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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 11/Oct/2018 ] What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and 40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr! |
Exhibition On Screen: The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
[ Seventh Art DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] This documentary celebrates the life and masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch brought together from around the world to his hometown in the Netherlands as a one-off exhibition. With exclusive access to the gallery and the show, this stunning film... |
Gurrumul
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 11/Oct/2018 ] Celebrated by audiences at home and abroad, Indigenous artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was one of the most important and acclaimed voices to ever come out of Australia. Blind from birth, he found purpose and meaning through songs and music... |
Marina Abramovic In Brazil: The Space In Between
[ Madman / DVD - released 8/Nov/2018 ] Marina Abramovic travels through Brazil in search of the spiritual forces of nature that are embedded in the culture of native Brazilians. Through communing with locals, partaking in local traditions, and venturing out into caves and forests, she... |
Anger Within: Jonah Lomu, The Outstanding Story Of A Rugby Legend
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 13/Mar/2014 ] Rugy's most famous player reveals all. Jonah Lomu is without a doubt the most famous rugby player of all time. His outstanding physique, his power, his speed, and determination helped revolutionise the game around the world. With the testimonies of... |
Botticelli, Florence And The Medici
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 14/Oct/2021 ] "Beauty, creativity, genius: the Renaissance Florence of Lorenzo de' Medici was a powerhouse of art and culture. Among countless shops and government buildings, there was endless beauty coexisting with the dark side of the city, made up of power... |
Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] It's high adventure, triumph and tragedy as we journey around the world in the wake of one of the greatest explorers of all time James Cook. A hero to some, a curse to others, in just three incredible voyages this son of an English labourer described... |
Defend Conserve Protect
[ Madman NZ / DVD - released 14/May/2020 ] Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, Defend, Conserve, Protect pits the marine conservation group, Sea Shepherd - a passionate group of eco-activists - against the Japanese whaling fleet, in an epic battle to defend the majestic Minke whales of the Southern... |
Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 12/Apr/2018 ] Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars, directed by Oscar-winner Lili Fini Zanuck (Rush, Driving Miss Daisy), is an unflinching and deeply personal look into the life of legendary 18-time Grammy winner Eric Clapton. Told through his own words and songs, it is... |
Fire in Babylon
[ Madman Entertainment / DVD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] They brought the world to its knees and a nation to its feet... A potent mix of music, politics and sporting prowess, Stevan Riley's exuberant documentary charts the rise of one of the most successful sporting teams in history. After a series... |
Frida: Viva La Vida
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 14/May/2020 ] The film highlights the two sides of Frida Kahlo's spirit: on one side the revolutionary, pioneering artist of contemporary feminism and on the other, the human being, victim of her tortured body and a tormented relationship. With Asia Argento as... |
Hemingway - A Film By Ken Burns And Lynn Novick
[ ViaVision DVD / 3 DVD - released 2/Dec/2021 ] Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's six-hour documentary series, HEMINGWAY, examines the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers - Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together... |
Hitler Versus Picasso
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 10/Feb/2022 ] In 1937 the Nazi regime held two exhibitions in Munich: one to stigmatize "Degenerate Art" (which they systematically looted and destroyed) and one, personally curated by Hitler, to glorify "Classic Art". This immersive documentary reveals the... |
Human Planet - The Complete Series
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 23/Nov/2011 ] PG. Following in the footsteps of 'Planet Earth' and 'Life', this epic eight-part blockbuster shot in HD is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and... |
I Am Not Your Negro
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 14/Dec/2017 ] Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck (The Man by the Shore, Moloch Tropical, Murder in Pacot), returns with a transcendent documentary examining the life and work of literary iconoclast and queer icon James Baldwin. The Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro... |
Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, The Student's Journey
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] The life, struggle, and teaching of world-renowned yogi BKS Iyengar. Hailed as 'the Michelangelo of yoga' and considered to be one of the most important yoga masters ever, B.K.S. Iyengar was credited with bringing the ancient art of yoga to the... |
Life Story - Narrated by David Attenborough (DVD)
[ BBC Earth DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Dec/2015 ] This captivating series follows the journey from birth to parenthood. Each episode focuses on one stage of life starting with those crucial first few days and moving through the challenges of the grown up world - from power struggles to the search... |
The National: Mistaken For Strangers
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] In 2010, The National released their fifth album, High Violet. After ten years as critical darlings, the band was finally enjoying wider recognition. As they were about to embark on the biggest tour of their career, lead singer Matt Berninger invited... |
On Any Sunday (50th Anniversary Remastered Edition)
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 2/Dec/2021 ] "I think Bruce Brown's motorcycle film "On Any Sunday" is the best thing that has ever happened to motorcycling. The audience is taken on a visual ride in what I believe is finally the definitive film on motorcycling. To me it is an unforgettable... |
Rachel's Farm
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 2/Nov/2023 ] Film director and actress Rachel Ward is not the first person you'd expect to join a farming revolution. In this triumphant film, Rachel voyages from wilful ignorance about the ecological impacts of conventional agriculture on her own rural property,... |
Raphael: The Young Prodigy
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 2/Dec/2021 ] Raphael: The Young Prodigy tells the story of the artist from Urbino, beginning with his extraordinary early portraits of women - the Mother, the Friend, the Secret Lover and the Client. Delve into Raphael's uncanny ability to capture celestial... |
RBG
[ Icon DVD / DVD - released 23/Jan/2019 ] At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this diminutive,... |
Richie McCaw: Chasing Great (Blu-ray)
[ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Nov/2016 ] Chasing Great follows Richie McCaw through his final season as he attempts the goal of captaining the All Blacks to the first ever-back-to back Rugby World Cup Wins. Woven through that final season the film tells the story of Richie's life. With... |
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
[ HiGloss / DVD - released 11/Apr/2019 ] "I want to make more music" was the reaction of Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto when he was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014. Not long after his treatment he started making a new album, async, which came out at the beginning of... |
Secret Impressionists
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 10/Jun/2021 ] Secret Impressionists tells the story of the art revolution at the core of the Impressionist movement, through an exploration of fifty legendary paintings - hidden treasures previously inaccessible to the general public, now on display in Rome for... |
Spookers
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 25/Oct/2017 ] As night falls at Spookers, dozens of seemingly ordinary people become freaks, zombies and chainsaw-wielding clowns. Every weekend come rain, hail or shine, this diverse group of amateur performers unite to terrify punters at the southern... |
That Sugar Film (Blu-ray)
[ Madman Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 9/Jul/2015 ] THAT SUGAR FILM is one man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'.... |
Yellow Is Forbidden
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 8/Aug/2019 ] Yellow Is Forbidden is a modern day Cinderella story where the brave, diminutive and daring heroine's dream doesn't end at the ball. Guo Pei is chasing every designer's fantasy to become part of the exclusive yet savage world of Haute Couture. |
Crossing Rachmaninoff
A documentary by Rebecca Tansley (Blu-ray) [ Rialto Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Sep/2016 ] Enthralled, like its hero, by the turmoil, lyricism and sheer melodic grandeur of one of the most beloved works in the Romantic piano repertoire, Rebecca Tansley's documentary recounts the voyage of Italian-born Auckland pianist Flavio Villani. From... |
All For One
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 7/Dec/2017 ] All For One follows the first five years of the GreenEDGE cycling journey. United by their renegade spirit and a determination to win against substantial odds, these riders take on the international circuit. The film offers unique insights into the... |
The Banksy Job
[ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 22/Mar/2017 ] The equally mysterious and notorious Banksy dominates the world of street art but, in The Banksy Job, the spotlight shines on another character - the larger-than-life AK47 - an ex-pornstar and acid rave promoter turned self-anointed 'art... |
Between Land And Sea
[ HiGloss / DVD - released 14/Feb/2019 ] BETWEEN LAND AND SEA spends a year in Lahinch, a small town on Ireland's West Coast, and the unlikely location of one of Europe's best big-wave breaks. This observational documentary - at times intimate, at times epic - embeds itself within Lahinch's... |
The Eagle Huntress (DVD & Blu-Ray)
[ Sony Pictures DVD / 2 Blu-ray - released 26/Jul/2017 ] A spellbinding true story about a 13-year-old girl on an epic journey to become the first female eagle hunter. Follow Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an... |
A Family Affair
[ HiGloss DVD / DVD - released 14/Jan/2016 ] A Family Affair is an intimate and intoxicating portrait of the renowned Xylouris family, who have been maintaining the musical traditions of their native Crete for generations. Following three generations of the family legendary Psarantonis, his son... |
I Am Greta
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 4/Mar/2021 ] The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never-before-seen footage in this intimate documentary from Swedish director Nathan Grossman. Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the... |
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
[ HiGloss DVD / DVD - released 16/Jan/2020 ] John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection finds the mercurial tennis legend at the height of his career, documenting his quest for perfection, his frustrations, and the hardest loss of his life, against Ivan Lendl at the 1984 French Open. |
Kedi
[ HiGloss DVD / DVD - released 7/Dec/2017 ] Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the streets of Istanbul, neither wild nor tame. This is the story of seven of them. For millennia, cats have roamed the city of Istanbul. Granted freedom and respect, they wander in and out of people's lives, an... |
Last Shop Standing: The Rise, The Fall and the Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop
[ DVD - released 20/Dec/2013 ] "You are never going to discover Captain Beefheart or the 13th Floor Elevators or the Velvet Underground in your local supermarket, ever." - Richard Hawley Last Shop Standing, inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, takes you behind... |
Mclaren
[ Universal / Sony Pictures DVD / DVD - released 30/Aug/2017 ] From acclaimed director Roger Donaldson, comes then incredible true story of the man behind one of the greatest brands in international motorsport, McLaren. A fearless racing driver, a visionary and brilliant engineer, Bruce McLaren was a humble New... |
Older Than Ireland
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 8/Aug/2019 ] Often funny and at times poignant, the film explores each centenarian's journey, from their birth at the dawn of Irish independence to their life as a centenarian in modern day Ireland. Reflecting on such key events as the day they got their first... |
