Subgenre Sampler
Film History: 223 Films to Buy & Rent
Search for Weng Weng (2013)
- Dir. Andrew Leavold
- A bizarre history of Filipino B–films, as told through director Andrew Leavold's personal quest to find the truth behind its midget James Bond…
Girl, The (2012)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Toby Jones, Sienna Miller
- A speculative and quite sensational depiction of Alfred Hitchcock's alleged infatuation and obsession with model–turned–actress Tippi…
Hitchcock (2012)
- Dir. Sacha Gervasi
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson…
- Anthony Hopkins plays the one and only Master of Suspense in this polished recreation of the making of the director's most famous film,…
Liz & Dick (Liz and Dick) (2012)
- Dir. Lloyd Kramer
Feat. Lindsay Lohan, Grant Bowler, Theresa Russell
- Enjoyably trashy biopic of the torrid Hollywood romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton with our own Grant Bowler gamely attempting Burton's…
Room 237 (2012)
- Dir. Rodney Ascher
- Though straining credulity from the outset, this wildly entertaining round table of film obsessives and conspiracy theorists tackles the apparent…
Side By Side (2012)
- Dir. Christopher Kenneally
- An earnest Keanu Reeves fronts this broad but insightful overview of the rapidly changing landscape of movie production and exhibition from both an…
Woody Allen - A Documentary (2012)
- Dir. Robert. B. Weide
Feat. Woody Allen
- Candid look at the life and times of Woody Allen covers his career from fledgling comic writer to iconic director with a series of revealing…
Artist, The (2011)
- Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Feat. Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman…
- The director and star of the OSS 117 movies combine for this glorious homage to the Golden Age of cinema, set in 1920s Hollywood on the eve of the…
Cinema Asia (2011)
- Excellent five–part overview of the key creative and industrial movements within the exciting, often groundbreaking Asian filmmaking…
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
- Dir. Alex Stapleton
- A passionate portrait of prolific B–movie director and producer Roger Corman, exploring his extraordinary career in which he successfully…