
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Young Dillinger (1965) Terry O. Morse, Nick Adams, Robert Conrad, John Ashley, Crime, Drama
John Dillinger first goes to jail after attempting to rob his girlfriend’s father at her suggestion. Read More »
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973) Gilbert Cates, Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney, Drama

Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life Read More »
Marquis (1989) Henri Xhonneux, François Marthouret, Valérie Kling, Michel Robin, Animation, Comedy

The scene is a pre-French Revolution Bastille, where various political prisoners are being held: a woman who was raped and impregnated by the king Read More »
Love in the Afternoon / L’amour l’après-midi (1972) Éric Rohmer, Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley, Drama, Romance

Though happily married to his adoring wife Hélène, with whom he is expecting a second child Read More »
Barricade (1939) Gregory Ratoff, Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Charles Winninger, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War

In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits. Read More »
Mein Name ist Bach / My Name Is Bach (2003) Dominique de Rivaz, Vadim Glowna, Jürgen Vogel, Karoline Herfurth, Biography, Drama

Brilliant composer and organist Johann Sebastian Bach completes the long journey from his home in Leipzig to Potsdam. Read More »
The Affairs of Cellini (1934) Gregory La Cava, Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Frank Morgan, Comedy, Drama, History

The Affairs of Cellini is based on Edwin Justus Mayer’s popular stage play The Firebrand, which in turn was based on the life and times of Renaissance artist/political reactionary Benvenuto Cellini. Read More »
Herostratus (1967) Don Levy, Michael Gothard, Gabriella Licudi, Peter Stephens, Drama

When Max, a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle Read More »
The Soldier and the Lady (1937) George Nichols Jr., Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Adventure, History, Romance, War

Based on a story by Jules Verne and featuring battle footage from a French film version of the tale Read More »
