In the days following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, a British platoon leader named Saul (Gabriel Byrne) Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
War and Peace (1956) King Vidor, Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven Read More »
Hans in Every Street / Hans in allen Gassen (1930) Carl Froelich, Hans Albers, Camilla Horn, Betty Amann
A bold crime caper about muckraking journalist Hans Steindecker, who happens to witness a spectacular murder. Read More »
The Trojan Women / Le troiane (1967) Vittorio Cottafavi, Luisa Aluigi, Lia Angeleri, Annamaria Chio
In 1967 the director Vittorio Cottafavi produces the TV movie Le Troiane from Euripides. Read More »
Take Me to the River (2015) Matt Sobel, Logan Miller, Robin Weigert, Josh Hamilton
A Californian teenager’s plan to come out at his Nebraskan family reunion gets derailed Read More »
Il processo di Santa Teresa del bambino Gesù (1967) Vittorio Cottafavi, Enrico Ribulsi, Tino Bianchi, Giancarlo Fantini
During the final stages of the beatification process of Thérèse of the Child Jesus Read More »
Colpo di fulmine (1985) Marco Risi, Jerry Calà, Vanessa Gravina, Ricky Tognazzi
Carlo, a thirty-something man-child, platonically falls in love with eleven-year-old Giulia. Read More »
Brother of Sleep / Schlafes Bruder (1995) Joseph Vilsmaier, André Eisermann, Dana Vávrová, Ben Becker
In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. Read More »
Jack (1977) Jan Halldoff, Göran Stangertz, Kjell Bergqvist, Örjan Ramberg
Jack, a bohemian in Stockholm with writer and musician dreams and his wild life Read More »
Les scélérats / The Wretches (1960) Robert Hossein, Michèle Morgan, Olivier Hussenot
This slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein (the director) as Thelma and Jess Read More »