
Set in the contentious 1950s, the film’s plot is structured around the rivalry of two radical theatre groups. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
La ciociara / Two Women (1960) Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone

Cesira is a beautiful widow and a successful grocery store owner in Rome. Read More »
Grumpier Old Men (1995) Howard Deutch, Walter Matthau

Things don’t seem to change much in Wabasha County: Max and John are still fighting after 35 years Read More »
Bloodiest Flower / Nihon jokyo-den: ketto midare-bana (1971) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Masahiko Tsugawa

The story of Tei, a female coalmine operator, who risks her life to protect the business that was passed on by her late husband. Read More »
Brave Red Flower of the North / Nihon jokyo-den: makka na dokyo-bana (1970) Yasuo Furuhata, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Shingo Yamashiro

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning Read More »
Only On Mondays / Getsuyôbi no Yuka (1964) Kô Nakahira, Mariko Kaga, Akira Nakao, Yasukiyo Umeno

Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa Read More »
Vincere (2009) Marco Bellocchio

The story of Ida Dalser, who fell in love with the future Italian Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini Read More »
Get Cracking (1943) Marcel Varnel, George Formby, Edward Rigby, Frank Pettingell

Mechanic and Home Guard lance corporal George Singleton (Formby) has an adversary Read More »
The Dragon’s Blood / Sigfrido (1957) Giacomo Gentilomo, Sebastian Fischer, Ilaria Occhini, Rolf Tasna

Legendary hero Siegfried uses a magic sword to fight a huge, fire-breathing dragon. Read More »
Milonga (1999) Emidio Greco, Giancarlo Giannini, Claudia Pandolfi, Carlo Cecchi

A celebrity is murdered in broad daylight in Rome. Behind the murder lies a much more complex truth. Read More »