A drama set in filmland, following the triumphs and heartaches of women who try to succeed in the movie industry. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Verna: USO Girl (1978) Ron Maxwell, Sissy Spacek, Howard Da Silva, Sally Kellerman
A young singer (Sissy Spacek) during World War II, gets a job singing in the USO Read More »
Love, Spells and All That / Ask, Buyu vs (2019) Ümit Ünal, Selen Uçer, Ece Dizdar, Aysenil Samlioglu
After not having seen each other for 20 years, two women are reunited on the small Turkish Read More »
El Greco (1966) Luciano Salce, Mel Ferrer, Rosanna Schiaffino, Adolfo Celi
16th-century Spain, the famed Greek painter El Greco journeys to Toledo to paint an altarpiece. Read More »
Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1958) Edward L. Cahn, Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. Read More »
Night Nurse (1931) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell
A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children. Read More »
West of Broadway (1931) Harry Beaumont, John Gilbert, El Brendel, Lois Moran
Jerry Seevers returns from World War I service broken in health and his doctor tells him he has only six months to live. Read More »
Songs From The Second Floor / Sånger från andra våningen (2000) Roy Andersson, Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love Read More »
All the Time In The World (2014) Suzanne Crocker
A documentary that chronicles life’s natural unfolding when a family tries to live by the seasons instead of by the clock. Read More »
Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise (2005) Ken Jacobs
In Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise its story is told by director Ken Jacobs but without the conventional storyline. Read More »