In the near future in Czechoslovakia (the movie was made in 1961, after all), a space flight is in the final stages of preparation. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Europa Europa (1990) Agnieszka Holland, Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan Read More »
Pandora’s Box / Pandora’nin kutusu (2008) Yesim Ustaoglu, Tsilla Chelton, Derya Alabora, Onur Ünsal
When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul Read More »
Bull Durham (1988) Ron Shelton, Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
In Durham, N.C., the Bulls minor league baseball team has one asset no other can claim Read More »
Gory Gory Hallelujah (2003) Sue Corcoran, Jeffrey Gilbert, Tim Gouran, Todd Licea
Four actors compete for the role of Jesus – a black revolutionary, a bisexual hippie, a Jew, and a feminist. Read More »
The Rabbit Is Me / Das Kaninchen bin ich (1965) Kurt Maetzig, Angelika Waller, Alfred Müller, Ilse Voigt
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. Read More »
La chinoise (1967) Jean-Luc Godard, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position Read More »
The Red Lanterns / Ta kokkina fanaria (1963) Vasilis Georgiadis, Jenny Karezi, Giorgos Foundas, Dimitris Papamichael
The residents of a poor neighbourhood in Piraeus are asked to leave as modernization will take place. Read More »
Go Naked in the World (1961) Ranald MacDougall, Charles Walters, Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Franciosa, Ernest Borgnine
Son of a successful Greek emigrant is torn between the expectations his father Read More »
If I Were King (1938) Frank Lloyd, Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee
In 1463, Paris is besieged by the Duke of Burgundy, arch-rival of the king, who is content to sit tight while the poor starve. Read More »