Ex-showgirl and part-time hooker Jackie loses her legitimate job at a casino because of an abusive trick. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Shahada / Faith (2010) Burhan Qurbani, Carlo Ljubek, Jerry Hoffmann, Maryam Zaree
The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between Read More »
Ventos de Agosto / August Winds (2014) Gabriel Mascaro, Dandara de Morais, Geová Manoel Dos Santos, Maria Salvino Dos Santos
The August winds gust and a poetic duel between life, death, loss, memory, the wind and the sea ensues. Read More »
O Processo do Rei / The King’s Trial (1990) João Mário Grilo, Carlos Daniel, Aurelle Doazan, Antonino Solmer
At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D. João de Bragança Read More »
Tulipää / Flame Top (1980) Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto, Asko Sarkola, Rea Mauranen, Kari Franck
The life of early-20th-century author, journalist, and revolutionary Algot Untola Read More »
U raskoraku / In the Gap (1968) Milenko Strbac, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra, Gizela Vukovic, Dusan Janicijevic
An activist in the years of reconstruction, while saving cooperative carts Read More »
Assault on Agathon (1977) Laslo Benedek, Nico Minardos, Nina van Pallandt, John Woodvine
CIA team in Greece tries to capture a major drug dealer. Read More »
Film Before Film (1986) Werner Nekes
An exhilarating and amusing encyclopedic look at the “prehistory” of cinema. Read More »
Hoviyat / Identity (1986) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Jalil Farjad, Reza Asadi, Ali Gholami
Nasser Pooyan goes on a trip to the north of Iran with some of his friends. Read More »
Voto + fusil (1971) Helvio Soto, Leonardo Perucci, Marcelo Romo, Patricia Guzmán
During the election that finally brought Salvador Allende to power Read More »