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The Great White Silence

1924, Herbert Ponting, DVD+Blu-ray

 

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Herbert Ponting's official record of Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the ...

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Notebook on Cities and Clothes

1989, Wim Wenders, DVD

 

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Notebook on Cities and Clothes

An exploration of authorship in the post-industrial age and an an intimate portra...

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George Harrison: Living in the Material World

2011, Martin Scorsese, DVD

 

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Martin Scorsese's documentary profile of Beatle George Harrison, Living in the Ma...

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A Bigger Splash

1974, Jack Hazan, DVD+Blu-ray

 

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A Bigger Splash

Taking its title from Hockney's 1967 painting of a dive into a swimming pool in California, A Big...

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Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was

1979, Tony Palmer, DVD

 

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Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was

This in-depth film portrait of Benjamin Britten, one of the greatest English comp...

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Pina

2011, Wim Wenders, DVD

 

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Wim Wenders pays tribute to the work of brilliant avant-garde German choreographer Pina Bausch. W...

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Shadows of Progress: Documentary Film in Post-war Britain (1951-1977)

1977, Various (Compilation), DVD

 

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Recommended Shadows of Progress: Documentary Film in Post-war Britain (195...

An astounding collection of rare, unseen and otherw...

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Margot (Palmer, 2005)

2005, Tony Palmer, DVD

 

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Margot (Palmer, 2005)

A documentary looking at the life of Margot Fonteyn, the most famous ballerina England has ever p...

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All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music - Complete

1977, Tony Palmer, DVD

 

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All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music - Complete

Features all 17 episodes of Tony Palmer's series, w...

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COI Collection: Volume 5 - Portrait of a People

2011, Various , DVD

 

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Recommended COI Collection: Volume 5 - Portrait of a People

The fifth volume in the COI Collection, Portrait of a People, reviews a patriotic...

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Tabloid

2010, Errol Morris, DVD

 

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Errol Morris's delirious meditation on hysteria looks into the stranger-than-fiction life of Joyc...

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A Day in the Life: Four Portraits of Postwar Britain by John Krish

1964, John Krish, DVD+Blu-ray

 

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Contains four films from one of Britain's foremost ...

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Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter

2011, Tony Palmer, DVD

 

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Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter

Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter is Tony Palmer’s new documentary on the composer Gu...

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Stravinsky - Once at a Border

Tony Palmer, DVD

 

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Stravinsky - Once at a Border

An autobiographical film about the most important and influential composer of the...

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The Art of Clare Woods

2011, Various (Art), DVD

 

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The Art of Clare Woods

Clare Woods is one of the most exciting painters working in Britain today. Her sensuous and sumpt...

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The British Guide to Showing Off

2011, Jes Benstock, DVD

 

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The British Guide to Showing Off

Documentary about eccentric English artist Andrew Logan, focusing in particular o...

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Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

2009, Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea, DVD

 

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Recommended Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

A fascinating documentary in which film archivist Serge Bromberg tells the story ...

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Hannah Hauxwell - An Extraordinary Life (Box Set)

Various (TV), DVD

 

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Hannah Hauxwell - An Extraordinary Life (Box Set)

Comprises Too Long a Winter, A Winter Too Many, and An Innocent Abroad, three tru...

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Pina 1. Pina
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Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady 2. Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady
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Engineer Prite's Project (Hyperkino Edition) 3. Engineer Prite's Project (Hyperkino Edition)
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Disappearing World: Volume 1 Disappearing World: Volume 1
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Engineer Prite's Project (Hyperkino Edition) Engineer Prite's Project (Hyperkino Edition)
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