Subgenre Sampler
Music: 1371 Films to Buy & Rent
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014)
- Dir. Alex Gibney
- Alex Gibney's extensive portrait of the "Godfather of Soul" was made with cooperation of the Brown Estate and expertly contextualises a wealth of…
- Nas: Time is Illmatic (2014)
- Dir. One9
- Spirited doco that delves deep into the making of Nas' benchmark album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.
- Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS (2014)
- Dir. Daina Reid
Feat. Luke Arnold
- Gaudy two–part Australian telemovie of the untold story rock band INXS and their rise to fame alongside charismatic frontman Michael…
- Pa Boys, The (2014)
- Dir. Himiona Grace
- A small, nicely formed road movie of following a three–piece Wellington reggae band as they tour the North Island. At its heart a celebration…
- Pulp: a Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets (2014)
- Dir. Florian Habicht
- Imaginative Kiwi filmmaker Florian Habicht collaborates with Jarvis Cocker to mark UK pop rock band Pulp's last ever concert.
- Roger Waters: The Wall (2014)
- Dir. Sean Evans
Feat. Roger Waters
- Sure to inspire renewed appreciation of the work from fans of the iconic album and film, this extraordinary and technically dazzling rock spectacle…
- Rudderless (2014)
- Dir. William H. Macy
Feat. Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Huffman…
- William H. Macy''s directorial debut features Billy Crudup as a grieving father in a downward spiral who stumbles across a box of his recently…
- Song One (2014)
- Dir. Kate Barker-Froyland
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Johnny Flynn, Mary Steenburgen
- Sensitive drama set in New York's contemporary indie–folk music scene, with Anne Hathaway as a young woman who strikes up a relationship with…
- Spandau Ballet: Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)
- Feat. Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp
- Top notch documentary about the band Spandau Ballet, who were key proponents of the "New Romantic" pop movement of the early 1980's and went on to…
- Whiplash (2014)
- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser…
- A promising young jazz drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at…