fmj's - Rented List
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Jericho (1937)Dark Sands
All Corporal Jericho Jackson (Paul Robeson) wants to do is fight for his country but on his way to the battlefields of Europe, he accidentally kills a man and is sentenced to the firing squad. But Jericho won't obey this unjust verdict. Making his escape, he flees to Africa and finds a new life leading a desert tribe, defending them against violent brigands. However, Jericho's past is pursuing him: a former friend has vowed revenge and is catching up fast... - Director:
- Thornton Freeland
- Cast:
- Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxon, Wallace Ford
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Tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) half-jokingly muses about killing his wife with a stranger he meets on a train, unhinged playboy Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who'd prefer his father be deceased. In theory, each could murder the other's victim. Crisscross. No motive. No clues. No problem... except: Bruno takes the idea seriously, with deadly consequences. - Director:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast:
- Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Determined to make a life for herself and her daughter, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney), a young widow, moves into a cottage overlooking the windswept English coast. She soon learns that it's haunted by the ghost of its former owner, a salty sea captain (Rex Harrison). But the Captain's effort to scare off his new tenant soon develops into a most unlikely love affair. When Lucy runs out of money, the Captain "ghost writes" a book for her based on his life story. Their publishing success, however, brings her the amorous attentions of a man who's still very much alive (George Sanders). Soon Lucy must decide between the pleasures of the spirit and those of the flesh, and the Captain must choose a course that may haunt him forever. - Director:
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Cast:
- Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders
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A later collaboration between James Mason and Carol Reed, 'The Man Between' is often considered a companion piece to The Third Man thanks to its atmospheric portrayal of a city struggling to survive in a grim post-war reality of poverty and mistrust The action is transposed to a divided Berlin, and to the beginning of the Cold War. Unlike the devilish Harry Lime, Mason's world-weary dealer Ivo Kern is ultimately still a decent man, compelled by his love for a naive schoolteacher (Claire Bloom) to make one last misguided trip through the Brandenburg Gate, with potentially tragic consequences. - Director:
- Carol Reed
- Cast:
- James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef
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The Railway Children Return (2022)Railway Children
The sequel to one of the most beloved British family films of all time, 'The Railway Children Return' is an enchanting, moving and heart-warming adventure for a new generation. 1944 - As life in Britain's cities becomes increasingly perilous, the Watt children: Lily, Pattie and Ted are evacuated to the Yorkshire village of Oakworth. There they are met by Bobbie Waterbury (Jenny Agutter, reprising her iconic role in the original film), her daughter, Annie (Sheridan Smith), and grandson Thomas who help them settle into their new life in the countryside.
When the children discover injured American soldier Abe, they are thrust into a dangerous quest to assist their new friend who, like them, is a long way from home.- Director:
- Morgan Matthews
- Cast:
- Jenny Agutter, John Bradley, Sheridan Smith
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Don Jose (Glenn Ford), a handsome young Dragoon, is newly arrived in the Spanish city of Seville. Exploring its streets, lie comes across the beautiful Carmen (Rita Hayworth), a fiery gypsy girl. Within moments she has picked his pockets - and stolen his heart. Others in the regiment are quick to warn him of Carmen's wayward! spirit - but Dow Jose is already completely enchanted. In desperate pursuit of the gypsy temptress, Don Jose finds himself on the road to ruin...and murder. - Director:
- Charles Vidor
- Cast:
- Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell
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2 Hearts (2020)All My Tomorrows
When college freshman, Chris (Jacob Elordi) meets senior Sam (Tiera Skovbye), they quickly fall in love and look ahead to a lifetime together. Meanwhile, businessman Jorge (Adan Canto) meets flight attendant Leslie (Radha Mitchell), and they embark on their own love story. Whilst Chris and Sam's romance unfolds, Jorge is struggling with a progressive illness, and soon these two love stories dramatically intersect, forcing painful decisions to be made. Based on a true story and starring an incredible cast, '2 Hearts' is a touching story of romance, compassion and sacrifice. - Director:
- Lance Hool
- Cast:
- Jacob Elordi, Adan Canto, Tiera Skovbye
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The Big Hit (2020)Un Triomphe
Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theater workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett's famous play Waiting for Godot. When he is allowed to take the colorful band of convicts on a tour outside of prison, Etienne finally has the chance to thrive. - Director:
- Emmanuel Courcol
- Cast:
- Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho
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Kirsty is a young woman living with her sister and widowed mother. Prior to his untimely death, Kirsty's father had encouraged her to seek a life beyond the island, and when romance burgeons between her and local lad Murdo, the opportunity to see the world seems within reach. When the young men must leave the island for the war, a road dance is held in their honour, and on that night Kirsty's life takes a dramatic and tragic turn. - Director:
- Richie Adams
- Cast:
- Hermione Corfield, Will Fletcher, Mark Gatiss
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Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, must make an agonising choice: repair his leaking luzzu - the traditional wooden fishing boat that has been in his family for generations - or decommission it and give in to the temptation of illicit dealing on the black market. Featuring a Sundance Film Festival award-winning lead performance from Jesmark Scicluna - a non-professional actor and real life fisherman - Alex Camilleri's acclaimed debut feature takes inspiration from Italian Neorealist filmmakers and offers a glimpse into the beauty of an island rarely portrayed in cinema. - Director:
- Alex Camilleri
- Cast:
- Jesmark Scicluna, Marlene Schranz, David Scicluna
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The disappearance of a vulnerable young man draws Perez into the troubled history of a family recently arrived from Glasgow. The missing man embraced life in Shetland and the community took him to its heart. Have the vengeful ghosts of the past caught up with him, or did an intense, new relationship turn sinister? Something about this elusive figure is not as it seems. When a breakthrough in the case reveals a danger greater than anyone could have feared, it falls on Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) to save Shetland from an unimaginable threat. - Director:
- Fiona Walton
- Cast:
- Shonagh Price, Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell
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The Burning Sea (2021)North Sea / Nordsjøen
After fifty years of prosperous offshore drilling in one of the world's largest oil fields, a seismic rift rips through the ocean floor of the North Sea, causing an oil rig to collapse. A team of researchers, including submarine operator Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), immediately begin the search for the missing and to locate the cause of the destruction. What they discover is just the start of a potentially apocalyptic catastrophe... - Director:
- John Andreas Andersen
- Cast:
- Kristine Kujath Thorp, Henrik Bjelland, Rolf Kristian Larsen
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Who is the man who hides his scarred face behind a mask? Hero or madman? Liberator or oppressor? Who is V - and who will join him in his daring plot to destroy the totalitarian regime that dominated his nation? Natalie Portman stars as Evey, a working-class girl who must determine if her hero has become the very menace she's fighting against. Hugo Waving plays V - a bold, charismatic freedom fighter driven to exact revenge on those who disfigured him. And Stephen Rea portrays the detective leading a desperate quest to capture V before he ignites a revolution. The Stakes rise. The tension electrifies. The action explodes. - Director:
- James McTeigue
- Cast:
- Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves
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From Emmy Award-winning executive producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman in association with HBO and Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Herzog, 'The Movies' explores American cinema through the decades and the cultural, societal and political shifts that framed its evolution. Combining archival footage and interviews with leading actors, directors, producers, critics and historians, the series showcases the most pivotal moments in film that have stirred the imagination and influenced our culture. - Director:
- Various
- Cast:
- Paul Thomas Anderson, Edgar Wright, Brad Bird
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The Quiet Girl (2022)An Cailín Ciúin
CoIm Bairead's beautifully understated feature debut finds a young girl coming to terms with loss and the importance of family in rural Ireland. Cait (Catherine Clinch), a quiet, neglected young girl, is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. At first intimidated by her new environment, she quickly blossoms in the care of Eibhlin (Carrie Crowley) and her farmer husband, Sean (Andrew Bennett). As this new home becomes an idyll for her, Cait senses that something is plaguing her new foster parents - an unspoken pain that Eibhlin and Sean never discuss, which Cait's youthful curiosity begins to uncover. - Director:
- Colm Bairéad
- Cast:
- Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett
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