Dick Turpin, an English highwayman who robs from the rich and gives to the poor Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Mist / Angae (1967) Kim Soo-yong, Shin Seong-il, Yun Jeong-hie, Lee Bin-hwa
A married man who moved to live in Seoul for a better life visits Read More »
The Steel Cage (1954) Walter Doniger, Paul Kelly, Maureen O’Sullivan, Walter Slezak
In three separate stories, San Quentin warden Duffy must contend with a crisis at the prison. Read More »
The Man Who Committed the Murder / Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931) Curtis Bernhardt, Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo, Heinrich George
The story is about Conrad Veidt as military attache in Turkey where he learns Read More »
The Wild Life (1984) Art Linson, Chris Penn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Eric Stoltz
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics Read More »
The Declic Years / Les années déclic (1984) Raymond Depardon
This documentary is an autobiography based on director Depardon’s voice, his face and pictures Read More »
The Eyes, the Mouth / Gli occhi, la bocca (1982) Marco Bellocchio, Lou Castel, Ángela Molina, Emmanuelle Riva
Burned-out, over-the-hill actor Giovanni returns to Bologna for the funeral of his twin, Pippo Read More »
Winner Take All (1975) Paul Bogart, Shirley Jones, Laurence Luckinbill, Sam Groom
In this TV-movie, Shirley Jones plays an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling. Read More »
Owl and the Sparrow (2007) Stephane Gauger, Cat Ly, The Lu Le, Han Thi Pham
A child’s resilience and the kindness of strangers. Thuy is 10, an orphan, working in her uncle’s factory outside Saigon. Read More »
Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) Albert Zugsmith, Vincent Price, Linda Ho, Richard Loo
Gilbert de Quincey is an early 19th-century adventurer involved with helping runaway Read More »