
During the dark days of World War II, young Mary Tillet is bombed out of her home and forced to seek lodgings upstairs from a tobacconist. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Judex (1916) Louis Feuillade, René Cresté, Musidora, René Poyen, Adventure, Crime, Drama

The fraudulent banker receives a Favraux with Judex , signed request to replace his victims the damage , otherwise he would not survive the day. Read More »
Innocence (2000) Paul Cox, Julia Blake, Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell, Kristine Van Pellicom, Drama

After more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Read More »
Charlie Bubbles (1967) Albert Finney, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw, Comedy, Drama

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous Read More »
Kiss the Girls (1997) Gary Fleder, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alex Cross, a Washington D.C. cop and forensic psychologist learns that his niece who is going to college in North Carolina is missing. Read More »
Staroye i novoye / The General Line (1929) Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein, Marfa Lapkina, M. Ivanin, Konstantin Vasilyev, Drama

The horseless Marfa Lapkina, together with the local agronomist and other poor peasants, organizes a dairy farm in the village. Read More »
Winter Carnival (1939) Charles Reisner, Ann Sheridan, Richard Carlson, Helen Parrish

This romance is set during the Dartmouth College Winter Carnival and follows the exploits of a woman Read More »
Brubaker (1980) Stuart Rosenberg, Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman, Crime, Drama

When the new Warden comes in disguised as an inmate, he sees first hand all the corruption and scams the guards and prison officials and running. Read More »
The Young One / La Joven (1960) Luis Buñuel, Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton, Key Meersman, Drama

Game warden Miller lives on an isolated island off the Carolina coast. The only other inhabitant is Evvie, an naive young girl to whom Miller is attracted. Read More »
Lamerica (1994) Gianni Amelio, Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Drama

Two Italian racketeers come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants. Read More »