Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover’s jealous ex-girlfriend. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Eight Hours Dont Make a Day (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Luise Ullrich, Drama
The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. Read More »
The Medicine Seller (2013) Antonio Morabito, Claudio Santamaria, Isabella Ferrari, Evita Ciri, Drama
Bruno is a drug rep. His company, the ‘Zafer’, is going through a difficult time. So as not to lose his job, Bruno is willing to bribe doctors Read More »
The World (2004) Zhangke Jia, Tao Zhao, Taishen Cheng, Jue Jing, Drama
“The World” is a theme park on the outskirts of Beijing, sixteen kilometers from the Chinese capital Read More »
Prisoner of Rio (1988) Lech Majewski, Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth, Biography, Drama, Thriller
In 1981, Ronald Biggs was kidnapped by agents from Scotland Yard from his Brazilian hideout for his participation in the 1964 British train robbery. Read More »
Black City (1961) Duilio Coletti, Ernest Borgnine, Max Cartier, Guido Celano, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Based on a true story, Neapolitan gangster Giuseppe (Peppino) Navarra is credited with feeding the poor and needy during WW2 and in the years that followed. Read More »
Laughter in the Dark (1969) Tony Richardson, Nicol Williamson, Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Drouot, Drama
A married middle-aged art critic and 16-year-old Margot begin an affair and develop a troublesome mutually parasitic relationship. Read More »
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story (2013) Barry Avrich, Patrice Adcroft, Audrey Arnold, Peter Bloch, Documentary, Biography
This is the extraordinary story of a visionary, public-relations master, recluse and self-destructive optimist who went from the pinnacle of power Read More »
The Human Jungle (1954) Joseph M. Newman, Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling, Regis Toomey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Read More »
Nevada (1927) John Waters, Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, William Powell, Western
This lavish Western film was remade in 1944 as an early Robert Mitchum B-picture, the only time Cooper and Mitchum played the same role. Read More »
Black God White Devil (1964) Glauber Rocha, Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western
Fictionalized account of the adventures of hired gunman Antonio das Mortes, set against the real life last days of rural banditism. Read More »
Crime and Punishment (1935) Josef von Sternberg, Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh, Crime, Drama
Roderick Raskolnikov, a brilliant criminology student and writer, becomes embittered by poverty and his inability to support his family. Read More »
Strictly Dishonorable (1951) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell, Comedy, Romance, Musical
Strictly Dishonorable is a musicalized version of Preston Sturges’ cynical Broadway comedy of the same title, previously filmed sans songs in 1931. Read More »
The 27th Day (1957) William Asher, Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec, Sci-Fi
Five individuals from five nations, including the “Superpowers,” USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien spacecraft. Read More »
Seven Minutes in Heaven (1985) Linda Feferman, Jennifer Connelly, Byron Thames, Maddie Corman, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Natalie Becker is staying at home studying and working on an essay to meet the president while her father is away. Read More »