British archaeologist David Redfern comes to Tunisia to catalog a collection of art relics and stumbles into evidence of a gun-smuggling racket. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Halls of Montezuma (1950) Lewis Milestone, Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Adventure, War, Drama, Action
The Marines attack a strongly held enemy island in the Pacific. Read More »
The Jazz Singer (1927) Alan Crosland, Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Drama, Musical, Romance
Cantor Rabinowitz is concerned and upset because his son Jakie shows so little interest in carrying on the family’s traditions and heritage. Read More »
Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten / The Valley of Death (1968) Harald Reinl, Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Rik Battaglia, Western, Adventure
Mabel Kingsley arrives at a western town to clear her missing father of the charge that he stole a shipment of government gold. Read More »
The Circus (1928) Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Al Ernest Garcia, Comedy, Romance
The Tramp finds himself at a circus where he is promptly chased around by the police who think he is a pickpocket. Read More »
Daguerréotypes (1976) Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda, Documentary
Portraits of the people that occupy the small shops of the Rue Daguerre, Paris, where the filmmaker lived.
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The Power of the Whistler (1945) Lew Landers, Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Film-Noir, Thriller
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets. Read More »
Glissements progressifs du plaisir / Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) Alain Robbe-Grillet, Anicée Alvina, Olga Georges-Picot, Michael Lonsdale, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Erotic
A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. Read More »
On connaît la chanson / Same Old Song (1997) Alain Resnais, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Odile is looking for a new, bigger apartment. Her younger sister Camille just completed her doctoral thesis has fallen in love with an estate agent Read More »
1925 Studio Tour (1925) Mrs. M.F. Lee, Carey Wilson, Howard Hawks, Documentary, Short
Untitled and without any crew credits, this 32-minute silent documentary takes you on a tour of MGM in 1925, meeting the people who create the movies, and watching some of them do it. Read More »