
Tony Malatini, a puppeteer, at Paris’ Theatre des Marionettes notices that his audience consists of only 7 people. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
We the Living / Noi vivi (1942) Goffredo Alessandrini, Fosco Giachetti, Alida Valli, Rossano Brazzi

The time is the Russian Revolution. The place is a country burdened with fear Read More »
I Love You Rosa / Ani Ohev Otach Rosa (1972) Moshé Mizrahi, Michal Bat-Adam, Gabi Otterman, Moshe Tal

The love of Nissim for his widowed sister-in-law, Rosa in the Old City of Jerusalem at the turn of the century. Read More »
The Silent Revolution (1972) Edouard de Laurot, Eckehard Munck

The Silent Revolution is a 1972 German documentary film about molecular biology. Read More »
Broadway Limited (1941) Gordon Douglas, Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O’Keefe

As a ploy to gain publicity, a motion picture director wants his star actress to take a baby with her on a train trip. Read More »
La grande vadrouille (1966) Gérard Oury

A RAF Bomber is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute. Read More »
Vinyan (2008) Fabrice Du Welz, Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, Petch Osathanugrah

In Phuket Island, Thailand, the architect Paul Bellmer and his wife Jeanne lost their son Joshua Read More »
Agora (2009) Alejandro Amenábar, Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac

Alexandria, 391 AD: Hypatia teaches astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. Read More »
Walter (1982) Stephen Frears, Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Arthur Whybrow

A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment Read More »
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Escape / Katte ni shiyagare!! Dasshutsu keikaku (1995) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kenzô Kawarasaki, Yûko Nitô, Shirô Shimomoto

Hapless gangsters are hired by the yakuza to tail his daughter. Read More »