Distant Journey follows Hana, a Jewish eye doctor who falls in love and marries a Gentile named Toník. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Satan Never Sleeps (1962) Leo McCarey, David W. Orton, William Holden, Clifton Webb, France Nuyen
A priest (William Holden) arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl Read More »
Freedom AKA La libertad (2001) Lisandro Alonso, Misael Saavedra, Humberto Estrada, Rafael Estrada
A man chop down trees, organizes the trunks, clean them, stops to defecate, lunch, nap and continues to sell its timber. Read More »
A Place Among the Living AKA Une place parmi les vivants (2003) Raoul Ruiz, Christian Vadim, Thierry Gibault, Valérie Kaprisky
Paris 1958. “Existentialist” crimes are being committed in the eighteenth arrondissement of Paris. Read More »
Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959) David Lowell Rich, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, James Gregory
Meant primarily as TV fare, this standard, song-filled romantic drama stars Louis Prima as himself Read More »
Idiot’s Delight (1939) Clarence Brown, Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold
When song-and-dance man Harry Van returns from World War I, he finds work hard to come by. Read More »
Gold Dreams AKA Zloto (1962) Wojciech Has, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Krzysztof Chamiec, Barbara Krafftówna
The inability of a truck driver to relate to normal life after an accident for which he feels himself responsible. Read More »
Dark Tide (1994) Luca Bercovici, Chris Sarandon, Richard Tyson, Brigitte Bako
Andi is the wife of Tim, who is collecting venom from poisonous eels on a tropical island. Read More »
Homemad(e) (2001) Ruth Beckermann, Adolf Doft, Helene Doft, Erika Göschl
Acclaimed Austrian documentary director Ruth Beckermann portrays a dying culture of Viennese urban history in HOMEMAD(E). Read More »
China Passage (1937) Edward Killy, Constance Worth, Vinton Hayworth, Leslie Fenton
Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are entrusted to carry a fabulous diamond. If they succeed, they will be well paid. Read More »