Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 633 Films to Buy & Rent
Soldiers Without Guns (2019)
- Dir. Will Watson
- A quite remarkable tale of a team of coalition soldiers who, in 1997, landed into the heat of a 10–year civil war on the Pacific Island of…
While at War (2019)
- Dir. Alejandro Amenabar
Feat. Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernandez, Santi Prego
- From Alejandro Amenabar, acclaimed director of THE SEA INSIDE, comes this drama set in Spain in 1936 on the cusp of the Spanish Civil…
A Very English Scandal (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw
- 3–part BBC miniseries set in the 60's and 70's depicting the evolution of the "Jeremy Thorpe Scandal", in which the leader of the Liberal Party…
Black Earth Rising (TV Series) (2018)
- Feat. John Goodman, Michaela Coel, Tamara Tunie
- Political thriller series about the prosecution of war criminals, with Michaela Coel playing a Rwandan–born British legal investigator whose…
Clinton Affair, The (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- The Bill Clinton impeachment scandal of 1998 is methodically detailed in this Alex Gibney–produced six–part documentary series, with full…
Divine Order, The (2018)
- Dir. Petra Biondina Volpe
Feat. Marie Leuenberger
- A passionate drama set in Switzerland, following a mother and housewife who campaigns for a referendum on the right of women to vote – in 1971…
Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
- Dir. Michael Moore
- Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald J. Trump presidency and gun violence, while…
Front Runner, The (2018)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons…
- Hugh Jackman leads a strong ensemble cast as charismatic Democrat Senator Gary Hart, whose 1988 U.S. presidential campaign was derailed when he was…
Loro (2018)
- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio…
- The director of THE GREAT BEAUTY returns with another tale of Italian decadence and corruption, this time based on the life and times of the infamous…
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (2018)
- Dir. Stephen Loveridge
- A uniquely textured portrait of innovative Sri Lankan–English pop star and activist Maya Arulpragasm, drawn from a cache of personal tapes shot…