
A small town in the south-west of France, summer of 1944. Having failed to join the resistance Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Ghosts (2005) Christian Petzold, Julia Hummer

Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden Read More »
Rewind & Play (2022) Alain Gomis, Thelonious Monk

The lack of respect with which the Black musician Thelonious Monk was treated in Autumn, 1969. Read More »
In Secret (2013) Charlie Stratton

Thérèse grows up with her aunt and cousin. Around 1860 the aunt decides they move to Paris Read More »
Le mani sporche / Dirty Hands (1978) Elio Petri

A young, impressionable communist Hugo is sent to kill a rogue party chairman Read More »
Victoire (2004) Stéphanie Murat, Sylvie Testud

Victoire is sweet, sensitive, nice and understanding. Read More »
Die Story (1984) Eckhart Schmidt, Thomas Davis

A journalist from Munich brings revelations in a boulevard magazine Read More »
Big Town Scandal (1948) William C. Thomas

Steve Wilson, crusading editor of the Big Town’s Illustrated Press Read More »
The Woman of the Town (1943) George Archainbaud

New York newspaperman Bat Masterson thinks back on his time as a lawman in Dodge City Read More »
Carmen from Kawachi (1966) Seijun Suzuki

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. Read More »