Vic Armstrong arrives at his Uncle Judge Armstrong’s home just in time to answer the telephone. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Connected / Bo chi tung wah (2008) Benny Chan, Louis Koo, Barbie Hsu, Nick Cheung
Bob’s life isn’t going well at all. A single father in a dead-end job as a debt collector Read More »
Ridicule (1996) Patrice Leconte, Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant
In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman Read More »
Hi-Jack Highway / Gas-Oil (1955) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset
After a spending the night with his girlfriend Alice (Jeanne Moreau), trucker Jean (Jean Gabin) encounters a dead body on the road home. Read More »
Marie Krøyer (2012) Bille August, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Sverrir Gudnason
At the beginning of the 20th century, Marie is married to Denmark’s world famous painter P.S. Krøyer. Read More »
All the Women / Todas las mujeres (2013) Mariano Barroso
Veterinarian Nacho confronts the women who have meant something to him in his life. Read More »
Beyond Words (2017) Urszula Antoniak, Andrzej Chyra, Jakub Gierszal, Christian Löber
A young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly Read More »
Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990) Jerrold Freedman, Ken Olin, Margaret Colin, Annabella Price
Fact-based story about a Boston furrier and his pregnant wife who was shot in their car on October 23, 1989. Read More »
Cat Girl Gambler: Murder Incorporated / Toba no mesu neko: sutemi no shôbu (1966) Hiroshi Noguchi, Yumiko Nogawa, Eiji Gô, Jô Shishido
After stopping a pickpocket on his job, Yukiko gets drawn into a high-stakes game of the Yakuza clans in her father’s home town. Read More »
A Song for Martin (2001) Bille August, Sven Wollter, Viveka Seldahl, Reine Brynolfsson
Famous composer Martin meets concertmaster Barbara at one of his performances, and the two fall in love. Read More »