
The Passionate Friends were in love when young, but separated, and she married an older man. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Lawyer Man (1932) William Dieterle, William Powell, Joan Blondell, David Landau, Drama, Romance

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Read More »
The Telephone Book (1971) Nelson Lyon, Sarah Kennedy, Norman Rose, James Harder, Comedy, Erotic

The story of a day in the life of a lonely, sensitive, exhuberent, attractive, young woman. Read More »
The Emigrants / Utvandrarna (1971) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Drama, History

This monumental mid-nineteenth-century epic from Jan Troell charts, over the course of two films, a Swedish farming family’s voyage to America Read More »
Le plaisir (1952) Max Ophüls, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women – pleasure and youth. Read More »
La madriguera / Honeycomb (1969) Carlos Saura, Geraldine Chaplin, Per Oscarsson, Teresa del Río, Drama

Teresa is like a child. She is frustrated with her childless existence and suspects her husband of being unfaithful. She and her husband play games with each other, tempting fate. Read More »
Hamshahri / Fellow Citizen (1983) Abbas Kiarostami, Documentary

On July 1983, lawmakers in Teheran decided to close off a section of the capital to regular traffic. Read More »
Three Violent People (1956) Rudolph Maté, Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland, Western

Former dance hall girl Lorna, masquerading as a lady, meets and marries Confederate ex-officer Colt Saunders, returning to his rich Texas ranch. Read More »
Bloodsuckers / Vampire Wars (2005) Matthew Hastings, Joe Lando, Dominic Zamprogna, Natassia Malthe, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

In 2210, mankind has explored the space and found a vampiric menace, declaring war against different breeds of vampires some of them inclusive human flesh cannibals. Read More »
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) Roger Vadim, Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

In a California high school, a married teacher is the athletic coach and faculty advisor. Read More »