
Three itinerant writers stage an open-air theatre production with Marika (Marika Rokk) as the star. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtiz, Humphrey Bogart

The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca Read More »
Adolphe (2002) Benoît Jacquot, Isabelle Adjani, Stanislas Merhar, Jean Yanne

The action takes place at the turn of the 19th Century. Adolphe (Stanislas Merhar) is a carefree Read More »
Standing Room Only (1944) Sidney Lanfield

During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Read More »
Cocktail Molotov (1980) Diane Kurys, Elise Caron, François Cluzet, Philippe Lebas

Seventeen-year-old middle-class Anne (Elise Caron), runs away with her working-class boyfriend Frederic (Philippe Lebas) Read More »
Paris Pick-Up / Le monte-charge (1962) Marcel Bluwal, Robert Hossein, Lea Massari, Robert Dalban

The action takes place in an old house ,the first floor of which is a big workshop. Read More »
A Man in Our House / Fi baitina rajul (1961) Henry Barakat, Rushdy Abaza, Mokhtar Al Sayed, Aziza Badr

Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy succeed in the assassination of Prime Minister collaborators with colonialism Read More »
Smoke Signal (1955) Jerry Hopper

Capt. Harper’s cavalry patrol returns to the fort to find it besieged by Ute Indians. Read More »
Legend of the Lost (1957) Henry Hathaway, John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi

Paul Bonnard arrives in Timbuktu in search of a guide to escort him into the Sahara desert. Read More »
It Started in Naples (1960) Melville Shavelson, Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica

Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged “black sheep” brother. Read More »