Pat Evans is a German expatriate who is loyal to her new adopted home, the United States. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
No Trace (1950) John Gilling, Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan, John Laurie
When crime-writer Robert Southley finds his well-healed London lifestyle threatened by blackmail from a former American criminal associate he murders him. Read More »
Without Pity (1948) Alberto Lattuada, Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller, Giulietta Masina
Narrates the love between Angela, a beautiful Italian girl, and Jerry, an African American boy. Read More »
Les misérables (1982) Robert Hossein, Lino Ventura, Jean Carmet, Michel Bouquet
The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert. Read More »
Hopefuls (2015) Ives Rosenfeld, Ariclenes Barroso, Sergio Malheiros, Julia Bernat
Junior, as he’s known since he’s essentially still a child, seems to be having a tough time getting on in life. Read More »
Glory Alley (1952) Raoul Walsh, Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron, Kurt Kasznar
In New Orleans, prizefighter Socks Barbarrosa suddenly runs out of the ring before his title bout, and swears he’ll never fight again. Read More »
A Girl in Black (1956) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Ellie Lambeti, Dimitris Horn, Eleni Zafeiriou
Marina’s sister drowned herself, her brother is both headstrong and weak, and her widowed mother has a reputation for sleeping around. Read More »
Sylvia (1965) Gordon Douglas, Carroll Baker, George Maharis, Joanne Dru
Sylvia West is a young poetess engaged to Frederic Summers, an eccentric millionaire. Read More »
Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis, Fernandel
One by one, the inhabitants of a provincial French village depart, until only the poacher Panturle remains. Read More »
Naked Girl Killed in the Park (1972) Alfonso Brescia, Robert Hoffmann, Irina Demick, Pilar Velázquez
An investigator is assigned to investigate a man’s family after he is found dead only hours after taking out a million dollar insurance policy. Read More »