Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
That World and Mine AKA Êsse Mundo é Meu (1964) Sérgio Ricardo, Antonio Pitanga, Léa Bulcão
The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker. Read More »
Terror of the Steppes AKA I predoni della steppa (1964) Tanio Boccia, Kirk Morris, Moira Orfei, Daniele Vargas
A sword and sandal extravaganza in which a musclebound hero conquers all. Read More »
Under the Sun of Satan AKA Sous le Soleil de Satan (1987) Maurice Pialat, Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire
Dossignan is a very zealous rural priest. The dean Menou-Segrais tries to keep him reasonable. Read More »
Walking the Streets of Moscow AKA Ya shagayu po Moskve (1964) Georgiy Daneliya, Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksei Loktev, Galina Polskikh
Young Siberian writer Volodya meets Kolya in the Moscow metro in his visit to a famous author. Read More »
Honkytonk Man (1982) Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire
As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home Read More »
Monarch (1979) Johannes Flütsch, Manfred Stelzer, Diethard Wendtland, Ilse Bahrs, Paul Gauselmann
The film takes a look at a professional gambler Read More »
Lovesickness AKA Maldeamores (2007) Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz, Mariem Pérez Riera, Luis Guzmán, Teresa Hernández, Fernando Tarrazo
A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy Read More »
The Back of Beyond (1954) John Heyer, Tom Kruse, William Henry Butler, Jack the Dogger
A documentary film which follows a mailman as he travels along the Birdsville Track in the Outback. Read More »
House of Sand AKA Casa de Areia (2005) Andrucha Waddington, Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra
Áurea arrives at a town in the dunes of State of Maranhão, Brazil, in 1910, having Read More »
Claire Dolan (1998) Lodge Kerrigan, Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D’Onofrio, Colm Meaney
A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother’s death Read More »
Whispers and Moans AKA Sing kung chok tse sup yut tam (2007) Herman Yau, Athena Chu, On-On Yu, Mandy Chiang
Set during a time of failing nightclubs in Hong Kong, the film follows the lives Read More »
Valentina (1989) Demetra Hampton, Russel Case, Antonello Fassari
The events revolve around the investigations of the photographer Valentina Rosselli Read More »
The Neptune Factor (1973) Daniel Petrie, Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Borgnine
Aboard the R/V Triton, the Project Neptune team is doing oceanographic research. Read More »
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966) Michael A. Hoey, Jon Hall, Arthur C. Pierce, Mamie Van Doren, Anthony Eisley, Billy Gray
Operation Deep Freeze, a scientific expedition to Antarctica discovers Read More »