Subgenre Sampler
Film History: 223 Films to Buy & Rent
Looking for Sophia (2004)
- Dir. Roberto Olla, Danila Satta
- The fairytale story of iconic Italian actress Sophia Loren, who escaped her impoverished origins in the Fascist era to become a truly global star, is…
Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon, The (2004)
- The recent discovery of 800 rolls of early nitrate film on a building site proved a rare cinematic find – turning out to be documentary footage…
Morricone Conducts Morricone (2004)
- Rousing concert feature hosts the Berlin Rundfunk Orchestra (recorded in Munich, 2004) as they perform an array of classic Ennio Morricone film…
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
- Dir. Mark Wexler
- An intimate, prickly, and ultimately moving portrait of famed American cinematographer Haskell Wexler, who lensed seminal films such as ONE FLEW OVER…
Trekkies 2 (2004)
- Dir. Roger Nygard
- A surprisingly compelling followup to the documentary TREKKIES, which peered into the strange world of American STAR TREK fandom.
A tad upset by…
Z Channel - A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
- Dir. Xan Cassavetes
- Relevant to any movie buff, this documentary charts the 1970s rise of one of America's first cable TV stations – Channel Z – and its…
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
- Dir. Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
- Tantalizing doco for film–buffs examining the decade of the 1970s, a turning point in American cinema that saw the director given unprecedented…
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent…
- Zooming–in on an intriguing corner of 20th century history, this tells the unlikely (but true) story of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's…
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (2003)
- Dir. Kenneth Bowser
- Based on the infamous 'tell–all' book by Peter Biskind, this in–depth documentary that details Hollywood's fertile creative period of the…
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
- Dir. Thom Andersen
- Thom Andersen's sprawling cinematic essay about Los Angeles draws upon clips from movies filmed within the city to create a masterpiece of quotation…