In 1787 prisoners from London’s Newgate Gaol are to be shipped to New South Wales. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014) Julie Taymor, Kathryn Hunter, David Harewood, Tina Benko
Filmed version of Julie Taymor’s live theatrical adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy about young lovers and magical sprites. Read More »
Reach for the Sky (1956) Lewis Gilbert, Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 Read More »
Telefon (1977) Don Siegel, Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence
The KGB is looking for one of their people, a man named Dalchimsky because he has stolen something important but Read More »
Sprawa Gorgonowej AKA The Gorgon Case (1977) Janusz Majewski, Ewa Dalkowska, Aleksander Bardini, Mariusz Dmochowski
One of the most talked-about trials in 1930s Polish press. Read More »
Wodzirej AKA Top Dog (1978) Feliks Falk, Jerzy Stuhr, Slawa Kwasniewska, Wiktor Sadecki
An ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything Read More »
Je vous trouve très beau AKA You Are So Beautiful (2005) Isabelle Mergault, Michel Blanc, Medeea Marinescu, Wladimir Yordanoff
When farmer Aymé Pigrenet loses his wife, he is not exactly overwhelmed by sorrow Read More »
Boykott (1930) Robert Land, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Lil Dagover, Rolf von Goth
A film about the pupils of a posh Berlin gymnasium in their final term (Ober-Primaner = pupils of the Upper First) Read More »
Yotsuya Kaidan (1956) Masaki Môri, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akemi Tsukushi, Chieko Sôma
Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. Read More »
Cours privé AKA Private Tuition (1986) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Elizabeth Bourgine, Michel Aumont, Xavier Deluc
Jeanne Kern is a history teacher in a private mixed class. Read More »
Der Verlorene Sohn AKA The Prodigal Son (1934) Luis Trenker, Maria Andergast, Bertl Schultes
Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression. Read More »
2019 – Dopo la caduta di New York AKA 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983) Sergio Martino, Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, George Eastman
After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. Read More »
Quan ji AKA Duel of Fists (1971) Cheh Chang, David Chiang, Lung Ti, Li Ching
Two men, one a businessman skilled in Kung Fu, the other a kickboxer discover they are brothers Read More »
Die Ausgesperrten AKA The Excluded (1982) Franz Novotny, Rudolf Wessely, Emmy Werner, Paulus Manker
Two young characters in this story of rebellious youth are named after two Germans, brother Read More »
The Book of Life (1998) Hal Hartley, Martin Donovan, P.J. Harvey, Dave Simonds
The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. Read More »