Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary: 204 Films to Rent on VHS
- Earth, Wind and Fire - Shining Stars (2001)
- Pretty comprehensive look at the long career of US funksters 'Earth, Wind and Fire', including interviews with band members, music clips and live…
- Epitaph (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Paul Gittens
- TV series that scours the cemeteries of New Zealand for the intriguing, weird and worthy tales of our ancestor's demises.
Paul Gittens is the…
- Facing the Music (2001)
- Dir. Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
- Art and commerce clash in corridors of academia at Sydney University, as budget cuts compromise the integrity and possible viability of the music…
- Happy Days - Biography (2001)
- Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler
- The 1970s US TV–Series ‘Happy Days’, set in suburban 1950s Milwaukee, is revisited with the crew and cast.
- 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.
- Savage Planet (2001)
- Dir. Chris Malone, Emma Hawley, Tony Coldwell
- Various extreme ‘acts of God’ are showcased in this visually compelling nature odyssey. Stray asteroids, storms, volcanos, avalanches, baking…
- 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…
- Stripped (2001)
- Dir. Jill Morley
- Directed by a former stripper, this gritty, though at times amateurish delve into the lives of six American strippers delivers some real shocks,…
- A Moment of Innocence (2000)
- Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- A slowly unfolding tale of the dir.'s own involvement in the stabbing of a policeman when he was an Islamic radical in the 1970s.
Subsequently…
- Beefcake (2000)
- Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Daniel MacIvor, Carroll Godsman, Jack Griffin Mazeika…
- The director of THE HANGING GARDEN blends archival footage and dramatic action to reveal the secret world behind the well–oiled muscles and…