Subgenre Sampler
Music: 1371 Films to Buy & Rent
- Jimi: All is By My Side (2013)
- Dir. John Ridley
Feat. Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots
- An intuitive and evocative portrait of Jimi Hendrix as a fledgling rock legend honing his craft in Swinging London, prior to his legendary Stateside…
- Metallica: Through the Never (2013)
- Dir. Nimrod Antal
Feat. Dane DeHaan
- This odd hybrid of concert film and head–tripping narrative features Dane DeHaan as a Metallica roadie sent on a bizarre mission during the…
- Mistaken for Strangers (2013)
- Dir. Tom Berninger
- Distinctive among rock–docs, this was made by the underachieving, metal–head brother of indie–rockers 'The National''s…
- Mt. Zion (2013)
- Dir. Tearepa Kahi
Feat. Stan Walker, Temuera Morrison, Miriama Smith
- Singer Stan Walker plays a humble potato picker who dreams of performing the opening act to Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1979 Auckland concert, in…
- Muscle Shoals (2013)
- Dir. Greg Camalier
- A marvellous and comprehensive celebration of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the unlikely birthplace and subsequent epicentre of some of America's most…
- One Direction - This is Us (2013)
- Dir. Morgan Spurlock
- SUPER SIZE ME's Morgan Spurlock directs this official documentary of the English boy–band juggernaut, who emerged from being solo contestants…
- Punk Singer, The (2013)
- Dir. Sini Anderson
Feat. Carrie Brownstein, Kim Gordon
- A living celebration of influential punk frontwoman Kathleen Hanna, who became a feminist icon of the 1990's as a founding figure of the "Riot Grrrl"…
- Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
- Dir. Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
- A galvanizing portrait of the all–female punk rockers whose headline–grabbing music and performance art continues to bring Putin's…
- Six by Sondheim (2013)
- Dir. James Lapine, Todd Haynes
Feat. Jeremy Jordan, America Ferrera
- Very highly regarded HBO television documentary which explores the back–stories of six timeless Sondheim songs. Featuring a rare musical…
- Skeptics - Sheen of Gold (2013)
- Dir. Simon Ogston
- Essential documentary on the legacy of the Skeptics, an innovative and controversial Kiwi post–punk band best known for their notorious…