Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3044 Films to Buy & Rent
Bright Leaves (2003)
- Dir. Ross McElwee
- One of dir. McElwee's best features, in which he traces his own family history in the tobacco business in typically divergent, distracted and…
Broadway: The Golden Age (2003)
- Dir. Rick McKay
Feat. Bob Fosse, Carol Channing, Carol Burnett…
- Comprehensive documentary about America's most celebrated indigenous art form, Broadway theatre, covering an entire century of New York theatre, and…
Bukowski - Born Into This (2003)
- Dir. John Dullaghan
- Hailed as the "definitive" documentary on the cult novelist and poet Charles Bukowski, whose insights into skidrow Los Angeles in the 1950s and 60s…
Bullshit (TV Series) (Penn & Teller: Bullshit!) (2003)
- Abrasive and profanely cogent, partners in crime Penn & Teller (better known as a gross–out magic duo) turn to their BS–detectors in…
Can DVD (2003)
- The definitive DVD 'document' on influential German Krautrock band Can, who combined rock and funk rhythms, with intriguing instrumental textures and…
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
- Dir. Andrew Jarecki
- Not an easy watch but as compelling as they come, this is a uniquely close–up portrait of a middle–class Jewish family who are ripped…
Chlorine (2003)
- Commended documentary covers the hardcore pool–skating scene in the USA, in which emptied swimming pools are transformed into adhoc…
Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba (2003)
- Dir. David Mallet
- Another astounding stageshow from Canadian troupe Cirque du Soleil, here performing a celebration of hedonism (the title means "to party") at Disney…
Classic Albums - Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon) (2003)
- Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' deconstructed track–by–track and placed in both personal and creative context by key collaborators.…
Commandante (2003)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
- A unique, if rather–too–adoring, portrait of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro by political maverick dir. Oliver Stone (JFK,…