1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Antaheen / The Endless Wait (2009) Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Rahul Bose, Aparna Sen, Radhika Apte
Abhik Chowdhury is an IPS officer with a heart — honest, upright, yet laid-back. Read More »
Oasis / Oasiseu (2002) Chang-dong Lee, Kyung-gu Sol, So-Ri Moon, Nae-sang Ahn
Jong-du, a young man just out of prison for manslaughter, is a social misfit Read More »
Queen of Hearts (1936) Monty Banks, Gracie Fields, John Loder, Enid Stamp-Taylor
An ordinary working class seamstress who is mistaken as a rich patron of the arts. Read More »
11’09”01 – September 11 (2002) Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Maryam Karimi, Mohamad Dolati, Agelem Habibi
Eleven directors from 11 countries each contribute an 11-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001. Read More »
Static (1985) Mark Romanek, Keith Gordon, Amanda Plummer, Bob Gunton
A quirky, out-of-of place worker at a crucifix factory in the Bible Belt invents Read More »
Molly and Me (1945) Lewis Seiler, Gracie Fields, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper Read More »
The Counterfeit Killer (1968) Joseph Lejtes, Jack Lord, Shirley Knight, Jack Weston
Is there a link between the murder of five foreign sailors from the East whose bodies Read More »
Voice in the Mirror (1958) Harry Keller, Richard Egan, Julie London, Walter Matthau
Jim Burton has become a chronic alcoholic since the death of his young daughter, and is cared for by hard-working wife. Read More »
How Yukong Moved the Mountains (1977) Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan Ivens
From 1972 until 1974, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan, along with a Chinese film crew, documented the last days of the Cultural Revolution, marking the end of an era. Read More »