A veteran Russian spy is brought out of retirement to be sent to the West to do an important sabotage job. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Lieber Karl / Dear Karl (1984) Maria Knilli, Ulrich Reinthaller, Hans Brenner, Krista Stadler
Sixth-former Karl is a mama’s boy. His mother is idolizing him, his father wants his son Read More »
The Detective / Father Brown (1954) Robert Hamer, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch
Amateur detective Father Ignatius Brown defies his Bishop and decides to transport to Rome Read More »
The Big Lift (1950) George Seaton, Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers
In 1948, the Soviet Union blockades the Allied sectors of Berlin to bring the entire city under their control. Read More »
The Taming of the Shrew (1929) Sam Taylor, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Edwin Maxwell
In sixteenth century Padua, Hortensio loves Bianca, the youngest daughter of Baptista. Read More »
The Hole in the Wall (1929) Robert Florey, Claudette Colbert, Edward G. Robinson, David Newell
Mrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mystera) Read More »
Public Hero Number 1 (1935) J. Walter Ruben, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris
G-Man Chester Morris poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Read More »
Le parfum de la dame en noir / The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005) Bruno Podalydès, Denis Podalydès, Sabine Azéma, Zabou Breitman
Newly married, Mathilde and Robert are honeymooning at a resort owned by their friends Edith and Arthur Read More »
Die Flamme / The Flame (1923) Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Hermann Thimig, Alfred Abel
In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him. Read More »
Le ciel attendra / Heaven Will Wait (2016) Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Noémie Merlant, Naomi Amarger, Sandrine Bonnaire
Sonia is convinced that only jihad will get her and her family to heaven. Read More »