5.4/10

Starring: Drew Carey, etc ...

The fourth in this comedy collection includes Drew Carey, Carol Leifer, Brad Cairnes, Carrot Top, Sheila Kay, Leo Dufour, Jeff Dunham, Billiam Coronel... Read more

7.3/10

Director: Michael Cain, Matt Radecki

Starring: Rick Kirkham, etc ...

At age 14, Rick Kirkham got his first video camera, and began documenting his life. He quickly rose through the television ranks to become a correspo... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Emile de Antonio

Starring: Andy Warhol, etc ...

A brilliant documentary featuring candid interviews with the renegade artists of the American post-World War II period. Working from New York, these p... Read more

5.4/10

Starring: Ray Romano, Steve Harvey, etc ...

This final collection of comics includes Jeff Foxworthy, Mike Finney, Mary Ellen Hooper, Mitt Able, Margaret Smith, Franklin Ajaye, Max Alexander, Ray... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Michel Gondry

Starring: etc ..., Dave Chappelle, Mos Def

Innovative comic Dave Chappelle treats a Brooklyn neighbourhood to a free block party with guests like Kanye West, Mos Def and, re-united after seven... Read more

8/10

Director: Jeff Feuerzeig

Starring: Daniel Johnston, Matt Groening, Louis Black, etc ...

An astonishing and lovingly-made portrait of cult indie-pop singer/songwriter Daniel Johnston whose artistic talent went hand in hand with manic depre... Read more

6.8/10

Director: D A Pennebaker

Starring: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, etc ...

In the same year The Beatles recorded their final album, John Lennon embarked on a new musical career with Yoko Ono, playing the Toronto Rock 'n' Roll... Read more

5.7/10

Director: Rick Caine, Debbie Melnyk

Starring: Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Sean Hannity, etc ...

Filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to make a biography of Michael Moore, holding him in high esteem as both a documentarian and an activi... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Joe Angio

Starring: Melvin Van Peebles, Mario Van Peebles, Spike Lee, etc ...

The remarkable life and career of filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles is laid bare in this warts and all insight into a man whose life path has veered from t... Read more

5.4/10

Starring: Tim Allen, Jim Carrey, Cheech Marin, Richard Lewis, etc ...

The second volume in this series features stand-up comics Carrot Top, Louie Anderson, Diane Ford, Richard Belzer, Cheech Marin, Caroline Rhea, Bobby C... Read more

5.4/10

Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Adam Sandler, Janeane Garofalo, Ray Romano, etc ...

Volume three features comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Adam Sandler, Janeane Garofalo, The Legendary Wid, Steve McGrew, Unknown Comic, Daryl Hammond, Ellen D... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Federico Fellini

Starring: Federico Fellini, Sergio Rubini, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, etc ...

Apparently conceived as a tribute to the Cinecitta Studios in Rome, Fellini's beloved home base throughout his career, this 'mockumentary' is a magica... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Morgan Neville

Starring: Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, etc ..., Narrated by, Jeff Bridges

A fascinating look at the birth of Modern Art in Los Angeles in the 1950s; when most of the population thought it was either a joke or a communist plo... Read more

7.3/10

Director: Larry Charles

Starring: Luenell , Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson, etc ...

Sacha Baron Cohen stirred up a legal hornet's nest when he took his obnoxious Kazakh reporter character, Borat, on the road in the US and A. From dru... Read more

7.3/10

Director: Gandulf Henning

Starring: Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Keith Richards, etc ...

Thirty years after his untimely death, BBC Four presents the first-ever documentary film about the musical legend, Gram Parsons. Through his work with... Read more

8.3/10

Starring: Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Jonathan Winters, Andy Williams, etc ...

From 1962-1971, the smooth-as-silk crooner hosted his own weekly variety show with guest stars performing favourite pop tunes and comedy sketches. Thi... Read more

7.4/10

Director: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld

Starring: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, etc ...

A compelling exposition of the political persecution of outspoken, anti-war Beatle, John Lennon. As an unpopular war in Vietnam dragged on into the 1... Read more

Director: Sydney Pollack

Starring: Frank O Gehry, Sydney Pollack, Dennis Hopper, Bob Geldof, etc ...

Director Sydney Pollack makes his documentary debut by following his old friend, ground-breaking, 'de-constructionist' architect Frank O. Gehry, aroun... Read more

8/10

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ted Danson, Daryl Hannah, Moby, Laura Dern, etc ...

Created by the Sundance Channel, each episode of this series revolves around a different green theme, spotlighting three specific innovators or innova... Read more

6.9/10

Starring: Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Bono, The Edge, Jarvis Cocker, etc ...

A reverential salute to the legendary Canadian singer/songwriter that mingles poetry, interviews and tributary performances from well-known fans inclu... Read more

6.9/10

Starring: Marcus Lush, Miriama Smith, Dave Dobbyn, Kim Hill, Andrew Fagan, etc ...

10 more intrepid travellers hit the road in TVNZ's revealing series. Marcus Lush heads off on the Trans-Siberian Railway; Miriama SMith finds herself... Read more

6.1/10

Director: Fred F Sears

Starring: Bill Haley, The Platters, Tony Martinez, Freddie Bell, Alan Freed, etc ...

The first, and quintessential, rock 'n' roll movie features Bill Haley and the Comets as 'the next big thing', discovered swinging their new beat in a... Read more

7.6/10

Director: Tom Peosay

Starring: Narrated by, Martin Sheen, H H Dalai Lama, Robert Thurman, etc ...

Ten years in the making, this award-winning documentary exposes the real cost of the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet. Powerfully chronicled through de... Read more

7.6/10

Director: Peyton Reed, Keith Alcorn

Starring: Brian Haley, Paula Jai Parker, Judy Tenuta, Weird Al Yankovic, etc ...

Originally scheduled for Saturday morning television, this bizarre series takes a leaf out of Pee-Wee Herman's book with its zany characters and demen... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Jeremy Gosch

Starring: Narrated by, Edward Norton, Kelly Slater, Peter Townend, Wayne Bartholomew, etc...

Framed around the emerging careers of World Champs-to-be Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew, Shaun Tomson and Mark Richards, this entertaining documentary rec... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Tom Root, Matthew Senreich, Douglas Goldstein, Seth Green

Starring: Voices Of, Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Chad Morgan, Seth MacFarlane, etc ...

This twisted stop-motion series takes a satirical swipe at pop culture, with a re-animated chook forced to watch TV, Clockwork Orange-style. Beginnin... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Steven Sebring

Starring: Patti Smith, Philip Glass, Sam Shepard, Tom Verlaine, Jay Dee Daugherty, etc ...

Eleven years in the making, and shot mostly in 16mm black and white, director Steven Sebring began following rock poet Patti Smith as her career took... Read more

Director: Stephen Maclean

Starring: Peter Allen, Harry Connick Jr, Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, Ann-Margret , et...

Australian-born Peter Allen had an international showbiz career, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous and remembered for songs such as 'I Go To... Read more

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

5.7/10

Director: Fred F Sears

Starring: Alan Dale, Patricia Hardy, Alan Freed, Pierre Watkin, Bill Haley, Little Richard...

Rocker Arnie Haynes (Alan Dale) takes a much-needed break from touring with his band, only to discover teh mayor of his hometown has banned rock 'n ro... Read more

8.3/10

Starring: Tim Allen, David Faustino, Dolph Lundgren, Garry McDonald, Michael York, Michael...

Once again the hapless Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald) turns his talents on unsuspecting celebrities. This collection includes 'interviews' with Lion... Read more

Starring: Tim Minchin, Eddie Perfect, Scared Weird Little Guys, GUD , Sista She, etc ...

Mixing serious musos with comic musicians, Laugh-a-poolooza is a celebration of all the shapes and sizes of music and comedy from solo artists, duos a... Read more

6.3/10

Director: Ron Mann

Starring: Chubby Checker, Frankie Avalon, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Budd...

Director Ron Mann proves he's the doyen of pop culture documentaries with this thoroughly entertaining story of how one song transformed a nation. Dur... Read more

8/10

Starring: Voices Of, Gary Cole, Thomas Allen, Stephen Colbert, John Michael Higgins, Paget...

Harvey and his dedicated legal crew are back, defending the rights of cartoon characters everywhere. Sort of. Familiar faces featured in this volume... Read more

7/10

Director: Katharina Otto

Starring: Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, Tom Waits, David Byrne, Susan Sontag, Jessye Norman...

Innovative theatre icon Robert Wilson was a major player in the avant garde scene in the US and Europe from the 1960s to the 1980s. This stirring por... Read more

6.6/10

Starring: David Collins, Shane Dundas, Colin Lane, Dylan Moran, Frank Woodley, Magda Szuba...

A compilation of the top-rated Aussie TV broadcast featuring local and overseas performers with highlights from 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, including A... Read more

7/10

Starring: Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, James Taylor, Steve Vai, Jimmie Vaughan, J...

In June 2004, some of the greatest living guitar players and their bands gathered at The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, for a three-day festival to ben... Read more

8/10

Starring: Voices Of, Gary Cole, Thomas Allen, Stephen Colbert, Michael McKean, Phil LaMarr...

For cartoon characters wronged everywhere, he's the bird to see. Attorney to the (animated) stars. Harvey Birdman (voiced by Gary Cole) wasn't quite... Read more

8.1/10

Director: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise

Starring: Tony Iommi, Dee Snider, Ronnie James Dio, Alice Cooper, Bruce Dickinson, Lemmy ,...

Anthropologist and life-long Heavy Metal fan, Sam Dunn, sets out on a global mission to discover why the headbanging music so adored by its millions o... Read more

5/10

Director: Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg

Starring: Heather Matarazzo, John Cameron Mitchell, Rose Troche, Christine Vachon, Gus Van...

The fascinating history of gay and lesbian cinema from its closeted beginnings to its celebrated present, the filmmakers talk to directors and actors... Read more

Director: Atom Egoyan, Paul Lynch, Sturla Gunnarsson, Eric Till, etc

Starring: Harry Morgan, Marc Singer, Timothy Bottoms, Michael Moriarty, Bud Cort, Charles...

Bringing on a whole new production team, CBS renewed their sci-fi/horror anthology series for a third and final season with 30 new half-hour episodes.... Read more

8.3/10

Director: Various

Starring: Henry Rollins, Oliver Stone, Ozzy Osbourne, Kevin Smith, Eddie Izzard, Johnny Kn...

Henry Rollins unveils the independent alternative to late night programming with his unique take on music, film, politics and pop culture. He has a l... Read more

7.5/10

Director: Peter Askin

Starring: Nathan Lane, Paul Giamatti, Brian Dennehy, Donald Sutherland, Liam Neeson, Micha...

Legendary Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo ('Roman Holiday', 'Spartacus') was the most well-known member of the Hollywood 10 who famously defied M... Read more

Director: Carmen Piccini

Starring: Federico Fellini, Martin Scorsese, Anthony Quinn, Anita Ekberg, Woody Allen, Rob...

A cinematic valentine to one of Italy's most famous sons, the great director, Federico Fellini. With reminiscences from those who worked with him inc... Read more

4.9/10

Director: Larry Charles

Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Banagale, Bono, Chris Martin, El...

Satirist and shapechanger Sacha Baron Cohen ('Borat') returns with another stinging socio-political offering, this time aimed squarely at the world of... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Tom Thurman

Starring: Hunter S Thompson, Johnny Depp, John Cusack, Sean Penn, Gary Busey, Tom Wolfe, e...

Nick Nolte narrates this acclaimed bio-documentary about the maverick writer and Gonzo journalist that includes interviews with many of the 'outlaw ce... Read more

6.8/10

Starring: Robert Townsend, Edward Burns, Seymour Cassel, Peter Bogdanovich, Erich Von Stro...

Exploring independent filmmakers from the early silent days of Buster Keaton and DW Griffith, to modern outsiders like Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorses... Read more

7.6/10

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Starring: Aerosmith, Natalie Cole, Chuck D, Mos Def, John Fogerty, Macy Gray, Buddy Guy,...

On 7 February 2003 at New York's Radio City Music Hall a magical night of music was filmed; produced by Martin Scorsese this unique coming together of... Read more

7.7/10

Director: Chris Paine

Starring: Ed Begley Jr, Mel Gibson, Phyllis Diller, Peter Horton, Alexandra Paul, Tom Hank...

Documenting the rise and fall of the electric car, from its inception in 1996 til the plug was pulled less than ten years later. With a host of celeb... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Stuart Samuels

Starring: David Lynch, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Richard O'Brien, John Waters, Roger Ebert, Ti...

Based on the best selling book by director Stuart Samuels, this intriguing documentary offers a rare insight into the explosion of cult cinema and the... Read more

6.6/10

Director: David Hillier

Starring: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, John Cleese, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Jonath...

The Secret Policemen are back for Amnesty's 30th Anniversary Special. Comedians include all the faves of the time - Alexei Sayle, John Cleese, Hale &... Read more

8.5/10

Director: Shirley Horrocks

Starring: Peter Elliott, John Clarke, Ginette McDonald, Fiona Samuel, Roger Hall, Grant Ti...

One of New Zealand's best known playwrights, Roger Hall has been tickling the kiwi funnybone for 30 years. This documentary from Shirley Horrocks inv... Read more

Director: Various

Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Tim Allen, Roseanne Barr, Bob Nelson, Jeff Altman, etc ...,...

The ultimate Rodney Dangerfield collection, this set contains 3 discs of the comic's hilarious stand-up along with 3 ABC specials 'It's Not Easy Bein'... Read more

6.7/10

Director: Karen Arthur, Ray Austin

Starring: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Roddy McDowall, Jill St John, Na...

Created by best-selling author Sidney Sheldon (who also brought us 'I Dream of Jeannie'), Mr and Mrs H (Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers) are a pair... Read more

6.7/10

Starring: Voices Of, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Stephanie Courtney, Jack Black, Kyle Ga...

Yet another off-beat entry from the adult swim department at Cartoon Network that started life as a web cartoon on timanderic.com. Tom Peters is new... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Steve Anderson

Starring: Drew Carey, Janeane Garofalo, Billy Connolly, Ron Jeremy, Kevin Smith, Alanis Mo...

The tagline reads, 'The movie that dare not speak its name', for obvious reasons. Steve Anderson's provocative documentary attempts to uncover the ex... Read more

7.7/10

Director: Mandy Stein

Starring: The Ramones, Deborah Harry, Eddie Vedder, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Henry Rollins,...

Just two days before Johnny Ramone's untimely death in September 2004, friends and musicians staged a benefit concert to celebrate the 30th anniversar... Read more

6.8/10

Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Starring: Narrated by, Dennis Hopper, Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Alan Dershowitz, Larry...

Documentary filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ('The Eyes of Tammy Faye') take on the '70s cultural phenomenon that was 'Deep Throat'. Fascin... Read more

8.4/10

Director: Rick McKay

Starring: Angela Lansbury, Chita Rivera, Ben Gazzara, Shirley MacLaine, Carol Burnett, Car...

Filmmaker Rick McKay's tribute to the Broadway legends of the past was made with no crew and no budget. With just his digital camera, McKay interview... Read more

6.6/10

Director: Julien Temple

Starring: Bjork, David Bowie, James Brown, Nick Cave, Joe Strummer, Paul McCartney, Oasi...

Assembled from hundreds of hours of amateur film footage, Julien Temple's documentary traces 35 years of Britain's most famous music festival. Three... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Richard Attenborough

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, John Gielgud, Kenneth More, Jack H...

Based on a 1963 stage show by Charles Chilton, lampooning World War I and war in general, and focused on the Smith family who have five sons to send o... Read more

5.4/10

Director: Vadim Jean

Starring: Martin Short, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo, John Michael Higgins, Elizabet...

Martin Short is Jiminy Glick, a corpulent star-struck celebrity interviewer spawned as a character on Saturday Night Live, then given his own show on... Read more

8/10

Director: etc , Matt Banker

Starring: Weird Al Yankovic, Judy Tenuta, Timothy Leary, Bob Denver, Adam West, Carol Chan...

The original Adult Swim series is a spoof of late night talk shows, with clapped-out superhero, Space Ghost, in the David Letterman role. In outer sp... Read more

Director: Bruce Malmuth, Curtis Hanson, Martha Coolidge, Noel Black, Paul Lynch, Wes Craven, Thomas J Wright, etc

Starring: Shelley Duvall, Fred Savage, Tom Skerritt, Lukas Haas, David Faustino, Jeffrey T...

Wes Craven and Curtis Hanson were just two of the directors who got on board for Season Two. Despite this, the show was cancelled midway through the... Read more

7.6/10

Director: Duncan Bridgeman, Jamie Catto

Starring: Neneh Cherry, Brian Eno, Dennis Hopper, Tom Robbins, Anita Roddick, Gabrielle Ro...

"We are recording an album and an audio-visual DVD for Palm Pictures, fusing spoken word, musicians, sounds, rhythms and images from all around the wo... Read more

5.7/10

Director: Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch, Jean-Daniel Pollet

Starring: Stephane Audran, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Pierre Andreani, Jean-Francois Chappey, Ba...

Six young guns from the French New Wave combined their talents for this entertaining and evocative anthology of shorts, set of course, in Paris. Jean... Read more

7.8/10

Starring: Voices Of, Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Chad Morgan, Seth MacFarlane, Sarah Michel...

If you liked the first season, then you know what to expect from this fast-paced, stop-motion satire that skewers all aspects of the entertainment ind... Read more

7.7/10

Director: Gary Leva

Starring: Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Brad Bird, Milos Forman, Saul Zaentz, Sofi...

While L.A. has been the undisputed capital of studio filmmaking in America since the early 20th century, San Francisco has become home to a different... Read more

8.4/10

Starring: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Don Knotts, Dom DeLuise, George Burns,...

This second season of the hit variety show has all the familiar skits, 'Pigs in Space', 'Swedish Chef', 'Veterinarian's Hospital' combined with anothe... Read more

Director: Martha Coolidge, Peter Medak, Rick Friedberg, Robert Downey, Tommy Lee Wallace, Wes Craven, William Friedkin, etc

Starring: Bruce Willis, Terry O'Quinn, Annie Potts, Arliss Howard, Dee Wallace, James Crom...

Making its television debut in 1989, the New Twilight Zone followed the same format as its ground-breaking predecessor (minus Rod Serling), with stori... Read more

7.3/10

Director: Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuaron, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel Coen, Oliver Schmitz, Olivier Assayas, Tom Tykwer, Walter Salles, Wes Craven, Sylvain Chomet, etc , Gerard Depardieu

Starring: Leila Bekhti, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Sergio Castellitto, Willem Dafoe,...

A grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance from a stunningly varied array of international directors from the Coen Brothers to Alfonso C... Read more