Subgenre Sampler
Controversy: 193 Films to Buy & Rent
Interview, The (2014)
- Dir. Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Feat. Seth Rogen, James Franco, Lizzy Caplan…
- The highly controversial comedy that sparked a political crisis has a tabloid reporter recruited by the CIA to murder North Korean dictator Kim…
Welcome to New York (2014)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Jacqueline Bisset
- Gerard Depardieu stars in Abel Ferrara's divisive drama based on the sexual misconduct allegations made against French diplomat Dominique…
Wetlands (2013)
- Dir. David Wnendt
Feat. Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse
- Provocative comic tale of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.
ESPN: 30 for 30 (30 Films 30 years of sporting History) (2012-2015)
- Dir. Alex Gibney, Morgan Spurlock
- In 2009, ESPN commissioned an unprecedented series of documentary films that reveal the little–known stories behind some of the most dramatic,…
Pieta (2012)
- Dir. Kim Ki-Duk
Feat. Min-soo Jo, Jung-Jin Lee
- Kim Ki–Duk directs this controversial Golden Lion winner, about a debt–collecting thug who is forced to confront his violent ways when a…
How to Die in Oregon (2011)
- Dir. Peter Richardson
- Unflinching documentary about assisted suicide, centering around the Death with Dignity Act in the state of Oregon, which allows physicians to…
Tall Man, The (2011)
- Dir. Tony Krawitz
- Compelling true crime documentary on a controversial chapter in Queensland’s history, where in 2004 a drunken Cameron Doomadgee was arrested for…
Underbelly - Season 4 (TV Mini-series) (Land of the Long Green Cloud) (2011)
- Feat. Daniel Musgrove, Damien Avery, Grae Burton…
- World famous in New Zealand, drug trafficker Marty Johnstone – aka, Mr. Asia – steals the Underbelly spotlight in this locally made…
I'm Still Here (2010)
- Dir. Casey Affleck
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix
- Excruciating, morbidly humourous account of Joaquin Phoenix’s shock ‘retirement’ from acting to pursue a music career in rap, and the attention…
Tabloid (2010)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- Master documentarian Errol Morris tackles the extraordinarily bizarre story of Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming who was alleged to have abducted…