
The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Incident (1967) Larry Peerce, Victor Arnold, Robert Bannard, Beau Bridges, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stark melodrama about two thrill seeking tough guys who terrorize late-night passengers on a New York City train. Read More »
The Two Fister (1927) William Wyler, Edmund Cobb, Elsa Benham, Howard Davies, Short, Western

Cobb plays a Mountie called Field, who protects a girl from Jackson Rasker, the leader of an outlaw gang. Read More »
Gentle Annie (1944) Andrew Marton, James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main, Romance, Western

The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. Read More »
Freak Orlando (1981) Ulrike Ottinger, Magdalena Montezuma, Delphine Seyrig, Albert Heins, Comedy, Fantasy

In the form of a “small theater of the world”, a history of the world from its beginnings to our day, including the errors Read More »
Fatal Temptation (1988) Beppe Cino, Loredana Romito, John Armstead, Ann Margaret Hughes, Drama, Thriller

Paolo Piattelli owns a restaurant, he is married to Silvia and he is unfaithful to her. Read More »
The Cat Vanishes (2011) Carlos Sorin, Luis Luque, Beatriz Spelzini, Maria Abadi, Drama, Thriller

Luis, a recognized university professor, out of the psychiatric clinic, where he spent the last three years Read More »
Castle of Purity (1973) Arturo Ripstein, Claudio Brook, Rita Macedo, Arturo Beristáin, Drama

The story of a disciplined and sexually driven man who keeps his family isolated in his home for years to protect them from the “evil nature” Read More »
Vagabond Lady (1935) Sam Taylor, Robert Young, Evelyn Venable, Reginald Denny, Comedy, Romance, Drama

Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. Read More »
Tomorrow, the World! (1944) Leslie Fenton, Fredric March, Betty Field, Agnes Moorehead, Drama, War

When war breaks out in Germany, the parents of young Emil Buckner (Skip Homeier) send their son to live in the United States with his American uncle (Fredric March). Read More »