Stanislaw works in an art museum in Warsaw; it’s not a very well-paid job, and his boss is a bit of a martinet. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Reign of Terror (1949) Anthony Mann, Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart
Robespierre, a powerful figure in the French Revolution and the subsequent Reign of Terror Read More »
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) Frank Tashlin, Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey
Jennifer Nelson and Bruce Templeton meet when Bruce reels in her mermaid suit leaving Jennifer bottomless Read More »
Love in the Afternoon (1957) Billy Wilder, Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
In Paris, detective Claude Chavasse is hired to follow a wife suspected of infidelity with the notorious American libertine Frank Flannagan. Read More »
The Longest Day (1962) Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton
In 1944, the U.S. Army and Allied forces plan a huge invasion landing in Normandy, France. Read More »
Ornette: Made in America (1985) Shirley Clarke, Ornette Coleman, John Giordano
Ornette: Made In America captures Ornette’s evolution over three decades. Read More »
The Illumination (1973) Krzysztof Zanussi, Stanislaw Latallo, Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska, Malgorzata Pritulak
A man looks for the meaning of life through science, work, love, marriage, family, death, and spirituality. Read More »
St. Francis of Assisi (1989) Liliana Cavani, Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death Read More »
Stone (1974) Sandy Harbutt, Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt, Deryck Barnes
Members of the Grave Diggers Motorcycle Club are being knocked off one by one, and someone needs to find out why! Read More »
Argentina latente (2007) Fernando E. Solanas
The film documents both the potential and current technological, mineral, energetic Read More »