
When their little cheat fails, Alain and Jean Pierre fail their final high-school exams in English. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) Roy Del Ruth

Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. Read More »
Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937) Wilhelm Thiele, Frank Morgan, Florence Rice, John Beal

A con man must pass himself off as the owner of a château on the French Riviera when he is expected to host his estranged daughter’s wedding. Read More »
Queen of the Road (1984) Bruce Best, Joanne Samuel, Amanda Muggleton, Shane Withington

A school teacher quits her job and starts a new life for herself as a truck driver. Read More »
There Are Things You Don’t Know (2010) Fardin Saheb-Zamani, Ali Mosaffa, Leila Hatami, Mahtab Keramati

A pensive taxi driver living the ordinary tedious life is little-by-little altered by one of his usual passengers: a talkative female doctor. Read More »
Love Thy Neighbour (1973) John Robins, Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper

Two men who are next-door neighbors constantly battle over seemingly-trivial offenses; on the other hand, their wives are the best of friends. Read More »
1750 Days of Turbulence (1990) Sadao Nakajima, Kiichi Nakai, Kiyoshi Nakajoe, Mariko Okada

Japan’s largest yakuza, boasting 12,000 members, splits apart, resulting in a bloody turmoil spanning Read More »
And, Towards Happy Alleys (2023) Sreemoyee Singh, Mina Mohammad Khani, Aida Mohammadkhani, Jafar Panahi

A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation Read More »
Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) Ferdinand Fairfax, Jason Connery, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joss Ackland

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming Read More »
The Upright Sinner / Der brave Sünder (1931) Fritz Kortner, Max Pallenberg, Heinz Rühmann, Dolly Haas

A small town bank official, entrusted with taking money to Vienna, spends some of it. Read More »