
A few days before Inspector Ambrosio’s holiday, a bank robbery takes place opposite his house. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Mr. Love (1986) Roy Battersby, Barry Jackson, Maurice Denham, Margaret Tyzack

A mild-mannered gardener becomes a lovable legend in his town for his talent to romantically please every woman that fancies him. Read More »
Street Soldiers (1991) Lee Harry, Jun Chong, Jeff Rector, David Homb

When the J.P.’s sadistic leader Priest gets out of prison, he learns that his former lover Read More »
Short Memory (1979) Eduardo de Gregorio, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Bulle Ogier

A UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world. Read More »
Fathers and Sons (1992) Paul Mones, Jeff Goldblum, Rory Cochrane, Famke Janssen

A father/widower and a teenage son live in a seaside town with a serial killer. Read More »
Sweet William (1980) Claude Whatham, Sam Waterston, Jenny Agutter, Anna Massey

A young woman has a perfect love affair with a zealous writer. When she finds out that he’s also a highly manipulative womanizer Read More »
Toronto Stories (2008) Robert Milicevic, Sudz Sutherland, Gil Bellows, Sook-Yin Lee, K.C. Collins

Various lives intersect over the course of 48 hours in Canada’s largest and most culturally diverse city. Read More »
Raintree County (1957) Edward Dmytryk, Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint

An abolitionist John Wickliff Shawnessy drifts away from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither Read More »
The Great Love / Le grand amour (1969) Pierre Étaix, Annie Fratellini, Nicole Calfan

Twenty-five year old Pierre is a man who likes to play the field, about which most of girlfriends are aware. Read More »
Walking Back (1928) Rupert Julian, Cecil B. DeMille, Richard Walling, Sue Carol, Robert Edeson

Jazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher “borrows” a neighbor’s car to take Patsy, his sweetheart, to a dance after his father refuses to lend him his car. Read More »