January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families’ descriptions. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Apache Blood (1975) Vern Piehl, Ray Danton, Dewitt Lee, Troy Nabors, Western
After a massacre of an Indian village by the U.S army, a survivor, Yellow shirt (Ray Danton) goes after them for revenge. Read More »
Quién sabe / A Bullet for the General (1967) Damiano Damiani, Gian Maria Volontè, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, Western
El Chuncho’s bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias’ revolutionaries. Read More »
Malu Tianshi / Street Angel (1937) Muzhi Yuan, Dan Zhao, Heling Wei, Xuan Zhou, Comedy, Drama, Musical
In old Shanghai, two sisters, a prostitute and a singer, tried to escape from the local scoundrels with the help of a trumpet player and a newspaper seller. Read More »
Hyènes / Hyenas (1992) Ami Diakhate, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Mansour Diouf, Comedy, Drama
A once-prosperous Senegalese village has been falling further into poverty year by year until the village’s elders are reduced to selling town possessions to pay debts. Read More »
Pine Flat (2006) Sharon Lockhart, Amy Bates, Jessica Blain, Matthew Blain, Drama, Experimental, Documentary
Set in a small town in the Sierra Nevadas, Pine Flat is a look at youth and a meditation on nature, socialization, and solitude. Read More »
Les vampires (1915) Louis Feuillade, Musidora, Édouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque, Action, Adventure, Crime
An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires. Read More »
The Quiller Memorandum (1966) Michael Anderson, George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Read More »
Sixty Six (2006) Paul Weiland, Charlie Clark, Nick Shirm, Thomas Drewson, Biography, Comedy, Drama
A boy’s barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
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Éducation sentimentale / Sentimental Education (1962) Alexandre Astruc, Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie-José Nat, Dawn Addams, Drama, Romance, Comedy
Frédéric, a shy small-town man, falls in love with Anne, a middle class woman married to Didier, who cheats on her with top model Barbara. Read More »