A worthy companion to Ray’s Charulata, the film is based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Zezowate szczescie / Bad Luck (1960) Andrzej Munk, Bogumil Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dabrowska
The story is an odyssey of a little man through Poland of 1930 to 1950. Read More »
If It’s Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987) Bob Sweeney, Claude Akins, Lou Liberatore, Courteney Cox
When a tour bus driver plans to save his daughter from her captors Read More »
The Crimson Canary (1945) John Hoffman, Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, John Litel
Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered. Read More »
Fifteen Stitches for the Soul / Quinze Pontos na Alma (2011) Vicente Alves do Ó, Rita Loureiro, João Reis, Marcello Urgeghe
On a day like many others, a woman leaves work. She’s late for a party, in the outskirts of Lisbon. Read More »
The Power Of Emotion (1983) Alexander Kluge, Hannelore Hoger, Edgar M. Böhlke
The emotion and feelings should not be confused with sentimentality. Emotion is ancient and more powerful than any artistic expression. Read More »
Like a Crashed Plane / Como un avión estrellado (2005) Ezequiel Acuña, Ignacio Rogers, Santiago Pedrero, Manuela Martelli
Gauche, mumbling Nico works in a veterinary clinic run by domineering brother Fran, their parents having died in a plane crash. Read More »
Sanatorium pod klepsydra / The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) Wojciech Has, Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska
The film depicts its protagonist, Joseph (Jan Nowicki), traveling through a dream-like world Read More »
Judge Roy Bean / Le juge (1971) Federico Chentrens, Jean Girault, Pierre Perret, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monti
The Judge is a parody western about Judge Roy Bean. Read More »
All Fired Up / Tout feu, tout flamme (1982) Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Victor Valance, an absent father who likes to gamble, returns home in order to take money from his family and gamble with it. Read More »