D.H. Lawrence’s powerful tale of a girl emerging into womanhood, interwoven with memories Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
La spagnola (2001) Steve Jacobs, Lola Marceli, Alice Ansara, Lourdes Bartolomé
Lola, a hot-blooded Spaniard, is deserted by her husband for a cool and calculating Aussie blonde. Read More »
Chameleon / Kaméleon (2008) Krisztina Goda, Ervin Nagy, Gabriella Hámori, Zsolt Trill
While cleaning offices at night, George learns a lot about the employees by examining what they leave behind Read More »
Harmonica / Saz Dahani (1974) Amir Naderi, Abbas Pourahadi, Jomeh Vafabakhsh, Mehdi Javadi
Set on the sun-drenched southern coast of Iran, from which director Amir Naderi hails Read More »
Springfield Rifle (1952) André De Toth, Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian
Major Lex Kearney, dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle Read More »
Chatterbox (1943) Joseph Santley, Joe E. Brown, Judy Canova, Rosemary Lane
While shooting a western on location, a Hollywood “cowboy” star–whose offscreen image Read More »
Squad Car (1960) Ed Leftwich, Vici Raaf, Paul Bryar, Don Marlowe
When airplane mechanic Dell Taylor is machine-gunned down in a Phoenix airplane hangar Read More »
Elvira Madigan (1967) Bo Widerberg, Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer
Hedvig Jensen is a famous ropewalker and is known to her public as Elvira Madigan. Read More »
Collective / Colectiv (2019) Alexander Nanau, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag, Camelia Roiu
In 2015, a fire at Bucharest’s Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak III: Misa the Dark Angel / Eko eko azaraku III (1998) Katsuhito Ueno, Hinako Saeki, Ayaka Nanami, Missy Bolden
A temporal portal dumps a rotting zombie on a city street. “Misa Kuroi”, it croaks, before withering away. Read More »