
Hsiao Yun’s rise to fame all results from a lucky break, as she’s forced to substitute for another singer at the last second. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Nora Prentiss (1947) Vincent Sherman, Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett

Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Read More »
Taebaek Mountains / Taebek sanmaek (1994) Kwon-taek Im, Dong-joon Choi, Seon-kyeong Jeong, Gyeong-ho Kim

The story tries to describe and reveal a few generations-lasting conflicts between the haves (proprietors) and have-nots (peasants) Read More »
Nights with Theodore / Je suis une ville endormie (2012) Sébastien Betbeder, Pio Marmaï, Agathe Bonitzer, Fabrice Adde

A romantic connection blossoms between two young Parisians during a succession Read More »
The Dictator’s Guns / L’arme à gauche (1965) Claude Sautet, Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon

Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo Read More »
The Golden Thread / Subarnarekha (1965) Ritwik Ghatak, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Abhi Bhattacharya

A man (Abhi Bhattacharya) opposes the love between his sister Read More »
Butley (1974) Harold Pinter, Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O’Callaghan

A day in the life of Ben Butley. But definitely not a day to remember for this T.S. Eliot scholar at the University of London. Read More »
Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands (2015) Christian Braad Thomsen, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Irm Hermann, Harry Baer

Thomsen presents previously unseen interview footage recorded with Fassbinder throughout Read More »
Golgotha / Behold the Man (1935) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Jean Gabin, Robert Le Vigan

Robert le Vigan plays the Son of God, but as often happens in films of this nature he is upstaged by the villains Read More »
Rififi / Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) Jules Dassin, Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel

After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City Read More »