Subgenre Sampler
History: 406 Films to Buy & Rent
Butler, The (2013)
- Dir. Lee Daniels
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey…
- A stagy but sincere history of post–war Black America from the point of view of a White House servant (played by Forest Whitaker). It works as…
Da Vinci's Demons (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Tom Riley
- A lavishly produced historical fantasy which imagines Leonardo da Vinci's life as an artist, inventor and genius.
Season One: eight episodes…
German Doctor, The (2013)
- Dir. Lucía Puenzo
Feat. Àlex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro
- Chilling domestic thriller centred on the Argentine family who lived unknowingly with Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz physician, after he fled…
Killing Lincoln (2013)
- Dir. Adrian Moat
Feat. Billy Campbell
- Bill O'Reilly's novel about the assassination of President Lincoln from the point of view of John Wilkes Booth is the basis for this uneven but…
Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death (2013)
- Historian Dr Helen Castor examines everyday life for medieval society, from Queens to peasants, and in particular the trials of childbirth in the…
Physician, The (Der Medicus) (2013)
- Dir. Philipp Stölzl
Feat. Tom Payne, Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgard…
- A historical epic centred on an orphan from an 11th–century English town whose mother died of a mysterious illness, travels to Persia where he…
Richard III: The King in the Car Park & The Unseen Story (2013)
- Dir. Louise Osmond
Feat. Simon Farnaby
- In the British town of Leicester, archaeologists unearth the skeleton of a man. The man's spine is deformed. His skull shows signs of violent trauma.…
Secrets of Britain (TV Series) (2013)
- A PBS–produced series that goes behind the scenes to reveal detailed history and contemporary insights about various British landmarks and…
Spirit of '45, The (2013)
- Dir. Ken Loach
- In this illuminating documentary, Ken Loach movingly celebrates the radical changes during postwar Britain under the new Labour government, which…
Story of the Jews, The (2013)
- Simon Schama leads this exhaustive five–part documentary series on the Jewish story and experience, from past to present.