Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 623 Films to Buy & Rent
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)
- Dir. Alex Gibney
- Prolific documentarian Alex Gibney rigorously investigates the creation of the controversial WikiLeaks website and its conspicuous founder, Julian…
- Act of Killing, The (2012)
- Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer
- A staggering human rights documentary that elicits (and re–stages) boastful confessions of Indonesia's surviving death squad members, whose…
- After May (Something in the Air) (2012)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Lola Créton, Clément Métayer
- Hatched from dir. Olivier Assayas' personal experiences, this bittersweet evocation of the leftist fervour that caught hold of young Europeans in the…
- Campaign, The (2012)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis…
- A naive political lackey is handpicked to run against a bumbling North Carolina congressman in this demented satire of the American electoral process.
- Dictator, The (2012)
- Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas…
- Sacha Baron Cohen returns with this sweet 'n' vulgar satire as a ruthless Middle Eastern tyrant who's diplomatic visit to New York doesn't go…
- Dirty Business - How Mining Made Australia (2012)
- An insight into the riches and turmoil behind Australia's nickname of "the lucky country", and how the mining of its vast natural resources has…
- Game Change (2012)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris…
- Julianne Moore is uncanny as John McCain's notorious 2008 presidential running mate in this revealing biopic of Alaska Governor turned right wing…
- Gatekeepers, The (2012)
- Dir. Dror Moreh
- Six former heads of Israel’s Shin Bet secret service agency open up about their work and the state of the Israel–Palestine divide in this…
- House I Live In, The (2012)
- Dir. Eugene Jarecki
- The definitive documentary on the 'war on drugs' to date, this canvases the people and the stories on both sides of the law to reveal the profound…
- Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman…
- Pleasant chronicle of the affair between President Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his distant cousin, Daisy (Laura Linney), which comes to light during…