Driven to the edge of insanity by the execution of his older brother, Chet is boiling over with hatred. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Tonights the Night (1987) Bobby Roth, Belinda Bauer, Jack Blessing, Max Gail
The game of love starts in a typical blues bar. The hot and magic rhythm of the blues makes even the shiest man throw away his fears and participate in the erotic of the night. Read More »
Youth in Fury (1960) Masahiro Shinoda, Shin’ichirô Mikami, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku’s iconoclastic New Wave. Read More »
Duchess Of Langeais (2007) Jacques Rivette, Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. Read More »
I Am the Other Woman (2006) Margarethe von Trotta, Katja Riemann, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Karin Dor
Successful architect Robert has a one-night stand with a mysterious lady in red. Read More »
Appointment with a Shadow (1957) Richard Carlson, George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith
George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. Read More »
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) Henry Hathaway, Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker
Famed American playwright Phillip Hannon is in London making revisions to his play currently running in the West End. Read More »
The Contestant (2007) Rodrigo Cortés, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Chete Lera, Miryam Gallego
“The Contestant” recounts the roller coaster ride of Martin Circo, the lucky winner of the most lucrative game-show prize Read More »
A Man Called Adam (1966) Leo Penn, Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life. Read More »
The Wedding Ring (1970) Christian de Chalonge, Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Carrière, Isabelle Sadoyan
A vet meets a mysterious woman through a dating agency and moves into her large apartment. Read More »