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"
It Happened Here (1965)
6.8/10
Director: Andrew Mollo, Kevin Brownlow
Starring: Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw
Shot over an eight-year period on a shoestring budget by British film historian Kevin Brownlow and colleague Andrew Mollo, this acclaimed, harrowing s... Read more
Ladies And Gentlemen, Mr Leonard Cohen (1965)
7.4/10
Director: Don Owen, Donald Brittain
Starring: Leonard Cohen
This jazzy black and white film portrait catches the imaginative energies, lyrical and comical, of a young Leonard Cohen, the quicksilver poet, noveli... Read more
Mondo Balordo (1964)
Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero
Starring: Narrated by, Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff narrates this superbly anachronistic addition to the Mondo movie genre. There is a midget rock and roll star, Japanese bondage, an Asian... Read more
Woman of the world (1963)
Starring: Belinda Lee, Peter Ustinov
From love in the streets of Paris to death on the African plain, the acclaimed MONDO CANE masters turn their unflinching eye on all the things never b... Read more
7 Up and 7 + 7 ( 14 Up ) (1963)
8/10
Director: Michael Apted
Dubbed 'the definitive documentary' produced and directed by Michael Apted. Beginning in 1963 a camera has followed a group of children from the age o... Read more
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962)
7.2/10
Director: Jack Haley Jr
With the invention of sound, Hollywood began its most flamboyant surge in technique and expression. This evocative and groundbreaking epoch revealed a... Read more
Mein Kampf (1961)
3.6/10
Director: Erwin Leiser
Starring: Claude Stephenson, Narrated by
The origins of Nazi Germany and Hitler's rise to power are covered in this engrossing documentary from Sweden that uses rare German newsreel footage,... Read more
Barefoot Adventure (1960)
7.3/10
Director: Bruce Brown
This film from the Bruce Brown Collection explores the trials and tribulations of the barefoot adventurers from the Wedge to Waimea, Honolulu to Hunti... Read more
The First Kings of Comedy Collection (1957)
Director: Robert Youngson
Starring: Ben Turpin, Buster Keaton, Carole Lombard, Charley Chase, Charlie Chaplin, Harry...
Famed documentarian Robert Youngson presents a pair of documentaries that celebrate the era of silent slapstick comedy. First, "The Golden Age of Come... Read more
The James Dean Story (1957)
6.3/10
Director: Robert Altman, George W George
Starring: James Dean
Robert Altman co-directed this doco with G.W. George in 1957. The film explores Dean's personal life through interviews with family and friends, as we... Read more