Prince Ehtejab, one of the last remaining heirs of the Qajar royal family, is suffering from tuberculosis, which he knows is fatal. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Police Python 357 (1976) Alain Corneau, Yves Montand, François Périer, Simone Signoret
An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. Read More »
Variations on the Same Theme (1977) Antouanetta Angelidi, Josy Delettre
An experimental exploration of masculinity and femininity, concrete and abstract ideologies about intellectual Read More »
Head (1968) Bob Rafelson, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz
Running in from seemingly nowhere, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith & Peter Tork Read More »
Deceived (1991) Damian Harris, Goldie Hawn, John Heard, Damon Redfern
A marriage that seemed perfect comes crashing down after the death of Jack Saunders, husband of Adrienne Saunders. Read More »
Sinners’ Holiday (1930) John G. Adolfi, Grant Withers, Lucille La Verne, Warren Hymer
Ma Delano (La Verne) runs a boardwalk penny arcade, living upstairs with her sons (Cagney and Gallagher) and daughter (Knapp). Read More »
Two Suspicious People (1950) Tancred Ibsen, Peter Lindgren, Ivar Svendsen, Britta Lech-Hanssen
The movie is based on a documentary-crime novel by author Gunnar Larsen written in 1933, which in turn was based on a true story that shocked Norway. Read More »
Larks on a String (1990) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Václav Neckár
Prague in the early 1950’s. Bourgeois elements are being re-educated by working in a scrapyard full of the detritus of industrial society. Read More »
Off Screen (2005) Pieter Kuijpers, Jeroen Krabbé, Jan Decleir, Astrid Joosten
March 11th, 2002. John R. takes the head of security and 17 others hostage in Amsterdam biggest skyscraper. Read More »
Soul Looting (2009) George Vouzikis, Nefeli Papaioannou, Iraklis Savvopoulos, Rahel Kapsaski
Nefeli (Nefeli Papaioannou) moves to her boyfriend’s (Iraklis Savvopoulos) flat. Read More »