At 10 years old, Owens becomes a ragged orphan when his sainted mother dies. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938) Leni Riefenstahl, David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Documentary, Sport
After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic Committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics Read More »
Ogin sama / Love Under the Crucifix (1962) Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ganjirô Nakamura, Drama
The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Read More »
Submarine X-1 (1968) William A. Graham, James Caan
After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII Read More »
Svegliati e Uccidi / Wake Up and Die (1966) Carlo Lizzani, Robert Hoffmann, Gian Maria Volontè, Claudio Camaso, Crime, Drama
Robert Hoffman is Luciano Lutring, a small time jewelry thief who, despite his hot temper, can’t seem to get caught. Read More »
Tsuki wa noborinu / The Moon Has Risen (1955) Kinuyo Tanaka, Chishû Ryû, Hisako Yamane, Yôko Sugi, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. Read More »
Cairo (1963) Wolf Rilla, George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamama, Crime, Drama
A man called Major is in Cairo after being released from a German Prison. Read More »
Der Dibuk / The Dybbuk (1937) Michal Waszynski, Avrom Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Drama, Fantasy
In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Read More »
Breathless (1960) Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger
Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Read More »
The Worlds Greatest Lover (1977) Gene Wilder, Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise, Comedy
In the early 1920s Hollywood, Adolph Zitz, who surrounds himself with yes men, wants his movie studio Read More »