Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Lili Marleen (1981) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
In Switzerland, German singer Willie falls in love with Jewish composer, Robert, who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. Read More »
À toi de faire… mignonne (1963) Bernard Borderie, Eddie Constantine, Gaia Germani, Christiane Minazzoli
An FBI agent is murdered just as she discovers some important documents concerning Professor Elmer Whittaker. Read More »
Adventure in Washington (1941) Alfred E. Green, Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Gene Reynolds
A senator hires a young hooligan as a senate page, but when the kid gives away valuable information to a conniving businessman Read More »
Night and Fog in Japan (1960) Nagisa Ôshima, Miyuki Kuwano, Fumio Watanabe, Masahiko Tsugawa
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense Read More »
L’homme et l’enfant (1956) Raoul André, Eddie Constantine, Juliette Gréco, Folco Lulli
The “man” is Eddie Constantine; the “child” is Eddie’s adopted daughter. Read More »
God’s Country (1985) Louis Malle
Original footage of the prosperous farming community of Glencoe Minnesota, 60 miles west of Minneapolis, was filmed in 1979 for a PBS documentary. Read More »
Hurricane Smith (1952) Jerry Hopper, Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, James Craig
Hurricane Smith and his marooned sailors escape from a South Seas island by stealing the ship of Capt. Raikes who’s come to the island in search of slaves. Read More »
Lifepod (1981) Bruce Bryant, Joe Penny, Kristine DeBell, Carl Lumbly
The first interplanetary cruise ship malfunctions halfway to Jupiter, forcing most of the crew and passengers to abandon ship. Read More »
King of the Children (1987) Kaige Chen, Yuan Xie, Xuewen Yang, Shaohua Chen
Set during the twilight of the Cultural Revolution, Chen Kaige’s third film, King of the Children Read More »