Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3050 Films to Buy & Rent
Leaving Home (TV Series) (Orchestral Music in the 20th Century) (1996)
- The famed conductor Sir Simon Rattle here presents an accessible guide to the challenging classical music traditions of the 20th…
Looking for Richard (1996)
- Dir. Al Pacino
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder…
- Al Pacino's pet project, and his directing debut, explores the American actor's paradoxical obsessions with Shakespeare, debunking some of the…
Lynyrd Skynyrd (Freebird: The Movie / Tribute Tour) (1996)
- Dir. Jeff G Waxman, Christine Strand, Nancy Saslow
- A feast for Lynyrd Skynyrd fans, this features two full–length movies about the rock–n–roll band of the American South.
Freebird…
Not Fourteen Again (1996)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
- Inspired by the British 7–UP series, film–maker Armstrong completes(?) her anthropological documentary following the lives of three…
Paradise Lost (1996)
- Dir. Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- A ‘tour de force’ crime documentary, courtroom saga and true life horror show, this is a bare witness account of the trial of three…
Project Grizzly (1996)
- Dir. Peter Lynch
- Endearing documentary depicting the improbable quest by self–styled inventor Troy Hurtuboise to construct a suit of armour capable of…
Rats in the Ranks (1996)
- Dir. Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
- Bruising political doco follows the squabbles in a Sydney suburb between mayor and city councillors. The filmmakers gained an extraordinary degree of…
Rocker, The - A Portrait of Phil Lynott (1996)
- An in depth look at the life and death of of legendary rocker, Phil Lynott, founding member of top 70's group Thin Lizzy. Through archive footage and…
Russia - The Missing Years (1996)
- A glance at the disturbing facts of the Eastern Front conflict of 1942–43 that resulted in Russian glory at a cost of three million lives.…
Someone Else's Country (1996)
- Dir. Alister Barry
- Controversial account of the 'rise of the New Right revolution in New Zealand' was refused television broadcast on account of its 'left wing bias'.…