
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Zero (1997) James Fotopoulos, Matthew Buckley

James Fotopoulos’ deeply disturbing experimental film paints a grim portrait Read More »
Dime with a Halo (1963) Boris Sagal, BarBara Luna, Rafael López, Roger Mobley

Five Mexican street urchins steal a dime from the church’s collection box and bet it on a race-horse. Read More »
Afternoon Breezes / Kazetachi no gogo (1980) Hitoshi Yazaki, Setsuko Aya, Naomi Ito, Hiroshi Sugita

Two young girls, Mitsu and Natsuko, share the same apartment. Read More »
Body Bags (1993)

Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer Read More »
The Human Beast / La bête humaine (1938) Jean Renoir, Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Simone Simon

Jacques Lantier is a train engineer who is prone to violent seizures Read More »
In the Shadow of the Wind / Les fous de Bassan (1987) Yves Simoneau, Steve Banner, Charlotte Valandrey, Laure Marsac

Stevens Brown, now an old man, recalls the events that unfurled 50 years before Read More »
City Lights (1931) Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. Read More »
Endless Love / San bat liu ching (1993) Tung-Shing Yee, Ching Wan Lau, Anita Yuen, Carina Lau

A jazz musician (Lau Ching-Wan) who has problems in both his life Read More »
The Wild Westerners (1962) Oscar Rudolph, James Philbrook, Nancy Kovack, Duane Eddy

Sheriff Plummer and his men are using their badges to easily rob gold shipments and kill the drivers. Read More »