
The 26 year old Gianni Alberti is a journalist so lazy that he gets laid off, but Vivia, enterprising wife, makes him rehire by the Editor who Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Alone with War AKA Seule avec la guerre (2001) Danielle Arbid

Beirut is a wonderful town. It’s like you’re at the center of everything. Read More »
Tom Brown of Culver (1932) William Wyler, Tom Brown, Slim Summerville, Richard Cromwell

Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter. Read More »
Kanchenjungha (1962) Satyajit Ray, Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee, Pahadi Sanyal

Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills Read More »
Alias the Doctor (1932) Michael Curtiz, Lloyd Bacon, Richard Barthelmess, Marian Marsh, Norman Foster

Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. Read More »
Man’s Favorite Sport? (1964) Howard Hawks, Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy

Roger Willoughby is considered to be a leading expert on sports fishing. Read More »
The Reflecting Skin (1990) Philip Ridley, Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper

A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. Read More »
Bad Taste (1987) Peter Jackson, Terry Potter, Pete O’Herne, Craig Smith

Derek and his friends must investigate the missing people in a small village. Read More »
The Shiinomi School AKA Shiinomi Gakuen (1955) Hiroshi Shimizu, Kyôko Kagawa, Yukiko Shimazaki, Jûkichi Uno

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Read More »
Music in My Heart (1940) Joseph Santley, Tony Martin, Rita Hayworth, Edith Fellows

Rita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Read More »