Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Arts & Artists: 390 Films to Rent on DVD
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
- Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson…
- A superior dramatic conceit that speculates on the background to Johannes Vermeer's enigmatic 17th century portrait of the title.
Johannson plays…
- In Search of Shakespeare (2003)
- Presenter Michael Wood and award–winning director Greg Doran investigate the world of William Shakespeare. Using backstage recreations of…
- Leonardo (TV Mini-series) (+ The Divine Michelangelo) (2003)
- Feat. Mark Rylance
- Three–part BBC docu–drama exploring the life of Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, from early childhood to his death in 1519. Dramatic…
- My Architect - A Son's Journey (2003)
- Dir. Nathaniel Kahn
- A thoroughly intriguing documentary about the Jewish American architect Louis Kahn (born in Estonia) who struggling for years to be recognised,…
- Photography As Told By Life Magazine (Photography Life) (2003)
- Dir. David Hoffman
- Life Magazine's 50th Anniversary is celebrated with this passionate documentary, which showcases the the work of 15 of the magazine's greatest…
- Plaster Caster (2003)
- Dir. Jessica Villines
- Groovy "cockumentary" tracing the colourful career of artist and super–groupie Cynthia Albritton, who became infamous for making commemorative…
- Private Life of a Masterpiece, The (TV Series) (2003)
- Expansive, all–encompassing art history as tackled by the BBC, canvassing masterpieces from the Renaissance era through to 20th Century works…
- Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (2003)
- Dir. Chris Gormlie
- An extensive documentary on J R R Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings', in which various experts comment on the story, its composition and themes, throwing…
- Sylvia (2003)
- Dir. Christine Jeffs
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Blythe Danner…
- A simply formed, yet resonant portrait of the brilliant, doomed poet Sylvia Plath (Paltrow), recounting her years of marriage to (also poet) Ted…
- Tintin et Moi (Tintin and Me) (2003)
- Dir. Anders Ostergaard
- Fascinating and probably definitive look at the life and work of HergĂ©, the Belgian comicbook artist who from the 1930s onwards created the graphic…