Documentaries
Documentary Films, strictly speaking, are non-fictional, "slice of life" factual works of art, sometimes known as cinema verite. As films became more narrative-based, documentaries branched out and took many forms, some of which have been termed propagandistic or non-objective.
One of Alice's favourite sections, and due to the sheer size of this collection, we have split ioto a number of sub-sections. See side bars on left for more options. By scrolling below are you will be exposed to whole darn caboodle - all of Alice's documentaries.
Right: Werner Herzog directs "Burden of Dreams"
Prophets of Science Fiction (2011)
8/10
Director: Declan Whitebloom
What was once just imagination is now real; what was once the distant future is now around the corner. The "Science Fiction" of the past has now simpl... Read more
Protocols of Zion (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Marc Levin
Despite all the evidence, millions around the world continue to blame the Jews for 9/11. This belief is a modern-day incarnation of the infamous 'The... Read more
Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills and Painted Nightmares (2006)
8/10
Director: Jam Ald
Now relegated to a cultural curiousity or easily-mocked advertising tool, pulp fiction art was a potent and revelatory flash-in-the-pan in Depression-... Read more
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Florian Habicht
Starring: Jarvis Cocker
PULP found fame on the world stage in the 1990s with anthems including 'Common People', 'Disco 2000', and 'Babies'. In 2012 they returned to their hom... Read more
Pumping Iron (1976)
7.4/10
Director: George Butler, Robert Fiore
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, Mike Katz
An award-winning look at the world of professional bodybuilders, this insightful and entertaining documentary follows the preparations for and staging... Read more
Punk's Not Dead (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Susan Dynner
Starring: Henry Rollins, John Doe, Jello Biafra, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, etc ...
Skimming over the largely familiar stories of punk's beginnings with the Sex Pistols and the Ramones in the 1970s, this entertaining documentary refle... Read more
Punk: Attitude (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Don Letts
Starring: Chrissie Hynde, Jim Jarmusch, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Iggy Pop, The Ramones
Documenting the exciting punk explosion that came out of England in the late 1970s. Director Don Letts calls on a number of British and American stars... Read more
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
7/10
Director: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
Starring: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Mariya Alyokhina, Ekaterina Samutsevich
Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial in a case that ha... Read more
Putting Our Town On the Map (2000)
Director: Shirley Horrocks
Starring: Miranda Harcourt
Giant fish, fruit and vegetables, novel signs, murals depicting local history, unusual festivals – such creative expressions of local identity are p... Read more
Quantum Astrology (2005)
Taking astrology out of the fortune-telling realm and placing it firmly alongside quantum physics, Rick Levine shows with outstanding computer animati... Read more