Subgenre Sampler
Politics & Documentary: 252 Films to Buy & Rent
Excellent Cadavers (2005)
- Dir. Marco Turco
- The hush–hush war between Sicily’s mafia and the prosecutors who slept with the fishes is recounted in this fascinating documentary, an ideal…
Oil Factor, The (2005)
- Dir. Audrey Brohy, Gerard Ungerman
- Another addition to the panoply of anti–Iraq War documentaries, this attempts to draw the links between the Western World's over–reliance…
Street Fight (2005)
- Dir. Marshall Curry
- Director Marshall Curry's (IF A TREE FALLS) first film is this Oscar–nominated political documentary detailing the 2002 mayoral campaign of…
This Divided State (2005)
- Dir. Steven Greenstreet
- Ground–hugging documentary follows the alarmingly extreme response in conservative Utah when filmmmaker Michael Moore (FARENHEIT 9/11) is…
Time to go John - The Awful Truth About John Howard (2005)
- A collage of left–wing animations, comedies, dramas and documentary fragments compiled before the re–election of Australian PM John…
Viva Zapatero (2005)
- Dir. Sabina Guzzanti
- Confronting Italian documentary made by comedian Sabina Guzzanti in response to her satirical TV show being axed after her scathing imitation of…
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2005)
- Dir. Chris Paine
- The promise of electric–powered transport and its subsequent demise is playfully detailed as a faux ‘murder mystery’ in this engaging…
End of Suburbia, The (Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream) (2004)
- Dir. Gregory Greene
- Boldly spelled out in its full title, this provocative (and possibly profound) documentary convincingly mounts a thesis around the issue of "Peak…
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
- Dir. Michael Moore
Feat. Michael Moore
- In his gravest comedy yet, the fearless Michael Moore dissects the credibility of the Bush administration since the election controversy of 2000 and…
Fahrenhype 9/11 (2004)
- An interesting riposte from the political right to the incendiary documentary FAHRENHEIT 9/11, that makes credible (if not ultimately convincing)…