
While working on a documentary about the city of Bruges, an artistically frustrated filmmaker must deal with the increasing difficulties in his marriage. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
La nuit claire (1979) Marcel Hanoun, Lorraine Bonnemaison, Gérard Rouzier, Florence Rousseau

In a montage alternating with moments of Nigel Rogers’ interpretation of the most beautiful passages from “Orpheus,” the opera by Striggio and Monteverdi Read More »
Criss Cross (1949) Robert Siodmak, Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea

Romantic, obsessive Steve Thompson is drawn back to L.A. to make another try for Anna, his former wife. Read More »
A Womans Devotion (1956) Paul Henreid, Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule

After six months of marriage to Trevor Stevenson (Ralph Meeker), well-known painter and much-decorated hero of World War Two Read More »
Smashing Time (1967) Desmond Davis, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York

Two young women from England’s northern counties; the plain Brenda and the flamboyant Yvonne, arrive in London to find fame and fortune. Read More »
Mammy (1930) Michael Curtiz, Al Jolson, Lois Moran, Lowell Sherman

Center stage, singing his heart out – that’s how fans love Al Jolson. And that’s what they get in Mammy. Read More »
Sieranevada (2016) Cristi Puiu, Mimi Branescu, Judith State, Bogdan Dumitrache

Three days after the terrorist attack on the offices of Parisian weekly Charlie Hebdo and forty days after the death of his father Read More »
A Soldiers Plaything (1930) Michael Curtiz, Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Lotti Loder

At the beginning of the war, Georgie Wilson, an irresponsible but likable citizen having no sympathy with the conflict Read More »
Once Upon a Texas Train (1988) Burt Kennedy, Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Shaun Cassidy

Captain Hayes of the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle of his career when he captured the notorious John Henry, an outlaw cowboy, and put him behind bars. Read More »
Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) Guido Brignone, Anita Ekberg, Georges Marchal, Folco Lulli

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops under the command of the consul Marcus Valerius. Read More »