
Brick, the son of a rich southern plantation owner, is drinking himself to death over some hidden pain. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Violent Playground (1958) Basil Dearden, Stanley Baker, Anne Heywood, David McCallum

Struggle between a Liverpool Juvenile Liaison officer and a young and dangerous pyromaniac. Read More »
The Misfortunates (2009) Felix van Groeningen, Kenneth Vanbaeden, Valentijn Dhaenens, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx

13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Read More »
Faraon (1966) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Jerzy Zelnik, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Barbara Brylska

The story, based on actual historic events, concerns an invented ruler Ramses XIII (Jerzy Zelnick) Read More »
Forty Guns (1957) Samuel Fuller, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger

An authoritarian rancher, Barbara Stanwyck, who rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. Read More »
Tower of Terror (1941) Lawrence Huntington, Wilfrid Lawson, Movita, Michael Rennie

A British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper Read More »
The Deadly Affair (1966) Sidney Lumet, James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Simone Signoret

After Charles Dobbs, a security officer, has a friendly chat with Samuel Fennan from the Foreign Office, the man commits suicide. Read More »
I cento cavalieri (1964) Vittorio Cottafavi, Mark Damon, Antonella Lualdi, Gastone Moschin

In medieval times, Spain is occupied by the conquering Moors of North Africa. Read More »
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) Lamont Johnson, Scott Glenn, Diane Lane, Burt Lancaster

In nineteenth century Oklahoma, two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to meet and join up with them. Read More »
A Bill of Divorcement (1932) George Cukor, John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke

After spending fifteen years in an asylum, Hilary Fairfield escapes from the institution after regaining his sanity. Read More »