Leon, the 40-year-old former soldier who is an alcoholic now, gets a job as a bodyguard. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Theirs Is the Glory (1946) Brian Desmond Hurst, Stanley Maxted, Thomas Scullion, Allan Wood
In 1944, British General Montgomery and his command were way north of the Allied line Read More »
A German Youth AKA Une jeunesse allemande (2015) Jean-Gabriel Périot, Harun Farocki, Philip Werner Sauber, Holger Meins
Film based on the rise of The Red Army Faction, German revolutionary terrorist group founded by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof. Read More »
Ridicule (1996) Patrice Leconte, Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant
In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman soon discovers that survival at court demands both a razor wit and an acid tongue. Read More »
Angel (1982) Neil Jordan, Veronica Quilligan, Stephen Rea, Alan Devlin
Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Read More »
Sympathy for the Devil (1968) Jean-Luc Godard, Sean Lynch, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones
Godard’s documentation of late 1960s Western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers Read More »
Hudson Hawk (1991) Michael Lehmann, Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell
Thief extraordinaire Hudson Hawk (Bruce Willis) has just been released from prison and all he wants is a nice cappuccino. Read More »
Stranded (1935) Frank Borzage, Kay Francis, George Brent, Patricia Ellis
Mack – George Brent, a construction foreman who is working on the Golden Gate Bridge, meets social worker Lynn Palmer – Kay Francis. Read More »
My Uncle Benjamin AKA Mon oncle Benjamin (1969) Édouard Molinaro, Jacques Brel, Claude Jade, Bernard Alane
Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper’s beautiful daughter Read More »
Three Sinners AKA Meurtres (1950) Richard Pottier, Fernandel, Mireille Perrey, Jacques Varennes
Noel Annequin is the black sheep of a social-climbing bourgeois family who married Read More »
Hyppolit, the Butler AKA Hyppolit a lakáj (1931) Steve Sekely, Gyula Csortos, Gyula Kabos, Mici Haraszti
Mrs. Schneider is recommended to employ a butler instead of a new chambermaid. Read More »
Dracula in Vegas (1999) Nick Millard, Maximillian Grabinger, April Leigh, Frances Millard
A young, German vampire arrives in Las Vegas in order to put the bite on unsuspecting showgirls and hookers. Read More »
Bomb in the High Street (1963) Peter Bezencenet, Terry Bishop, Ronald Howard, Terry Palmer, Suzanna Leigh
An English town is evacuated when an old German WW2 bomb is found. Read More »
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Lewis Milestone, Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray
This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. Read More »
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) Cy Howard, Gig Young, Bea Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia
Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. Read More »