Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 627 Films to Buy & Rent
French Minister, The (Quai d'Orsay) (2013)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Thierry Lhermitte, Niels Arestrup, Julie Gayet…
- A cutting political satire set in the world of French diplomacy, about the relationship between a young speechwriter and the Minister of Foreign…
Gore Vidal: United States of Amnesia (2013)
- Dir. Nicolas D. Wrathall
- Stimulating portrait of the one of the 20th century's most iconoclastic commentators drawing on a wealth of archival material and candid interviews…
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…