Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 631 Films to Buy & Rent
Punishment Park (1971)
- Dir. Peter Watkins
- Extraordinary, 'fictionalised' docu–drama from the unique and largely unheralded talent of British director Peter Watkins, portraying the…
Confession, The (L'Aveu) (1970)
- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti…
- A high–ranking government official in Communist Czechoslovakia is taken prisoner and forced to confess to treason he never committed.
Conformist, The (Conformista, Il) (1970)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin…
- Dazzling images and a potent brew of sex and politics merge seamlessly in this milestone of cinema about a submissive Italian Fascist recruited to…
John Pilger's Documentaries That Changed the World (The Quiet Mutiny; Do You Remember Vietnam?; Year Zero; Death of a Nation) (1970-1994)
- Dir. David Munro, John Pilger
Feat. John Pilger
- Four of journalist John Pilger's most important documentaries, that exemplify his fiercely humanist perspective which makes few concessions to…
Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, The (1970)
- Dir. Kevin Billington
Feat. Peter Cook, John Cleese, Harold Pinter…
- Follow the meteoric rise of one Michael Rimmer, an entry–level ad exec. who turns a fledging agency into an industry heavyweight, graduates to…
Che! (1969)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Omar Sharif, Jack Palance
- Made barely two years after his death, this Che Guevara biopic boasts the reputable acting talents of Omar Sharif and Jack Palance and picks up where…
Medium Cool (1969)
- Dir. Haskell Wexler
- Filmed against the backdrop of the Democratic National convention in 1968 Chicago, this remarkable directorial effort by renowned cinematographer…
Witness, The (A Tanú) (1969)
- Dir. Peter Bacso
Feat. Ferenc Kállai
- In a suitably grey version of Communist Hungary, A humble dike–keeper is arrested for butchering his family pig. It being a serious offense to…
One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, The (1968)
- Dir. Michael O'Herlihy
Feat. Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Lesley Ann Warren…
- A rambunctious Disney musical in which the large Bower family band sets off to the 1888 Democrat Party convention in St. Louis to support Grover…
Rocky Road to Dublin (1968)
- Dir. Peter Lennon
- Ex–Guardian reporter Lennon recruited French New Wave lensman Raoul Coutard to film this scathing Irish postcard, exposing wayward politics and…