
Bernard Natan could be described as one of the fathers of French cinema. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Savage Splendor (1949) Armand Denis, Lewis Cotlow, Carr Hartley

The film tells of the Armand Denis/Lewis Cotlow expedition that had the two men cover 22,000 miles through Tanganyika, Belgian Congo and British East Africa. Read More »
How Much Further / Qué tan lejos (2006) Tania Hermida

Esperanza and Tristeza both have to get to Cuenca. However, by an unlucky turn of events Read More »
Summit Circle (2007) Bernard Émond, Guylaine Tremblay, Guy Jodoin, Gildor Roy

Covered in blood, Réjeanne Poulin is in a near comatose state as she, a suspect Read More »
Chimes at Midnight / Campanadas a medianoche (1965) Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford

Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’ and other plays Read More »
Young Jesse James (1960) William F. Claxton, Ray Stricklyn, Willard Parker, Merry Anders

In this one, the father of Jesse and Frank James is unjustly hanged by Union troops Read More »
Patty / Gang Rape (1962) Leo A. Handel, Merry Anders, J. Edward McKinley, Dani Lynn

Sweet young lass Patty Smith moves from her native Kansas to Los Angeles, California. Read More »
Roughshod (1949) Mark Robson, Robert Sterling, Gloria Grahame, Claude Jarman Jr.

Wrangler Clay Phillips and his younger brother Steve are taking horses to their ranch near Sonora Read More »
How I Became a Negro / Wie ich ein Neger wurde (1970) Roland Gall, Gerd Baltus, Walter Ladengast, Wolf Euba

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, a teacher tries to teach his students tolerance for others. Read More »
The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937) Lewis R. Foster, Lewis Stone, Barbara Read, Tom Brown

An actor continually confesses to murders he didn’t commit, figuring that the police Read More »