In old Spanish California, the oppressive colonial government is opposed by Zorro Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Seven Beauties / Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975) Lina Wertmüller, Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler
During WWII. Italian national Neapolitan Pasqualino Frafuso is a big-talking Read More »
Ratcatcher (1999) Lynne Ramsay, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie
Glasgow, summer, 1973. Dustmen are striking; bags of garbage add to the blight Read More »
How I Learned to Love Women / Come imparai ad amare le donne (1966) Luciano Salce, Michèle Mercier, Nadja Tiller, Elsa Martinelli
Robert chases out into the world to unravel the mystery of women. Read More »
The Jester / O Bobo (1987) José Álvaro Morais, Fernando Heitor, Paula Guedes, Luís Lucas
Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous Read More »
Riff Raff Girls / Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) Alex Joffé, Nadja Tiller, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monfort
Vicky de Berlin, a female gangster, haunted by wartime memories Read More »
A Guest Is Coming / Det kom en gäst… (1947) Arne Mattsson, Sture Lagerwall, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Erik ‘Bullen’ Berglund
The owner of an old mansion has decided to sell it. Read More »
Cabaret (1972) Bob Fosse, Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem
Cambridge University student Brian Roberts arrives in Berlin in 1931 to complete his German studies. Read More »
Tale of the Siberian Land / Skazanie o zemle sibirskoy (1948) Ivan Pyrev, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Marina Ladynina, Boris Andreyev
His right hand having been wounded during the war, concert pianist Andrei Balashov Read More »
Black Serenade / Tuno negro (2001) Pedro L. Barbero, Vicente J. Martín, Silke, Jorge Sanz, Fele Martínez
Students of the university of Salamanca are brutally murdered by a black masked minstrel. Read More »