A charwoman comes upon a plot to steal the invention of a man who lives in a haunted house. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Life, Above All AKA Le secret de Chanda (2010) Oliver Schmitz, Khomotso Manyaka, Keaobaka Makanyane, Harriet Lenabe
A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa. Read More »
Blast from the Past (1999) Hugh Wilson, Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken
Adam Weber is the child of an eccentric inventor and his wife. Read More »
The Entertainer (1960) Tony Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey
On the far side of middle age, Archie Rice lives in a British seaside resort with his father Read More »
I Accuse! (1958) José Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors
The famous “Dreyfus Case” where a Jewish captain in the French Army is falsely accused of treason. Read More »
Take Me High (1973) David Askey, Cliff Richard, Deborah Watling, Hugh Griffith
Merchant banker Tim, excited to hear he’s to go to New York, is sent to Birmingham Read More »
England Made Me (1973) Peter Duffell, Peter Finch, Michael York, Hildegard Neil
A story about an English businessman in 1930s Germany who encounters a financier who has forged his career on greed Read More »
Suburban Madness (2004) Robert Dornhelm, Sela Ward, Elizabeth Peña, Rheagan Wallace
Bobbi Bocha, a cynical private eye who says all men cheat, narrates a story that opens Read More »
What Price Murder? AKA Une manche et la belle (1957) Henri Verneuil, Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Isa Miranda
Betty Farnwell, a rich widow living in Nice, decides to marry Philippe Read More »
The Duke of Burgundy (2014) Peter Strickland, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Monica Swinn, Chiara D’Anna
Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy Read More »
Sebastiane (1976) Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman, Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James, Neil Kennedy
300 A.D. : the Roman Sebastianus is exiled to a remote outpost populated exclusively by men. Read More »
Quadrille (1997) Valérie Lemercier, André Dussollier, Sandrine Kiberlain
What happens when two women fall in love with the same two men Read More »
Port Arthur (1936) Nicolas Farkas, Anton Walbrook, Karin Hardt, René Deltgen
Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky Read More »
The Kiss of Death AKA Il bacio (1974) Mario Lanfranchi, Maurizio Bonuglia, Eleonora Giorgi, Martine Beswick
Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) Christopher Morahan, Marcello Mastroianni, Rita Tushingham, Elaine Taylor
The rightful heir to the Russian Imperial Jewels recruits a ragtag team Read More »