Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 627 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
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…