Seamy or at least black and white expose of 1950’s London’s sex trade in all its guises. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974) Luigi Comencini, Laura Antonelli, Alberto Lionello, Michele Placido
The Marquise Eugenia di Maqueda, an orphan raised by the nuns, marries Raimondo Corrao Read More »
The Belle of Rome / La bella di Roma (1955) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa
Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman. Read More »
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab / Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Keisuke Noro, Michiko Sawa
Wada Koji fights to become a boxing champion. Read More »
Ballerina (1937) Jean Benoît-Lévy, Yvette Chauviré
As its title indicates, La Mort du Cygne (The Dying Swan) is set in the special world of the ballet. Read More »
Luciano Serra, pilota (1938) Goffredo Alessandrini, Amedeo Nazzari, Germana Paolieri, Roberto Villa
Successful WWI pilot Luciano Serra has problems adjusting to an ordinary life in peace Read More »
The Bold and the Brave (1956) Lewis R. Foster, Mickey Rooney, Wendell Corey, Don Taylor
An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944. Read More »
A Lovers Return (1946) Christian-Jaque, Louis Jouvet, Gaby Morlay, François Périer
A man returns to his hometown after 20 years: to the woman he loved and the man who tried to kill him. Read More »
Astonished (1990) Jeff Kahn, Liliana Komorowska, Tommy Hollis, Robert E. Thompson
A European woman living in Greenwich Village sees her life starting to come apart. Read More »
Postman Blues / Posutoman burûsu (1997) Sabu, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi, Keisuke Horibe, Ren Ôsugi
Sawaki is a postman who’s not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. Read More »