
Roberto has a new job as the teacher at a nursery school. The first child he meets is Gianluigi, who’s mute. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Clear All Wires! (1933) George W. Hill, Lee Tracy, Benita Hume, Una Merkel

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. Read More »
The Great Lover (1949) Alexander Hall, Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young

The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans Read More »
Man of Conquest (1939) George Nichols Jr., Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas. Read More »
The House of Hanging / Byoinzaka no kubikukuri no ie (1979) Kon Ichikawa, Koji Ishizaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Junko Sakurada

Kosuke visits a photo studio to take photo for his passport. Read More »
Screenplay: Christine (1987) Alan Clarke, Vicky Murdock, Kelly George, Mark Harvey

Depiction of the everyday life of a teenage heroin addict. Read More »
Play for Today: Beloved Enemy (1981) Alan Clarke, Graham Crowden, Tony Doyle, Oscar Quitak

A corporation decides to outsource one of their contracts to the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War. Read More »
Where There’s Life (1947) Sidney Lanfield, Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix

In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt Read More »
I’ll Do Anything (1994) James L. Brooks, Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks, Whittni Wright

Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps Read More »
Hundred Faces for a Single Day / Mi’at Wajeh Li Yawm Wahed (1972) Christian Ghazy, Micheline Daou, Madonna Ghazi, Salah Moukhallati

Rejecting all propagandistic or narrative convention Read More »