin Jarvis
- Apart from the American accents, this is an well–nigh flawless performance of Alan Ayckbourne and Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical based on…
Fosse (2001)
- A 1999 stage tribute to the master choreographer and director of such films (and the stage show versions) as CHICAGO, CABARET, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN…