Bucharest 1989 – the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Strike AKA Siréna (1947) Karel Steklý, Josef Bek, L. Bohác, Josef Dekoj
The first Czechoslovak film to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, The Strike is a cornerstone example of political agitprop. Read More »
Moby Dick (1956) John Huston, Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn
This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. Read More »
Manon (1949) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry
An adaptation of Abbe Prevost’s classic French novel ‘Manon Lescaut’, updated to post-World War II France Read More »
What’s New About Love? AKA O que Há de Novo no Amor? (2011) Hugo Alves, Mónica Santana Baptista, Joana Santos, João Cajuda, Nuno Casanovas
Six friends meet every evening in a basement to make music. Read More »
The Hills Run Red AKA Un fiume di dollari (1966) Carlo Lizzani, Thomas Hunter, Henry Silva, Dan Duryea
After the Civil War ends, two soldiers return home with a cache of stolen money. Read More »
Educating Julie (1984) Gail Hardman, Gail Ward, Miles Taylor, Tony Monroe
Julie, an English student assigned to write a paper about “Nudity”. Read More »
The Possessed AKA Les possédés (1988) Andrzej Wajda, Isabelle Huppert, Jutta Lampe, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
This story begins in 1870 at a little town somewhere in Russia. It processed the real “Nyecsajev story”. Read More »
Zombie and the Ghost Train AKA Zombie ja Kummitusjuna (1991) Mika Kaurismäki, Silu Seppälä, Marjo Leinonen, Matti Pellonpää
Antti “Zombie” Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. Read More »
Murder by Contract (1958) Irving Lerner, Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi
Claude is a young man with a regular job, no history of trouble with the law and no chance of making any real money. Read More »