Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3056 Films to Buy & Rent
Interrupters, The (2011)
- Dir. Steve James
- Another grim, yet by turns inspiring social documentary from dir. Steve James (HOOP DREAMS), who expands his chronicle of urban…
Into the Abyss (Death Row Portraits) (2011)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
- Werner Herzog sits down with the perpetrators of a triple homicide in this darkly lucid investigation into the paradoxes of human nature.
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Italy: Love It or Leave It (2011)
- Dir. Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi
- This thoroughly engaging road trip throughout picturesque Italy doubles as a serious critique of a nation beset by various social, economic, and…
James May's Man Lab (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. James May
- TOP GEAR's James May attempts to restore the 'traditional skills' lost to the modern man – say, disarming a WWII–era bomb, the art of…
Jig (2011)
- Dir. Sue Bourne
- Big–hearted backstage doco on the little known world of competitive Irish Dancing, centred on the sweat and tears behind the 2010 World…
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
- Dir. David Gelb
- Mouth–watering profile of 85–year–old sushi grand–master Jiro Ono and his relentless pursuit of perfection, it features…
Julian Assange - A Modern Day Hero? (Inside the World of WikiLeaks) (2011)
- Fascinating, if patchy insight into the media whirlwind created when whistle–blowing website WikiLeaks published the Afghan War documents in…
Kate Bush - Under Review (2011)
- A critical review of Kate Bush's landmark recording Hounds Of Love, featuring archived footage of the enigmatic Bush herself, as well as a…
Klitschko (2011)
- Dir. Sebastian Dehnhardt
- Unmovable boxing brothers Vatali and Wladimir Klitschko are the subject of this hard–swinging documentary on the championship pedigree of the…
Knuckle (2011)
- Dir. Ian Palmer
- The brutal sport of bare–knuckle fighting is framed against a larger backdrop of feuding Irish families in this harrowing 12–year…