Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3056 Films to Buy & Rent
David Attenborough: Life on Air (2002)
- Feat. David Attenborough, Michael Palin
- Intriguing look at the television career of the charismatic naturalist draws on a wealth of archival material and Attenborough's own keen memory.…
Decasia: The State of Decay (2002)
- Dir. Bill Morrison
- Highly original experimental film that achieves a stunning aesthetic and haunting visual poetry by compiling an array of found archival film footage…
Derrida (2002)
- Dir. Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering Kofman
- A fittingly self–reflexive and experimental biography of iconoclastic French theorist Jacques Derrida.
Known for his playful and subversive…
Drowned Out (2002)
- Dir. Franny Armstrong
- A forerunner, and now excellent companion piece to the much vaunted UP THE YANGTZE, this captures in sobering close–up the plight of an Indian…
Edge of the Universe (2002)
- Feat. John Hurt
- Sequel to the TV series' THE PLANETS and UNIVERSE, which goes beyond the 'known universe' to outline the attempts and successes of astrophysicists to…
ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie (2002)
- A plethora of 'extreme sport' footage from the 2001 Summer X Games in Philidelphia – encompassing BMX riding (downhill, dirt stunts),…
Etre et Avoir (To Be and to Have) (2002)
- Dir. Nicolas Philibert
- Acclaimed internationally for its inspirational power and transcendence of the documentary form, this non–fiction film observes the simple,…
Family Fundamentals (2002)
- Dir. Arthur Dong
- Balanced insight from documentarian Arthur Dong into the lives of Christian fundamentalist parents and their gay children.
If less probing into…
Fellini's Magic (2002)
- Dir. Carmen Piccini
- Essential viewing for Fellini fans, this vivid if humble homage to the Italian ringmaster–cum–filmmaker brings together a useful mixture…
Finest Hour (2002)
- Dir. Nick Read
- In–depth and atmospheric study of the ‘Battle of Britain’, the crucial air war of WWII fought over England in 1940.
Gripping…