
Based on a pre-war murder case of the Malisz couple. They end up committing a petty robbery and a sordid murder. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Trial (1955) Mark Robson, Glenn Ford

Adapted by Don M. Mankiewicz from his own novel, Trial is a surprisingly timely story Read More »
La professoressa di scienze naturali (1976) Michele Massimo Tarantini, Lilli Carati, Michele Gammino, Alvaro Vitali

When the local science teacher hurts herself during a failed experiment and ends up in hospital, she is replaced by young and sexy Stevania Marini. Read More »
Operette (1940) Willi Forst, Maria Holst, Dora Komar

The first film of Willi Forst’s legendary Viennese trilogy is essentially a condensed history of the golden age of Viennese operetta mirrored in the fictive love story Read More »
Watch Your Stern (1960) Gerald Thomas, Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips

When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman Read More »
The Sealed Soil (1977) Marva Nabili, Flora Shabaviz

In pre-revolution Iran, a village girl’s rejection of marriage and defiance of dress codes leads Read More »
Giants Don’t Exist (2017) Chema Rodríguez, Rafael Rojas, Patricia Orantes, Andrés Toz

Guatemala, in the 80s. The worst days of the Civil war. Andrés is 9 years old. Read More »
Clouds Over Conakry (2007) Cheick Fantamady Camara, Alex Ogou, Tella Kpomahou, Balla Moussa Keita

Story of a young caricaturist who works in an opposition newspaper and his relations with his father, Imam of the Great Mosque of Conakry. Read More »
Endgame – Bronx lotta finale (1983) Joe D’Amato, Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, George Eastman

A telepathic mutant recruits a post-World War III TV game-show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety. Read More »
Das Wunder (1985) Eckhart Schmidt, Anja Schüte, Raimund Harmstorf, Dagmar Lassander

Teenager Raphaela was born blind into a wealthy, material focused family. Read More »