Category Archives: Documentary

This fascinating documentary tells the story of the talented people behind and in front of the cameras at the Hammer Film Studios. Their prodigious output made household names of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, arguably the greatest fright duo since Lugosi and Karloff. Filled with shocking clips, terrifying trailers, and fascinating interviews with cast andContinue reading “Fanex Files: Hammer Films – 2008”

During 2006-07, four students keep a video diary of their final year at Tariq bin Ziad High School in Baghdad. As violence escalates, the four prepare to take the National Exams they must pass in June to secure their diploma. They are Ali, a Kurd, Anmar, a Christian who starts the school year not havingContinue reading “The Boys from Baghdad High – 2008”

The ‘stolen’ insider emails that informed Nicky Hager’s best-selling account of National’s 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry’s (Someone Else’s Country) new film – just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they’d copy theContinue reading “The Hollow Men – 2008”

The story of a band of brothers who travel the world in search of the answers to the burning questions: Who am I? Who is Man? Why do we search for meaning? Their journey brings them into the middle of the lives of the homeless on the streets of New York City, the orphans andContinue reading “The Human Experience – 2008”