Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Sorority Girl (1957) Roger Corman, Susan Cabot, Dick Miller, Barboura Morris
A poor-little-rich-girl feels alienated by her mother and enacts a string of torment Read More »
Youth Without Youth (2007) Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz
1938, Romania: at 70, a professor of language and philosophy, Dominic Matei, contemplates suicide: the love of his life is dead Read More »
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
Captain John Smith (Anthony Dexter), returned from the Jamestown colony, is telling his story before Read More »
Find a Place to Die / Joe… cercati un posto per morire! (1968) Giuliano Carnimeo, Jeffrey Hunter, Pascale Petit, Giovanni Pallavicino
An outcast Confederate soldier redeems himself by defending a woman against bandits willing to kill for her goldmine claim. Read More »
Dangerous Pleasures / Una voglia da morire (1965) Duccio Tessari, Raf Vallone, Annie Girardot, Alberto Lionello
Two women on vacation decide to see who the better seductress is. Read More »
The Exception (2016) David Leveaux, Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer
Whiling away the hours in an isolated countryside estate near Nazi-occupied Utrecht Read More »
Secret Agent X-9 (1945) Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor, Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, Jan Wiley
American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel. Read More »
The Hussy / La drôlesse (1979) Jacques Doillon, Claude Hébert, Madeleine Desdevises, Paulette Lahaye
Twenty-something François collects boxes and bottles and resells them to shopkeepers. Read More »
Day by Day, Desperately / Giorno per giorno, disperatamente (1961) Alfredo Giannetti, Tomas Milian, Nino Castelnuovo, Madeleine Robinson
The mental illness that struck young Dario, one of the two children of the Dominici family Read More »