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"
Radiant City (2006)
7/10
Director: Jim Brown, Gary Burns
Shot in Alberta, Canada, this mock documentary takes a satiric look at 21st-century suburban sprawl...and dislikes what it finds! Taking a harsh but h... Read more
Raging Planet: Mysteries of El Nino (2008)
7.6/10
El Nino brought about the destruction of the entire Moche tribe of Peru and is regarded by meteorologists as the biggest weather phenomenon on the pla... Read more
Rain of the Children (2008)
6.9/10
Director: Vincent Ward
Starring: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Taungaroa Emile, Vincent Ward, Miriama Rangi
While still a film student in the late 1970s, Vincent Ward made a documentary called 'In Spring One Plants Alone' about an elderly Tuhoe woman called... Read more
Rampage (2006)
7.4/10
Director: George Gittoes
Inspired by a comment from soldier Elliott Lovett in Gittoes' earlier 'A Soundtrack to War', the filmmaker follows him home to Miami where he lives wi... Read more
Raphael: The Young Prodigy (2021)
8.1/10
Raphael: The Young Prodigy tells the story of the artist from Urbino, beginning with his extraordinary early portraits of women - the Mother, the Frie... Read more
Rash (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Nicholas Hansen
Director Nicholas Hansen offers a rare insight into the world of 'street art' with his exploration of the cultural values of unsanctioned public art,... Read more
Rats In The Ranks (1996)
8/10
Director: Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
Starring: Larry Hand
This bruising political doco follows the squabbles in a Sydney suburb between the Mayor and City Councillors. The filmmakers gained an extraordinary d... Read more
Raw Deal: A Question of Consent (2001)
7.4/10
Director: Billy Corben
Do you know rape when you see it? Audiences have come to expect video footage to tell the truth, to shine a light on "what really happened". Exotic da... Read more
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Gilles Penso
Starring: Peter Jackson, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron, Joe Dante, John Landis, Ray Harryha...
The remarkable career of the movie industry's most admired and influential special-effects auteur, the legendary Ray Harryhausen, is the subject of th... Read more
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (Blu-ray) (2011)
7.6/10
Director: Gilles Penso
Starring: Peter Jackson, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron, Joe Dante, John Landis, Ray Harryha...
The remarkable career of the movie industry's most admired and influential special-effects auteur, the legendary Ray Harryhausen, is the subject of th... Read more