sjj's - Rented List

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This Powell and Pressburger classic is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made.

Vicky Page (Moira Shearer), a young ballerina, becomes torn between her love for composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) and artistic devotion to her profession, which is dominated by impresario Lermontov.

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi (Kinnosuke Nakamura), leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan.

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Return once more to the heyday of the supporting programme with a second cornucopia of eerie, eccentric and edgy short films.

This strange cinematic journey traverses uncanny stories, twists in the tale, low-budget weirdness, stylish spectacle, peculiar public information, monstrous music and provocative experiment - all with oodles of atmosphere, and in High Definition too.

Quiz-Crime No.1 (1943)
Can you beat master sleuth Detective Inspector Frost at his own game? Take his vintage whodunit test, in the case of the golfing-holiday murder and the affair of the slain showgirl.
Quiz-Crime No.2 (1944)
'Everyone likes a detective story', chuckles the Detective Inspector. But can you crack the cases of kidnap in the Soho backstreets and a bloodily botched boarding house murder?
The Three Children (1946)
The public information film takes an eerie turn in this disquieting child-peril frightener crafted to unsettle neglectful post-war parents.
Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
An insane killer is on the run (John Le Mesurier in an edgy early role) in this weird, torn-from-the-headlines thriller by John Gilling.
Mingaloo (1958)
A clockwork dog with a sinister secret haunts the dreams of all who see it. What is the nightmarish answer to its riddle?
Jack the Ripper with Screaming Lord Sutch (1961)
Joe Meek-produced rock'n'roll and tasteless Hammer-inspired theatrics collide in a bloodcurdling proto-music video.
The Face of Darkness (1976)
A politician (Lennard Pearce) out to reinstate the death penalty stirs a malignant medieval spirit.
The Dumb Waiter (1979)
A woman (Geraldine James) receives a mysterious phone call, beginning a night of knife-edge terror in this debut shocker from the director of cult favourite 'Vampire's Kiss'.
Hangman (1985)
Industrial accidents are presented with graphic glee by a mysterious masked executioner, who seems to enjoy his work, in a video nasty-era public information film like no other.
The Mark of Lilith (1986)
Black lesbian filmmaker Zena (Pamela Lofton) becomes involved with Lillia (Susan Franklyn), a white undead wraith, in a radical dismantling of the cinematic vampire mythos.

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When their buddy turns up murdered, two commercial pilots (Alan Ladd and William Bendix) working the China-to-lndia route search for the culprit, uncovering a smuggling operation in the process.

As the investigation gets closer to the truth, the smugglers continue to kill to protect their illicit business. Does their dead friend's fiancee (Gail Russell) hold the key to his murder, or is she an innocent target herself?

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After doctor Walter Bernsdorf (Paul Lukas) slays his unfaithful wife (Gloria Stuart) in a fit of jealous rage, his best friend and attorney Paul Held (Frank Morgan) promises to do all he can to spare him from the gallows.

As he crafts a temporary insanity defense, the counselor starts perceiving echoes of the dead woman's behavior in his own spouse (Nancy Carroll)...and his snowballing suspicions might foment another tragedy.

A psychological thriller that tells the story of Nemo (Willem Dafoe), an art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention to survive.

The Flash uses his superpowers to travel back in time, inadvertently altering the future - but will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?

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D'Artagnan (François Civil), a spirited young man, is left for dead after trying to save a young woman from being kidnapped. When he arrives in Paris, he tries by all means to find his attackers.

He is unaware that his quest will lead him to the heart of a real war where the future of France is at stake. Allied with Athos (Vincent Cassel), Porthos (Pio Marmaï) and Aramis (Romain Duris), three musketeers of the King (Louis Garrel) with an audacious contempt for danger, D'Artagnan faces the dark machinations of the Cardinal of Richelieu (Eric Ruf). But it is when he falls madly in love with Constance Bonacieux (Lyna Khoudri), the Queen's confidante, that d'Artagnan truly puts himself in danger. For it is this passion that leads him into the wake of the one who becomes his mortal enemy: Milady de Winter (Eva Green).

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Based on the bombshell New York Times investigation, 'She Said' follows the remarkable true story of how reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor went from underdogs to inspirations by shattering the silence surrounding sexual assault in Hollywood.

Determined to expose the truth many fear to tell, Megan and Jodi's partnership shakes up the system, empowering courageous women to retake their strength through stories of survival in this extraordinary film from Emmy-winning director Maria Schrader, featuring captivating performances by two-time Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan.

Asteroid City: a fictional American desert town, circa 1955. Junior Stargazers and Space Cadets from across the country assemble for the annual Asteroid Doy celebration - but the scholarly competition is spectacularly upended by world-changing events.

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The first feature that Buster Keaton wrote, directed, and starred in, 'Three Ages' spoofs D.W. Griffith's historical epic 'Intolerance'.

Like that film, 'Three Ages' follows multiple narratives across different historical eras, which Keaton packs to the brim with incredible stunts and hilarious visual gags. Across three eras - the Stone Age, Ancient Rome, and 'modern times' - Keaton competes for the love of a woman (Margaret Leahy) whilst having to defend himself from a nasty bully (Wallace Beery).

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken (Ryan Gosling).

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Maddie thinks she's found the answer to her financial troubles when she discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to "date" their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, and bring him out of his shell before he leaves for college.

But awkward Percy proves to be a real challenge, and time is running out. She has one summer to make him a man or lose it all.

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This compelling portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo strips away the myths to reveal the real Frida - a passionate, radical artist living through extraordinary times. She's the most famous female artist of the 20th century. But, over the years, Frida Kahlo's story has been distorted.

This series sets the record straight on this extraordinary woman. It reveals how Mexican independence and politics shaped both Frida as an individual and as an artist. It explores the impact of her epic love affair with fellow artist Diego Rivera. And it shows how she ultimately strived to be independent - free from the control and influence of men.

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Determined to find his missing daughter (Hala Finley), Austin detective Danny Rourke (Ben Affleck) finds himself spiraling down a rabbit hole investigating a series of reality-bending crimes where he will ultimately call into question his most basic assumptions about everything and everyone in his

world. Aided by Diana Cruz (Alice Braga), a gifted psychic, Rourke simultaneously pursues and is pursued by a lethal specter - the one man he believes holds the key to finding the missing girl - only to discover more than he ever bargained for.