
On December 14, 1825 the military units of the Russian army were supposed to swear their allegiance to the new czar, Nicholas I. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Dry Valley (2011) Aleksandra Strelyanaya, Yana Esipovich, Oleg Garkusha, Elena Kalinina

This story unites the destinies of the landowners and their servants Read More »
In the Grayscale (2015) Claudio Marcone, Francisco Celhay, Emilio Edwards, Daniela Ramírez

Bruno is an architect who has a perfect life: A nice family and a good job. Read More »
Chapaqua’s Gold (1970) Giancarlo Romitelli, George Ardisson, Linda Veras, Furio Meniconi

Doc and Chapagua are two rogues who acquire a large stash of gold before the Civil War. Read More »
East – West (1999) Régis Wargnier, Oleg Menshikov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. Read More »
California Mail (1936) Noel M. Smith, Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Smoke

Bids submitted to win the U.S. Mail contract for their stagecoach lines are entered by both singing cowboy Bill Harkins Read More »
Mein Kampf (2009) Urs Odermatt, Götz George, Tom Schilling, Anna Unterberger

The young, despotic and untalented artist Adolf Hitler comes to Vienna to study art. Read More »
Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers (2002) Robert Guédiguian, Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan

Marie-Jo is a middleaged woman living an ordinary life in Marseilles with her husband, Daniel and her daughter, Julie. Read More »
Versailles (2008) Pierre Schoeller, Guillaume Depardieu, Max Baissette de Malglaive, Judith Chemla

A young mother Nina and her son Enzo find themselves sleeping on the streets on the street of Paris. Read More »
Li’l Abner (1959) Melvin Frank, Leslie Parrish, Stubby Kaye, Peter Palmer

As Sadie Hawkins Day approaches, Daisy Mae hopes to win the hand of Li’l Abner by catching him in the traditional race. Read More »