
“A Passage Thru Pamela” is a weird (and wonderful) hardcore film about a spurned woman who finds her fiancé Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
A Good Marriage / Le beau mariage (1982) Éric Rohmer, Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Féodor Atkine

Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse Read More »
Secret Intentions / Las secretas intenciones (1970) Antonio Eceiza, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Haydée Politoff, Teresa del Río

Miguel is a married architect with children; Blanca, an attractive young woman who has attempted suicide by cutting her veins. Read More »
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Norman Jewison, Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman

Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ’s life told in an anachronistic manner. Read More »
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965) Alvin Ganzer, Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Peter Noone

Danny Churchill is a young heir who tries to help Ginger, an attractive postal worker in rural Nevada Read More »
The Adventures of Tartu (1943) Harold S. Bucquet, Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla

Stevenson, a British soldier fluent in Rumanian and German, goes undercover to sabotage a German poison-gas factory. Read More »
Angel on the Right / Fararishtay kifti rost (2002) Jamshed Usmonov, Uktamoi Miyasarova, Maruf Pulodzoda, Kova Tilavpur

Set in the Tajik village of Asht, this film draws on the Muslim notion that we are born Read More »
Players (1979) Anthony Harvey, Ali MacGraw, Dean Paul Martin, Maximilian Schell

A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn’t love. Read More »
Forty Deuce (1982) Paul Morrissey, Orson Bean, Kevin Bacon, Mark Keyloun

A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies. Read More »
Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) Mike Robe, Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Ricky Schroder

Head back to Lonesome Dove in this sequel to one of the most-loved miniseries of all time. Read More »