Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Film History: 189 Films to Buy & Rent
- Lost in La Mancha (2002)
- Dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Feat. Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort
- A cautionary fable of filmmaking in the mould of HEARTS OF DARKNESS, concerning director Terry Gilliam’s (BRAZIL) attempt to film a version of…
- Prisoner of Paradise (2002)
- Dir. Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
- Justly acclaimed examination of an unusual chapter in the Holocaust, in which the Dutch–Jewish comic actor Kurt Gerron was forced to make a…
- Real Mary Poppins, The (The Shadow of Mary Poppins) (2002)
- Dir. Lisa Matthews
- A documentary on the life and times of P.L. Travers, creator of Mary Poppins, whose working relationship with Walk Disney was the stuff of legend,…
- Magical World of J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) (2001)
- The creator of the kidult ‘Harry Potter’ books is documented in this made–for–TV study.
- My Voyage to Italy (Il Mio Viaggio in Italia) (2001)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
- Martin Scorsese’s personal journey through Italian cinema is an epic appreciation, less an overview than a guide to the films and filmmakers who've…
- Schlock! - The Secret History of American Movies (2001)
- Dir. Ray Greene
- A suitably low–rent survey of 50s and 60s B–grade movies, with insights courtesy of Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, David F. Friedman,…
- Searching for Debra Winger (2001)
- Dir. Rosanna Arquette
- Hollywood actress Roseanna Arquette analyzes the pressures and rewards of her profession in this loosely–formed patchwork of interviews with…
- Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures (2001)
- Dir. Jan Harlan
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Woody Allen, Jack Nicholson…
- Authorised by his family, a 'biography' of the great, reclusive, obsessive film–maker, whose genius is attested by the likes of…
- Walt - The Man Behind the Myth (2001)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Isbouts
Feat. Walt Disney, Dick Van Dyke
- A television documentary on the life of the extraordinary Walt Disney, whose animated characters and overall vision conquered the public imagination…
- A Constant Forge (2000)
- Dir. Charles Kiselyak
- A lengthy examination of the life and work of renowned American filmmaker John Cassavetes, who pioneered the use of improvisation in film…