A groundbreaking film of inestimable importance – but not a very good one.
Documentary
La Pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra
A provocative plea for dialogue amidst a destructive political stalemate, 'The Basque Ball' bounces from one controversy to the next without ever losing its balance.
Capturing the Friedmans
Monster or victim? By switching from the public trial to the private, domestic life and family history of a convicted, and now dead, paedophile, 'Capturing the Friedmans' raises profound questions about prejudice and hysteria in our society, and about the ultimate inscrutability of the human soul in a mediated age. Quietly explosive, determinedly controversial, and bound to be a talking-point for months.
Spellbound
This funny, gripping microcosm of the American dream and immigrant culture will stay with you for more than a spell.
Riding Giants
This narly doco shows that big wave riders are life's fanatical crusaders while the rest of us are just life-bums. Surf's up!
Bodysong
A kaleidoscopic succession of images that will have you laughing, gasping, shuddering and gaping, but most of all reflecting on the fundamental questions of human existence – plus a score by Johnny 'Radiohead' Greenwood that sets just the right tone of majesty, drama and awe.