To be near the fella she loves, an English bareback rider dons dungarees and cap to pass as a boy stows away to America Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Stakeout / Harikomi (1958) Yoshitarô Nomura, Minoru Ôki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching Read More »
Heart of Glass / Herz aus Glas (1976) Werner Herzog, Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz
A small village is renowned for its “Ruby Glass” glass blowing works. Read More »
The Nark / La balance (1982) Bob Swaim, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry
Nicole is a Parisian streetwalker and Dede is her racketeer boyfriend Read More »
The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua / La nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua (1979) Assia Djebbar
Returning to her native region 15 years after the end of the Algerian war Read More »
Friend / Arkadas (1974) Yilmaz Güney, Kerim Afsar, Azra Balkan, Civan Canova
After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village Read More »
Vincent, François, Paul and the Others / Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres (1974) Claude Sautet, Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who’s blocked. Read More »
Woman Against the World (1937) David Selman, Alice Moore, Edgar Edwards, Ralph Forbes
Anna Plummer (Alice Moore), daughter of a Canadian farmer, secretly marries against her father’s will. Read More »
A Game for Eveline / Un gioco per Eveline (1971) Marcello Avallone, Erna Schurer, Adriana Bogdan, Marco Guglielmi
A couple on holiday travels around Corsica. There’s some tension between them because Pierre wants Natalie to have his child. Read More »
Saturday Night Out (1964) Robert Hartford-Davis
The film follows the adventures of some merchant seamen on a London night out Read More »