
During the Iran-Iraq war, Reza’s wife gives birth, and dies soon afterward. Reza is taken as POW. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Faces in the Dark (1960) David Eady, John Gregson, Mai Zetterling, John Ireland

Businessman and inventor Richard Hammond is determined to develop and market the perfect light-bulb. Read More »
The Officers’ Ward (2001) François Dupeyron, Éric Caravaca, Denis Podalydès, Grégori Derangère

The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. Read More »
Public Enemies (1996) Mark L. Lester, Leah Best, Chip Heller, Theresa Russell, Alyssa Milano

Glorified and glamourized fact-based tale of Ma Barker and her boys who robbed banks Read More »
The River (1984) Mark Rydell, Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey

Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson and Scott Glenn star in this moving tribute to love, faith Read More »
The Fourth Protocol (1987) John Mackenzie, Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty

K.G.B. Agent Major Valeri Petrofsky has been reassigned at the request of the K.G.B. Chairman for a secret mission wherein he is sent to England Read More »
Talent Competition (1964) Milos Forman, Jirí Suchý, Jirí Slitr, Marketa Krotka

Two closely related episodes. Youths make problems for two local orchestras about to compete nationally Read More »
The Black Angel (1994) Jean-Claude Brisseau, Sylvie Vartan, Michel Piccoli, Tchéky Karyo

A visitor comes to the home of Stephane, the wife of an important magistrate. Read More »
Brillantina Rock (1979) Michele Massimo Tarantini, Monty Ray Garrison, Cecilia Buonocore, Auretta Gay

Robby is a young man who mainly spends his free time at the Milan disco scene. Read More »
Girls’ Junior High School: Dangerous Games (1970) Mio Ezaki, Junko Natsu, Jirô Okazaki, Chieko Matsubara

A girl enters a new school and finds that her classmates are hanging out with local yakuza and try to frame a teacher for rape. Read More »