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10 Revolutionary Films To Watch

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Now on DVD: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
© New Video Group, Inc.

“[T]his is a lucid and lively disquisition on the mindset of Nixon-era radicalism.”
– Sight and Sound


Now on DVD: Good Morning, Night
© Wellspring

“To make her point, she would make history.” Based on the shocking kidnapping of Italy’s Prime Minister.


Now on DVD: Bloody Sunday
© Paramount Home Entertainment

“…[An] epic, anxiety-jangled, ripped-from-the-headlines-of-history docudrama….It recreates a moral earthquake….BLOODY SUNDAY etches it into your nervous system…” — Entertainment Weekly


Now on DVD: What To Do In Case of Fire?
© Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

“…Provocative, energetic entertainment….Notably ambitious and zesty….WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE is thoughtful, even stinging at times, and lots of fun…” — Los Angeles Times


Now on DVD: The Legend of Rita
© Kino on Video

“…It’s about believing in a cause after the cause abandons you….THE LEGEND OF RITA doesn’t adopt a simplistic political view…” — Chicago Sun-Times


Now on DVD: The Weather Underground
© New Video Group, Inc.

“…A powerful and searching documentary…” — Entertainment Weekly


Now on DVD: Arguing the World
© First Run Features Home Video

“…A lively, incisive account of four America’s leading thinkers of the 20th century…” — Los Angeles Times


Now on DVD: Together
© MGM Home Entertainment

“TOGETHER boasts numerous strong performances among the ensemble cast, but its trump card is the dialogue, which flows effortlessly with warmth and skewed humour.” — Uncut


Now on DVD: Rebels with a Cause
© Zeitgeist Films Ltd.

“It isn’t the rebels that cause the troubles of the world, it’s the troubles that cause the rebels”.


Now on DVD: The Edukators
© Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

“The director is clearly fond of his radicals — and the terrific actors playing them do so with exemplary conviction…” — New York Times

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