Subgenre Sampler
Politics: 627 Films to Buy & Rent
House of Cards - Season 4 (TV Series, US) (2016)
- Feat. Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara
- Further episodes in the shadowy revival of the classic BBC political series, with Kevin Spacey (perfectly cast) as a machiavellian congressman…
Jackie (2016)
- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig…
- A portrait of Jackie Kennedy following the assassination of her husband John F. Kennedy. Natalie Portman provides an intimate and sensitive portrayal…
LBJ (2016)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Rob Reiner
- Absorbing biopic set during the tumultuous era when JFK is assassinated, and his democratic political rival Lyndon Johnson is suddenly thrust into…
Neruda (2016)
- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes MorĂ¡n
- Universally acclaimed biographical drama about poet and communist senator Pablo Neruda, who was forced into hiding with his artist wife when the Cold…
Risk (2016)
- Dir. Laura Poitras
- The director of CITIZENFOUR focuses on another political dissident, Julian Assange, whom she followed for six years through controversies and…
Snowden (2016)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto…
- The ever–polemical Oliver Stone dramatises the remarakble story of whistleblower Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who was forced into…
Southside with You (2016)
- Dir. Richard Tanne
Feat. Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers
- A tender and thoughtful romantic drama that chronicles the summer afternoon when a young Barack Obama wooed his future First Lady on an epic first…
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
- Dir. Louise Osmond
- A revealing tribute to the life and career of one of Britain's most eminent film–makers and socially–conscious artists, whose prolific…
War Dogs (2016)
- Dir. Todd Phillips
Feat. Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas…
- Pointed political comedy with Jonah Hill and Miles Teller striking it rich when they land a contract to arm the Afghanistan army.
Weiner (2016)
- Dir. Josh Kriegman, Elyyse Steinberg
- Shockingly funny all–access doco that exposes the machinations of a political campaign following former congressman Anthony Weiner's earnest…