Part II, called “Remnants,” and is set in a shantytown whose living conditions mirror the dilapidation of the state-run factories seen in Part I. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Great Expectations (1946) David Lean, John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Pip, a good-natured, gullible young orphan, lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his bossy, abusive wife ‘Mrs. Joe’. Read More »
Ulysses (1967) Joseph Strick, Milo O’Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice Roëves, Drama
Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom Read More »
Banshun / Late Spring (1949) Yasujirô Ozu, Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Drama
Noriko is 27 years old and is still living with her father Somiya, a widower. Read More »
Quo Vadis (2001) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Pawel Delag, Magdalena Mielcarz, Boguslaw Linda, Drama
Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian and doesn’t want anything to do with him. Read More »
Count Five and Die (1957) Victor Vicas, Jeffrey Hunter, Annemarie Düringer, Nigel Patrick, Drama, History, Thriller, War
American and British counter-espionage combine to convince the Germans the cross-channel invasion will be in the Netherlands instead of France. Read More »
Toute une nuit / A whole night (1982) Chantal Akerman, Aurore Clément, Tchéky Karyo, Angelo Abazoglou, Drama
Following over two dozen different people in the almost wordless atmosphere of a dark night in a Brussels town, Akerman examines acception and rejection in the realm of romance. Read More »
Chaykovskiy / Tchaikovsky (1970) Igor Talankin, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Antonina Shuranova, Kirill Lavrov, Biography, Drama
The life and work of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky is shown through his relationship with aristocratic art connoisseur Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck. Read More »
Search for Beauty (1934) Erle C. Kenton, Buster Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Robert Armstrong, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Three shady characters – Larry, Jean, and Dan – want to make money legally by resuscitating a fitness magazine with cheesecake and beefcake photos and salacious stories with tacked-on morals. Read More »
El dedo del destino / The Fickle Finger of Fate (1967) Richard Rush, Tab Hunter, Luis Prendes, Gustavo Rojo, Comedy
A U.S. engineer (Tab Hunter) in Spain hunts thieves of two candlesticks, one of which is found in his suitcase. Read More »
That Sinking Feeling (1979) Bill Forsyth, Tom Mannion, Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco, Comedy, Crime
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. Read More »
Everything’s Ducky (1961) Don Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jackie Cooper, Comedy, Fantasy
Two sailors sneak a talking duck on board their ship. Complications ensue. Read More »
Medurat Hashevet / Campfire (2004) Joseph Cedar, Michaela Eshet, Hani Furstenberg, Moshe Ivgy, Drama
Israeli Rachel Gerlik has been widowed for one year. Despite not ever having loved her husband, she feels she now needs to move on with her life. Read More »
The League of Gentlemen (1960) Basil Dearden, Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Read More »
Heimkehr (1941) Gustav Ucicky, Paula Wessely, Peter Petersen, Attila Hörbiger, Drama
This Nazi propaganda film attempts to justify the invasion of Poland–and thus the start of World War II Read More »