
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Sentinel (1992) Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard

Mathias, whose dead father was a diplomat in Germany, decides to study the forensic medicine in Paris.  Read More »
The Male Animal (1942) Elliott Nugent, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Read More »
Thunder Road (1958) Arthur Ripley, Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. Read More »
Mrs. Parkington (1944) Tay Garnett, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold

In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life Read More »
Battle Hymn (1957) Douglas Sirk, Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea

Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Read More »
A Delicate Balance (1973) Tony Richardson, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick

In Connecticut, Agnes and Tobias are an upper-class married couple whose relationship has been uneasy for many years Read More »
The Hunchback of Paris (1959) André Hunebelle, Jean Marais, Bourvil, Sabine Sesselmann

Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. Read More »
Scenes from a Marriage (1974) Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson

Scenes From a Marriage, is by far, Bergman’s greatest creation. Following 2 characters, Marianne and Johan, the film, in typical Bergman exquisite style Read More »
Trapeze (1956) Carol Reed, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida

Mike Ribble was once a great trapeze artist – and the only to have completed a triple somersault – before his accident. Read More »