Subgenre Sampler
Science Fact: 181 Films to Buy & Rent
- Wonders of the Solar System (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Professor Brian Cox
- Extraordinary 5–part BBC series that takes the latest images beamed back from the fleet of probes, rovers and telescopes currently circulating…
- Around the World in 90 Minutes (2009)
- Feat. David Mitchell
- Narrated by David Mitchell, this documentary goes on a unique journey 200 miles above the earth, to show what happens below, in the time it takes to…
- Becoming Human (2009)
- In–depth three–part doco investigates the origins of human beings from an evolutionary perspective while speculating on our primitive…
- Code, The (2009)
- Professor Marcus du Sautoy attempts to codify the numbers, shapes, and patterns that govern the world around us in this engrossing mathematical…
- Creation (2009)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam…
- Paul Bettany adds another fine role to his resume in this big screen interpretation of the challenges faced by Charles Darwin as he struggles to…
- Fractals - Hunting the Hidden Dimension (2009)
- Fascinating documentary in which a group of pioneering mathematicians seek to decipher the rules governing fractals – those irregular,…
- James May on the Moon (2009)
- Feat. James May
- Presenter James May commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings by meeting three of the men who walked on the moon, and flying to…
- Life (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. David Attenborough
- Extraordinary and stunningly filmed even by usual BBC nature–doc standards, this truly epic journey to the frontiers of the natural world is…
- Music of the Brain (2009)
- Dir. Fiona Cochrane
- A brief, but insightful investigation into the role music plays in human development, from the womb to the grave.
- Something Unknown (Something Unknown Is Doing We Don't Know What) (2009)
- Dir. Renee Scheltema
- Dutch documentarian Renee Scheltema investigates the 'science' behind various psychic phenomena (telepathy, clairvoyancy, healing) after experiencing…