Subgenre Sampler
History: 395 Films to Buy & Rent
- Freedom Riders (2011)
- Dir. Stanley Nelson Jr
- A lesser noted, but equally important strain of the American Civil Rights Movement vis–a–vis Rosa Parks's famous bus boycott, this…
- Fry's Planet Word (2011)
- Dir. John Paul Davidson
Feat. Stephen Fry
- This five–part BBC series joins Stephen Fry as he travel's the continents exploring the nuanced diverse world of human language.
- J. Edgar (2011)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench…
- Heavyweight biopic from dir. Clint Eastwood, with Leonardo DiCaprio stepping into the shoes of controversial FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, whose…
- Mill and the Cross, The (2011)
- Dir. Lech Majewski
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling
- Polish experimental auteur Lech Majewski offers a breathtaking, elegantly construed anatomy of Pieter Bruegel's epic 1564 painting ''The Procession…
- North (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Marcus Lush
- The ever–endearing Marcus Lush follows up his award–winning SOUTH with this typically offbeat traverse of New Zealand's far…
- Planet Egypt (2011)
- Egypt's history as an empire and Pharaoh dynasty is explored from beginning to end in this comprehensive survey of the world's first great…
- Prohibition (2011)
- Dir. Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Ken Burns focuses on a notorious chapter in American 20th century history – the Prohibition era – in this typically illuminating PBS…
- Where Were You? (Events That Changed The World) (2011)
- 26–episode series that takes some of the most shocking events of the 20th and early 21st century and analyzes how news of their occurrence…
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
- Although intended to be viewed in 3–D, this extraordinary trip inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France – home to the oldest known…
- Churches: How To Read Them (TV Series) (2010)
- Dir. Jonathan Mayo
- Six–part series presented by historian and author Richard Taylor, exploring ideas about God, salvation, life and death through visits to some…