Subgenre Sampler
Film History: 222 Films to Buy & Rent
- Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2011)
- Dir. Ric Meyers
- Overview of the history of the martial arts film by genre enthusiast Ric Meyers, who peppers an impressive assemblage of film excerpts with trivia,…
- Hugo (2011)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley…
- A state–of–the–art fantasy and homage to the origins of film and one of its earlier innovators, George Méliès (Kingsley), whose…
- Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
- Dir. Gilles Penso
Feat. Ray Harryhausen
- The definitive documentary on late special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. Includes interviews and tributes from Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry…
- Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2011)
- Dir. Laurent Bouzereau
- Intimate, fascinating and completely one–sided documentary made by Roman Polanski's friend of four decades that details his extraordinary life,…
- Story of Film - An Odyssey, The (2011)
- Dir. Mark Cousins
- An invigorating alternate film history from critic Mark Cousins, here adapting his own book into a 15–chapter exploration of cinema from its…
- Blank City (2010)
- Dir. Celine Danhier
- New York's transgressive art scene in the 70s is documented in this celebration of the avant–garde filmmaking that emerged in the midst of the…
- In From The Cold? The World Of Richard Burton (2010)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Richard Burton
- Tony Palmer’s portrait of actor Richard Burton, featuring interviews with his family members and fellow acting legends Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren…
- Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema (2010)
- Dir. Jake West
- Cult film critic Kim Newman hosts this entertaining doco that looks at some British cinema's more esoteric films.
Includes three short films:…
- Machete Maidens Unleashed (2010)
- Dir. Mark Hartley
- Eye–opening look at the exploitation film–making industry that thrived in the Philippines during the seventies as American producers took…
- Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
- Dir. Jake West
- Fascinating documentary about the moral hysteria in 80's UK that led to the mass ban of 72 video tapes deemed too obscene by political and religious…