
Marcel Ophüls interviews various important Eastern European figures for their thoughts on the reunification of Germany and the fall of Communism. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Scénario du film ‘Passion’ (1982) Jean-Luc Godard, Pierre Binggeli, Jean-Bernard Menoud

Scénario du film Passion, Godard constructs a lyrical study of the cinematic and creative process by deconstructing the story of his 1982 film Passion. Read More »
Circus Boys AKA Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon (1989) Kaizô Hayashi, Hiroshi Mikami, Moe Kamura, Jian Xiu

Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. Read More »
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) Charles Chauvel, Arthur Greenaway, Mayne Lynton, Errol Flynn

The film explores the story of the Bounty and is based on the 1932 novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Read More »
How To Seduce a Virgin AKA Plaisir à trois (1974) Jesus Franco, Alice Arno, Alfred Baillou, Tania Busselier

Martine Bressac is released from a psychiatric clinic after a year’s treatment and is driven home by her chauffeur, Mathias. Read More »
Coquette (1929) Sam Taylor, Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore

Norma Besant, daughter of a Southern doctor, is an incorrigible flirt and has many boys on her string. Read More »
Farewells AKA Pozegnania (1958) Wojciech Has, Maria Wachowiak, Tadeusz Janczar, Gustaw Holoubek

The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family Read More »
Mantrap (1926) Victor Fleming, Ernest Torrence, Clara Bow, Percy Marmont

A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young Read More »
Tough Enough / Knallhart (2006) Detlev Buck, David Kross

When Miriam splits up with her wealthy lover, she and her 15-year-old son Michael have to move from posh Zehlendorf to run-down Berlin-Neukölln. Read More »
Air of Paris AKA L’air de Paris (1954) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Arletty, Roland Lesaffre

Once a professional boxer, Victor now has only one ambition: to coach a young amateur boxer to become a true champion. Read More »