mk5's - Rented List

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In what is already being heralded as one of her greatest performances, Marion Cotillard plays Sandra, whose employment is threatened when, behind her back, upper management offer the workforce a significant bonus if they vote for Sandra to lose her job.

With only a single weekend to spare she must confront each of her co-workers and persuade them to change their decision so she can maintain her livelihood. Join Sandra on her precarious, humbling and inspirational journey...

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'Paris, Texas' is probably Wim Wenders' most well known, critically acclaimed, and successful movie, winning a number of international prizes including the Cannes Palm D'Or for best film in 1984.

This unusual road movie, with screenplay by acclaimed playwright Sam Shepard, tells the tale of Travis, a man lost in his own private hell. Presumed dead for four years, he reappears from the desert on the Mexico border, world-weary and an amnesiac. He traces his brother Walt who is bringing up Hunter, his seven-year-old son, his ex-wife Jane having abandoned him at Walt's door several years before. As virtual strangers, Hunter and Travis begin to build a wary friendship and conspire to find Jane and bring her back to be a real family. With extraordinary performances from Harry Dean Stanton as Travis and Nastassja Kinski as Jane, the film also boasts a soundtrack by Ry Cooder, ideally suited to the film's sunbleached landscapes and melancholy undertones.

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Andrzej Wajda's dazzling Man of Marble is one of the key films of the 1970s. Often described as the 'Polish Citizen Kane', Wajda's epic masterwork operates as both an electrifying political saga and a compelling analysis of the nature of cinema itself.

Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer, glorified as a State-promoted 'Worker's Hero' is subsequently removed from all official mention in 1952. In 1976 a young filmmaker, Agnieszka, obsessively pursues his story. Birkut's rise and fall and disappearance into obscurity provides Wajda with a framework for a brave reassessment of the period. Although suppressed by the authorities, Man of Marble became a milestone in Polish cinema and an undoubted influence in the dismantling of the totalitarian system in Poland.

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As he faces the end of his life, the poet Alexander (Bruno Ganz) prepares to leave his beloved family home for the last time. Coming across a letter from his late wife, he is overwhelmed by joyful memories and also sadness that he never paused to savour them.

In an effort to reconcile these emotions, Alexander embarks upon a journey in which past and present intertwine as he attempts to retrieve those lost moments of his life.

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After more than thirty years of service as a top naval aviator, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot.

Yet, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past when he returns to Top Gun to train a group of elite graduates and comes face-to-face with Lt. Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his former wingman, "Goose". Bitter rivalries ignite as the pilots prepare for a specialised mission, which will require the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

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From acclaimed filmmaker Mia Hansen-Love (Eden, Things to Come), 'Bergman Island' is a dazzling and bittersweet romantic drama set on the breathtaking island of Faro, where revered filmmaker Ingmar Bergman lived and worked for over forty years.

Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth) are filmmakers, hoping to find inspiration fortheir next films as they retreat to the Swedish island to work on their screenplays. Meanwhile Amy (Mia Wasikowska) and Joseph (Anders Danielsen Lie), who were once lovers, are staying on Fcird to celebrate the wedding of their friend. As the summer passes by, the lines between reality and fiction become increasingly blurred as reminders of Bergman's legacy playfully influence both stories. Laced with characteristically semi-autobiographical elements, Hansen-Love's latest is a mischievous and elegant contemplation of love, memory and the journey of the creative process.

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Martin Scorsese directs this true story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late 80s - earning him the title "The Wolf of Wall Street". Money.

Power. Women. Drugs. Temptations were for the taking and the threat of authority was irrelevant. For Jordan and his wolf pack, more was never enough.

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In this new take on the tragic love story, Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) is a seasoned musician who discovers - and falls in love with - struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer...until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight.

But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

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"Rembetiko" is a passionate exploration of rembetika music: a form of urban blues that expresses the history and depth of Greek culture.

The film mirrors the music's style, offering a glimpse into that culture through a heart-wrenching story written and directed by Costas Ferris and a haunting original score written by Stavros Xarhakos. 'Rembetiko charts' the tragic true story of one of Greece's most popular rembetiko singers, Marika Ninou (Sotiria Leonardou): her professional successes and personal disasters. Her rise as a singer is shadowed by key moments in Greek history from such as the Nazi occupation and the Civil War. Her life is full of torment, and her pain is evident in her singing. Marika Ninou is as cherished in Greece as Edith Piaf is in France. This is her vie en rose.

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The unmistakable vision of Greek cinema master Theo Angelopoulos, 'The Weeping Meadow' is the first part in a celluloid trilogy that spans a wide-ranging historical panorama.

In 1919, as Greek refugees flee Odessa and the invading Red Army for their homeland, the story of the forbidden love affair between the beautiful young Eleni and Alexis begins. After giving birth to twin sons, the couple elope to Thessaloniki in an attempt to start anew. But their lives are shattered by the country's political turmoil and such calamitous events as World War II and the Greek Civil War. Angelopoulos' sweeping epic is a magnificent, visually stunning reflection on the turbulent history of Greece in the 20th Century.

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In today's world, is it wise to follow, or even trust the white rabbit? Join Dany and Ody as they journey across the wonderland of 21st Century Greece in a quest to find their last living family member - the "unmentionable" father who abandoned them 13 years before.

In this hyperreal odyssey the brothers many adventures climax at gunpoint during the Greek Star! (Greece's 'Pop Idol') auditions as they reconnect with one another and attempt to find a sense of belonging in a country that refuses to accept them. As Athena watched over Jason during his quest for the Golden Fleece, the songs of the pop goddess Patty Pravo guide and protect the boys in their search for the father they never knew.

The action heats up - and so does the temperature - for Manny, Sid, Diego, and Scrat. Trying to escape the valley to avoid a flood of trouble, the comical creatures embark on a hilarious journey across the thawing landscape and meet Ellie, a female woolly mammoth who melts Manny's heart.

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Krysztof Kieslowski?'s 'A Short Film About Love' was expanded from one of the most lyrical episodes in 'Dekalog', his celebrated cycle of short films based on the Ten Commandments. A young man falls in love with an older woman who lives across the courtyard in the same Warsaw apartment block.

He watches her and her succession of lovers until she becomes aware of his spying and confronts him with a sexual invitation.

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The ghost of a young lawyer, Antek (Jerzy Radziwilowicz), observes the realm of the living in the Poland of 1982, during the country's period of martial law.

Thanks to the help of his widow, Ulla (Grazyna Szapolowska), one of Antek's former clients - a worker accused of being an opposition activist - will be now defended by one of Antek's colleagues - an older, experienced lawyer. But Ulla herself finds life without her beloved husband increasingly hard to cope with and must make a difficult choice. A highly original blend of ghost story, political drama and meditation on the nature of love, 'No End' was Kieslowski's first collaboration with writer Krzysztof Piesiewicz and composer Zbigniew Preisner, with whom he would continue to work with on all his subsequent films.

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Poland, 1990. The winds of change are blowing in Poland. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives, fight for their happiness and fulfill their desires.

Agata (Julia Kijowska) is a young mother, trapped in an unhappy marriage, who seeks refuge in another, impossible relationship. Renata (Dorota Kolak) is an older teacher fascinated with her neighbor Marzena (Marta Nieradkiewicz) - a lonely former local beauty queen, whose husband works in Germany. Marzena's sister Iza (Magdalena Cielecka) is a headmistress in love with the father of one of her students.