Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3045 Films to Buy & Rent
Celluloid Closet, The (1996)
- Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. Stewart Stern, Tony Curtis, Whoopi Goldberg…
- Fascinating doco revises the history of mainstream cinema from a gay and lesbian perspective, with an eye for discreet and…
Century of Cinema - A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese (1996)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese, Michael H. Wilson
- Martin Scorsese details a history of American film from his own perspective, with particular focus on the mavericks and unsung heroes of…
Century of Cinema - China (Yang±Yin - Gender in Chinese Cinema) (1996)
- Dir. Stanley Kwan
- One of the more outstanding (and idiosyncratic) episodes in the CENTURY OF CINEMA series, dir. Kwan (ROUGE) analyzing depictions of sexuality and…
Cinema of Unease (1996)
- Dir. Sam Neill & Judith Rymer
- Sam Neill essays a personal history of Kiwi film as a reflection of our national identity. From his big break in the landmark SLEEPING DOGS to the…
Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
- Dir. Jan Svankmajer
Feat. Petr Meisell, Gabriela Wilhemova
- Famed animator Svankmajer moves further into the live–action arena, but remains anything but conventional. The private perversities and…
Dancing in the Street (TV Series) (1996)
- Exemplary documentary chronicles the history of pop music through nine hour–long episodes defined by generic lineage. Truly rare clips and…
Dexter Gordon - More Than You Know (1996)
- Dir. Don McGlynn
- Tenor jazz saxophonist Dexter, renowned for his work with Lionel Hampton and others, gets fan treatment in a lively montage of performance and…
East Side Story (1996)
- Dir. Dana Ranga
- Enchanting curiosity draws back the Iron Curtain to detail the history of the Communist musical! Focus on the Russian, East German, and…
Every Little Thing (La Monindre des choses) (1996)
- Dir. Nicolas Philibert
- Documentarian extraordinaire Nicholas Philibert observes the rehearsals and performance of an annual summer play by the inmates of an idyllic French…
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (1996)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- Further pushing out a signature style that impresses technique as much as subject, dir. Errol Morris here takes real life as a mere starting point…