Young Israeli husband Eli Cohen is recruited by the Mossad in the early 1960’s and sent to Syria. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Gagarine (2020) Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh, Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven
Yuri fights to save his home town – which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin – from demolition. Read More »
Rana’s Wedding / Al qods fee yom akhar (2002) Hany Abu-Assad, Clara Khoury, Khalifa Natour, Ismael Dabbag
About a Palestinian girl of 17 who wants to get married to the man of her own choosing. Read More »
Satan Met a Lady (1936) William Dieterle, Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth
Sardonic detective Shane, thrown out of one town for bringing trouble Read More »
San Antone (1953) Joseph Kane, Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker
After the Civil War, a cowboy who’s a former Union soldier leads a cattle Read More »
The New Country / Det nya landet (2000) Geir Hansteen Jorgensen, Mike Almayehu, Ingrid Luterkort, Michalis Koutsogiannakis
A 15 year old Somalian boy meets a 40 year old Iranian man on a refugee camp in Skåne Read More »
Sword of Desperation / Hisshiken torisashi (2010) Hideyuki Hirayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Read More »
Campus Rhythm (1943) Arthur Dreifuss, Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery
Radio singer Joan Abbott, known as the “Crunchy-Wunchy Thrush” Read More »
Poor But Beautiful / Poveri ma belli (1957) Dino Risi, Marisa Allasio, Maurizio Arena, Renato Salvatori
Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. Read More »
Bedelia (1946) Lance Comfort, Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter, Barry K. Barnes
Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. Read More »