General Docos
Under General Documentaries be all those diverse subjects that are not about Filmmaking, Sport, War, Natural History, Queer Doco's, New Zealand Doco's or Art on Film. This is a fascinating area to scroll....
Religulous (2008)
7.7/10
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Bill Maher
"I'm just asking questions," Bill Maher demurs after a rhetorical challenge offends a devout Christian at a truck stop chapel. Is that all Maher's rea... Read more
Reluctant Hero (2008)
7/10
Director: Steven O'Meagher
A profile of Willie Apiata that re-enacts the feat for which he received his Victoria Cross, looking at how this reserved Kiwi soldier has coped with... Read more
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story / Stax Volt Revue: Live in Norway 1967 (2007)
Director: Robert Gordon (II), Morgan Neville
A Stax double feature. 'Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story' (2007, 114 mins) - The turbulent history of Soul music's most influential record lab... Read more
Return To Kirkuk (2006)
Director: Karzan Sherabayani
Twenty-five years after being tortured by Saddam Hussein's secret police force, Kurdish exile, activist, and actor Karzan Sherabayani returns to his h... Read more
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Shane O'Sullivan
On June 5, 1968, shortly after winning the hotly-contested California primary, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was slain in the pa... Read more
Rhyme and Reason (1997)
Director: Peter Spirer
Starring: Ice-T, Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur, Chuck D, KRS One, Wu Tang Clan, The Notorious B.I....
Filmmaker Peter Spirer interviewed over 80 significant artists in rap and hip-hop for this excellent documentary exploring the history, the multi-bill... Read more
Rhythm Is It! (2004)
7.9/10
Director: Thomas Grube, Enrique Sanchez Lansch
Starring: Sir Simon Rattle
An extraordinary documentary following Sir Simon Rattle as he takes the reins of the Berlin Philharmonic and embarks on a very special project. He's o... Read more
Richard Dawkins: Enemies of Reason (2007)
8.5/10
Starring: Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary biologist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins presents a passionate view of what he deems an epidemic of irrational thinking. The two... Read more
Richard Dawkins: Growing Up in the Universe (1991)
8.5/10
Starring: Richard Dawkins
Oxford professor Richard Dawkins presents a series of lectures on life, the universe, and our place in it. With brilliance and clarity, Dawkins unrave... Read more
Richard Dawkins: The Root of All Evil? (2006)
8.5/10
Evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins of Oxford University presents his controversial theories based on his best-selling book, 'The God Del... Read more