Film/Documentary tip top 5

Every issue we publish a tip top 5 of documentaries and films that we think are worth watching. This classics tip top 5 was made by Shayne McCreadie from Supernova cinema in the OT301. If available we share the content on our Youtube channel.

Cidade de Deus
Director: Fernando Mirelles & Katia Lund
Release: 2002
Topic: Film
Vibrant film adolescent life in the Brazilian favelas featuring music by Seu Jorge. This movie makes your heart break and also makes you want to travel to Brasil.

Beetlejuice
Director: Tim Burton
Release: 1988
Topic: Horror comedy film
One of Tim Burton’s earlier films, this film is the horror comedy equivalent of ‘The Others’, featuring Michael Keaton, Geena Davis and Winona Ryder before they were really famous.
A deceased married couple tries to get rid of the new tenants of their house by haunting them. Great stop motion special effects and very weird.

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Director: Ang Lee
Release: 2000
Topic: Kung-fu
This magical mystical action film finally made me fall in love with martial arts films. It has breathtaking scenery and Michelle Yeoh (Star Trek Discovery) is a young bad ass fighter in this film.

Frequently Asked Questions About Timetravel
Director: Gareth Carrivick
Release: 2009
Topic: Time traveling
This is Britain’s answer to Back to the Future. Three friends in a pub get stuck in a time loop that changes their surroundings every time one of them gets up to go the bathroom. To get back to the pub as they know it, they have to travel thousands of years into the future and back again, while never leaving the bar.

The Story of the Weeping Camel
Director: Byambasuren Davaa & Luigi Falorni
Release: 2003
Topic: Documentary
A gorgeous documentary set in Mongolia. It shows the way of life of a Mongolian nomadic shepherd family raising camels. One of the young camels is rejected by their mother and the family attempts to keep him alive by finding a musician who will help the camel accept its calf.