Contemporary Political Film
Spanning a broad range of films, amongst this collection you'll find comedies, romance, stories of greed and redemption as well as activist documentaries. All well-informed and insightful, this genre includes some challenging titles.
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Tom Hooper, 2012
£12.99
Les Misérables
The powerful Oscar-winning big-screen adaptation of the stage musical based on Victor Hugo's clas...
Carlos Saura, 1976
£13.99
Cría Cuervos
A moody, absorbing film, full of repressed passions and simmering unease, Carlos Saura's 1976 fil...
Tomas Alfredson, 2011
£6.99
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
A brilliant new adaptation of John le Carré's cold war novel, Tinker, Tailor, Sol...
Deepa Mehta, 2012
£14.99
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie adapted his own prize-winning 'Booker of Bookers' for this ambitious, expansive fi...
Ben Affleck, 2012
£12.99
Argo
Based on real events, Ben Affleck's dramatic political thriller Argo chronicles the life-or-death...
Ken Loach, 2013
£11.99
The Spirit of '45
The Spirit of '45 is Ken Loach's impassioned documentary- made to address a need and prevailing q...
Tom Hooper, 2012
£17.99
Les Misérables
The powerful Oscar-winning big-screen adaptation of the stage musical based on Victor Hugo's clas...
Christian Petzold, 2012
£8.99
Barbara
German drama from Christian Petzold (Yella) set in East Germany in 1980. Nina Hoss stars as Barba...
Michael Haneke, 2009
£6.99
The White Ribbon
Michael Haneke won the 2009 Cannes Palme d'Or for The White Ribbon, a mesmerising study of German...
Gregory Doran, 2012
£14.99
Julius Caesar (Doran, 2012)
Directed by newly appointed RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran, Julius Caesar is...
Theo Angelopoulos, 1970-77
£22.99
The Theo Angelopoulos Collection: Volume 1
Theo Angelopoulos is Greece's most celebrated filmmaker and one of the world's gr...
Steven Spielberg, 2012
£13.99
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg's mighty, Oscar-winning biopic stars Daniel Day-Lewis as America's 16th presiden...
Krzysztof Zanussi, Andrzej Wajda, 1990
£26.99
Polish Cinema Classics: Volume II
Contains Promised Land (Andrzej Wajda, 1974), Illumination (Krzysztof Zanussi, 19...
Mila Turajlic, 2010
£12.74
Cinema Komunisto
A fascinating documentary about state-run cinema and its collapse, Cinema Komunisto looks at how ...
Phyllida Lloyd, 2011
£8.99
The Iron Lady
Starring the Oscar-winning Meryl Streep in an amazing central performance, The Iron Lady tells th...
Franny Armstrong, 2009
£6.99
The Age of Stupid
Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking back at ‘...
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006
£6.99
The Lives of Others
This superb Oscar-winning film from a first time director has proved to be a massive internationa...
Patrick Keiller, 1994-97
£17.99
London / Robinson in Space
Two provocative film essays from Patrick Keiller: London (1994) and Robinson in S...
