Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3039 Films to Buy & Rent
Planet of Snail (2011)
- Dir. Seung-jun Yi
- A deaf and blind poet finds unique ways to communicate with his lover in this transfixing portrait of an extraordinary love story, one which finds…
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
- Dir. Morgan Spurlock
- SUPER SIZE ME's Morgan Spurlock takes us behind the scenes of product placement and strategic branding while pitching his film's naming rights to a…
Primeval New Zealand (TV Series) (2011)
- Excellent Kiwi–spun series adopts the WALKING WITH DINOSAURS model of prehistoric life reanimated with CGI effects to illuminate us on New…
Prohibition (2011)
- Dir. Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Ken Burns focuses on a notorious chapter in American 20th century history – the Prohibition era – in this typically illuminating PBS…
Project Nim (2011)
- Dir. James Marsh
- Moving, heartbreaking documentary on the life and times of 'Nim Chimpsky', a newborn chimpanzee who was deposited into a Manhattan family home in the…
Prophets of Science Fiction (TV Series) (2011)
- Somewhat exaggerated series produced and hosted by Ridley Scott that depicts numerous occasions when science fiction authors have predicted and…
Queen: Days Of Our Lives (2011)
- Dir. Matt O’Casey
- Documentary about the legendary rock band, in two parts covering the 1970s and 1980s, and including their previously unseen television debut.
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…
Restoration Man (TV Series) (2011)
- A 'Grand Designs' spin–off with a distinct focus on historical 'doer uppers', this traces the progress of ambitious home restoration projects…
Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet (2011)
- Feat. Richard Hammond
- Top Gear's Richard Hammond goes to the centre of the planet to find out how the Earth works, peeling back the layers to show where volcanoes come…