Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary > Music: 543 Films to Rent
- In Search of Chopin (2014)
- Dir. Phil Grabsky
- The life and music of Polish–born pianist and composer Fryderyk Chopin is explored in the detailed format of dir. Grabsky's previous "In Search…
- Keep on Keepin' On (2014)
- Dir. Alan Hicks
- Infectious documentary that follows jazz legend Clark Terry over four years to document the mentorship between Terry and 23–year–old…
- Lambert and Stamp (2014)
- Dir. James D. Cooper
Feat. Christopher Stamp, Kit Lambert
- Passionate documentary chronicling the curious origin–story of THE WHO, where two aspiring filmmakers looking for a subject came across the…
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014)
- Dir. Alex Gibney
- Alex Gibney's extensive portrait of the "Godfather of Soul" was made with cooperation of the Brown Estate and expertly contextualises a wealth of…
- Nas: Time is Illmatic (2014)
- Dir. One9
- Spirited doco that delves deep into the making of Nas' benchmark album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.
- Pulp: a Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets (2014)
- Dir. Florian Habicht
- Imaginative Kiwi filmmaker Florian Habicht collaborates with Jarvis Cocker to mark UK pop rock band Pulp's last ever concert.
- Spandau Ballet: Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)
- Feat. Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp
- Top notch documentary about the band Spandau Ballet, who were key proponents of the "New Romantic" pop movement of the early 1980's and went on to…
- 20 Feet From Stardom (Twenty Feet From Stardom) (2013)
- Dir. Morgan Neville
- [This] is the most satisfying music documentary of the last five years, maybe even longer, and that is really saying something. It is the story of…
- Broadway Idiot (2013)
- Dir. Doug Hamilton
- Flashy, upbeat doco charts the journey of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong from pop–punk rocker to Broadway lead in the stage version of…
- History Of The Eagles (2013)
- Dir. Alison Ellwood
- Meticulous patchwork of archival and concert footage, and never–before–seen home movies that explore the evolution and enduring…