Subgenre Sampler
Film History: 222 Films to Buy & Rent
Real Middle Earth, The (2003)
- Jim Hickey embarks on a journey into the making the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, touring the NZ countryside and talking with Peter Jackson (and many…
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
- Presented by Playboy magazine, this documentary treads interestingly through the history of sex in Hollywood movies.
Featuring excerpts of dozens…
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Isaac Julien
Feat. Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Quentin Tarantino…
- A fan's–eye–view of 1970s Blaxploitation cinema, featuring juicy interviews with players, directors, critics and aficionados.
Although…
Fellini's Magic (2002)
- Dir. Carmen Piccini
- Essential viewing for Fellini fans, this vivid if humble homage to the Italian ringmaster–cum–filmmaker brings together a useful mixture…
I Don't Know Jack (2002)
- Dir. Chris Leavens
Feat. Jack Nance
- Concerning the life, work and death of Jack Nance, star of ERASERHEAD and eccentric of other David Lynch films, whose self–destructive…
Kid Stays in the Picture, The (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Brett Morgen, Nanette Burstein
Feat. Robert Evans
- Unique auto–documentary about Hollywood 'super–producer' Robert Evans who put together pictures like THE GODFATHER and…
Lord of the Rings - Beyond the Movie (2002)
- Dir. Kathleen Phelan
- Made for the National Geographic TV–channel, this documentary explores the background to Peter Jackson’s monumental adaptation, as well as J…
Lost in La Mancha (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Feat. Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort
- A cautionary fable of filmmaking in the mould of HEARTS OF DARKNESS, concerning director Terry Gilliam’s (BRAZIL) attempt to film a version of…
Prisoner of Paradise (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
- Justly acclaimed examination of an unusual chapter in the Holocaust, in which the Dutch–Jewish comic actor Kurt Gerron was forced to make a…
Real Mary Poppins, The (The Shadow of Mary Poppins) (2002)
- Dir. Lisa Matthews
- A documentary on the life and times of P.L. Travers, creator of Mary Poppins, whose working relationship with Walk Disney was the stuff of legend,…