
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Dalecarlians AKA Masjävlar (2004) Maria Blom, Sofia Helin, Kajsa Ernst, Ann Petrén

Mia, who’s living in Stockholm, comes home to her small childhood town to celebrate her father’s birthday. Read More »
Fake Blond AKA Falsa Loura (2007) Carlos Reichenbach, Rosanne Mulholland, Cauã Reymond, Maurício Mattar

Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father Read More »
Damn Citizen (1958) Robert Gordon, Keith Andes, Margaret Hayes, Lynn Bari

Based on a true story, this film tells of a police chief hired to wipe out corruption in the Louisiana State Police. Read More »
Taxi for Tobruk AKA Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1961) Denys de La Patellière, Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud

During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert. Read More »
Peeper (1975) Peter Hyams, Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn

In 1947, a smart-mouthed Brit working in L.A. as a private eye (or peeper) is on a case to find the long lost daughter Read More »
So Soft, So Cunning AKA Motto shinayaka ni, motto shitataka ni (1979) Toshiya Fujita, Eiji Okuda, Junko Takazawa, Aiko Morishita

A depressed photographer drives a delivery truck and searches for the whereabouts of his estranged wife. Read More »
The Millennial Rapture AKA Sennen no yuraku (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Tomori Abe, Tanroh Ishida, Arata Iura

Shingu, a coastal village in Wakayama Prefecture, early 20th century. Midwife Oryu (Terajima Shinobu) Read More »
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) William Dieterle, Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert

Starting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter Read More »
The Marriage of Chiffon AKA Le mariage de Chiffon (1942) Claude Autant-Lara, Odette Joyeux, André Luguet, Jacques Dumesnil

Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called “Chiffon”, who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. Read More »