Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 623 Films to Buy & Rent
- Hot Air (2013)
- Dir. Abi King-Jones, Alister Barry
- Is it possible for a small democratic nation to address the greatest political challenge of the age? That is the question posed by this timely…
- House of Cards - Season 1 (TV Series, US) (2013)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara…
- A deep, shadowy revival of the classic BBC political series, with Kevin Spacey (perfectly cast) as a machiavellian congressman manipulating his way…
- Killing Lincoln (2013)
- Dir. Adrian Moat
Feat. Billy Campbell
- Bill O'Reilly's novel about the assassination of President Lincoln from the point of view of John Wilkes Booth is the basis for this uneven but…
- Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (2013)
- Dir. Justin Chadwick
Feat. Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge
- Idris Elba portrays the late Nelson Mendela from his childhood rural upbringing through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected…
- Parkland (2013)
- Dir. Peter Landesman
Feat. Marcia Gay Harden, Zac Efron, Paul Giamatti…
- A suspenseful account of the chaotic events that occurred directly in the aftermath of JFK's assassination.
- Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
- Dir. Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
- A galvanizing portrait of the all–female punk rockers whose headline–grabbing music and performance art continues to bring Putin's…
- Spirit of '45, The (2013)
- Dir. Ken Loach
- In this illuminating documentary, Ken Loach movingly celebrates the radical changes during postwar Britain under the new Labour government, which…
- Stuart Hall Project, The (2013)
- Dir. John Akomfrah
- Personalised portrait of cultural theorist Stuart Hall, who is regarded as one of the founding figures of the New Left and a key architect of…
- Trials of Muhammad Ali, The (2013)
- Dir. Bill Siegel
- Excellent, illuminating profile of Muhammad Ali's trials outside of the boxing ring, in particular his fight against being conscripted into the US…
- Unknown Known, The (2013)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- Controversial former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in…