While leading a maverick band of warriors behind enemy lines, a U.S. Army Commander is forced Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
La bonne / The Corruption (1986) Salvatore Samperi, Florence Guérin, Trine Michelsen, Cyrus Elias, Benito Artesi
A beautiful wife, neglected by her husband, her sensual maid, who holds the reigns. Read More »
Kaiwang chuntian de ditie / Spring Subway (2002) Yibai Zhang, Le Geng, Yang Zhang, Lan Ke
A young man and a young woman have been in Beijing for seven years since Read More »
The Boost (1988) Harold Becker, James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. Read More »
Story of Mother / Mu qin san shi sui (1973) Tsun-Shou Sung, Hsiang Li, Han Chin, Maria Yi
Easily one of the most important directors of 1970s Taiwan cinema, Tsun-Shou Sung daringly tells the story Read More »
Stupid Boy / Garçon stupide (2004) Lionel Baier, Pierre Chatagny, Natacha Koutchoumov, Rui Pedro Alves
This coming-of-age drama deals with a young man, realizing who he really is and which things he will never do. Read More »
Of Woman and Magic / La chambre des magiciennes (2000) Claude Miller, Anne Brochet, Mathilde Seigner, Annie Noël
Claire Weygand, a thirty-year-old young woman who is about to defend her anthropology thesis Read More »
The Tragedy of Bushido / Bushidô muzan (1960) Eitarô Morikawa, Miki Mori, Mutsuko Sakura, Hizuru Takachiho
Iori, a 16-year-old boy, is forced to commit “seppuku” (ritual suicide) to follow his late sovereign Read More »
Riel (1979) George Bloomfield, Raymond Cloutier, Roger Blay, Lloyd Bochner
A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two seperate rebellions. Read More »
Hababam Sinifi / The Chaos Class (1975) Ertem Egilmez, Münir Özkul, Tarik Akan, Halit Akçatepe
Lazy, uneducated students share a very close bond. They live together in the dormitory, where they plan their latest pranks. Read More »