david-3's - Rented List

Show moreShow less

In this four-part companion to the acclaimed film 'Into the Abyss', Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Werner Herzog delves deeper into the abyss of the human soul.

Each episode features an intense interview with a death row inmate in which we hear their own account of life in captivity and the crime that condemned them. Herzog explores the emotions that these men and women go through as they possess the haunting knowledge of exactly when - and how - they are going to die.

Portrait:James Barnes
Barnes was convicted of the murder of his wife in 1998. Whilst in prison, he converted to Islam and confessed to a previous murder - the gruesome homicide of Patricia Miller in 1988, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death.
Portrait: Joseph Garcia and George Rivas
Following a prison escape, Garcia and Rivas were part of a group responsible for the killing of a police officer. All escapees in the group, including Garcia and Rivas, were given the death penalty.
Portrait: Hank Skinner
Skinner was given the death penalty following the brutal murder of Twila Busby and her two sons. Questions were raised around the DNA tests on crucial pieces of evidence and as a result his sentence was stayed whilst further tests took place.
Portrait: Linda Anita Carty
Convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Joana Rodrigu ty stands to become the first black British woman to be in more than a century, barring the granting of clemency.

Show moreShow less

"An Angel at My Table" is the internationally acclaimed second film by Oscar-winning director Jane Campion. It is an extraordinarily moving celebration of the life of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author, based on her autobiographical trilogy.

The film follows Janet through her poor childhood in the depression and her growing fascination with literature; her painfully shy student days and subsequent treatment for misdiagnosed schizophrenia; and finally on her travels to Europe where she samples Bohemian life and achieves international success as a writer.

Show moreShow less

A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, The Age Of Innocence chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1880's. Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an upstanding lawyer who secretly longs for a more passionate life.

Engaged to the lovely but ordinary socialite May Welland (Winona Ryder), Newland resigns himself to a life of quiet complacency. But when May's unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer) returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal, Newland becomes captivated by her mysterious authority and outstanding beauty. Now he must choose between May and the world he knows, and Ellen and the world he dreams of having.

Show moreShow less

When a renowned scientist is sent to Bolivia on an urgent mission to analyse a looming environmental catastrophe she along with her colleagues are deceived by a man claiming to be a member of the Ministry of Security and are kidnapped by a mysterious group of masked men.

The prisoners are subsequently led down a path of discovery revealing the dark machinations of a global corporation responsible for an ever threatening ecological disaster; their only hope is to unravel the truth.

Show moreShow less

A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside.

The foreign land awakens the men's sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own prejudices and mistrust due to the language barrier and cultural differences with the native villagers. The foreman Vincent (Reinhardt Wetrek) and the mysterious Meinhard (Meinhard Neumann) also start to fall out. The stage is quickly set for a showdown when the German workers begin to compete for recognition and favour from the local villagers.

Show moreShow less

Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) and Boris (Aleksey Rozin) are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations.

Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page - even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha (Matvey Novikov). Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears.

Show moreShow less

Amin (Sham Boumedine), an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris, returns home for the summer to a fishing village in the South of France to reconnect with his family and his childhood friends.

Together with his cousin Tony (Salim Kechiouche) and his best friend Ophelie (Ophelie Bau), he spends his time between the Tunisian restaurant run by his parents, the local bars and the beaches frequented by girls on holiday. Armed with his camera and guided by the bright summer light of the Mediterranean coast, Amin pursues his philosophical quest while gathering inspiration for his screenplays. When it comes to love, only Mektoub ('destiny'in Arabic)...

Show moreShow less

Willem Dafoe stars in a career defining performance as a reluctant father figure to the residents of a motel set against the backdrop of a Disneyland resort.

From critically acclaimed director Sean Baker (Tangerine) 'The Florida Project' is a wonderful film about the innocence of childhood and the social divide that often touches all sides of humanity.

Show moreShow less

"The Dust Bowl" chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930's, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.

Menacing black blizzards killed farmers'crops and livestock, threatened the lives of their children, and forced thousands of desperate families to pick up and move somewhere else. Vivid interviews with more than two dozen survivors of those hard times, combined with dramatic photographs and seldom seen movie footage, bring to life stories of incredible human suffering and equally incredible human perseverance. 'The Dust Bowl', a four-hour, two-episode documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, is also a morality tale about our relationship to the land that sustains us - a lesson we ignore at our peril.

Show moreShow less

By strumming his guitar with words of inspiration, Woody Guthrie instilled hope in the hearts of downtrodden Americans everywhere during the 1930s' Depression. It's 1936, and the Great Depression is forcing droves of people from the dust bowls of Texas to the alluring green fields of California...

and unemployed sign-painter Woody Guthrie (David Carradine) is among them. Determined to find a better life out west, Guthrie hitchhikes, hops freight trains and sings his way across America, uplifting the spirits of the poor with his homespun wisdom and fiercely fighting for a better life for all. Featuring classic Guthrie tunes including "This Land is Your Land", 'Bound for Glory' is a moving portrait of this inspiring 1930s American icon.

Show moreShow less

Max (Dirk Bogarde) is a night porter in a Vienna hotel in the 1950's. When beautiful Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) checks in, they recognise each other from a terrible past; Max was an SS officer in a concentration camp who had abused and tortured her, then a teenage prisoner.

Lucia is travelling with her orchestra conductor husband, but when he leaves to continue his tour, Lucia stays behind as she and Max find themselves compelled to renew their former, intense, sadomasochistic relationship. Max is a reluctant member of a group of former SS who are ruthlessly covering up their pasts. They soon consider Lucia a threat and urge Max to hand her over. He refuses and hides out with Lucia, while his former comrades exert their threats. This is the story of an obsessive passion which compels two lovers to be together despite their lucid awareness of contravening all - even their own - morality, and the certainty of their tragic destiny. Liliana Cavani's tale of passion beyond all morality or societal construct provokes overwhelming and wildly conflicting emotions.

Show moreShow less

Voyaging by sea, she's on the hunt for the truth behind Greek myths and legends.

With exciting access to the archaeological teams revealing Greece's secrets, visiting iconic sites, and immersing herself in the individual cultures of each island, Bettany shows how the ancient world continues to live on and inspire. Bettany reveals her favourite places in Greece across the Mediterranean, a country and a sea dear to her heart for over 30 years. Across her very own incredible Odyssey Bettany covers 1,700 miles. Exploring 22 historical sites on 13 different islands and peninsulas. She sails on 27 various vessels, from fishing boats to luxury yachts. Bettany endures two storms at sea - and even an earthquake.

Show moreShow less

In 2015, a fire at Bucharest's Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists.

One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system but also to the obstacles he faces. Following journalists, whistle-blowers, burn victims, and government officials, 'Collective' is an uncompromising look at the impact of investigative journalism at its best.

Focusing on four families working and living on the farm of a landowner in the Bergamo region of northern Italy, Ermanno Olmi presents a year in their lives, charting their daily activities and the natural flow of existence: birth, marriage, death, and the trials and tribulations in between.

Into The Wild is inspired by the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), a young man who abandons his life of comfort to pursue the freedom of life on the road, a quest that leads him to the Alaskan wilderness and the ultimate challenge of his life.