
Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Maigret (2022) Patrice Leconte, Gérard Depardieu

In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Read More »
A Film Unfinished / Shtikat haarchion (2010) Yael Hersonski, Alexander Beyer, Rüdiger Vogler, Hanna Avrutzki

Yael Hersonski’s powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating Read More »
Mary Queen of Scots (2013) Thomas Imbach, Camille Rutherford, Mehdi Dehbi, Sean Biggerstaff

Mary Queen of Scots spends her childhood in France and is meant to become also Queen of France. Read More »
Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90’s (1993) David Jablin, Kimberly Beck, Greg Evigan, Kenneth Mars

Shelly Long portrays anchor-women Faye Sommerfeild, who hosts the top-rated network Read More »
36 Hours to Die (1999) Yves Simoneau, Treat Williams, Kim Cattrall, Carroll O’Connor

The head of a brewery enlists his family and his bowling team to fight an extortion Read More »
The Story of My Life / Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités… (2004) Laurent Tirard, Edouard Baer, Marie-Josée Croze, Clovis Cornillac

Raphael is a ghostwriter who takes a job writing for famous footy player Kevin. Read More »
Melancholic / Merankorikku (2018) Seiji Tanaka, Yôji Minagawa, Yoshitomo Isozaki, Mebuki Yoshida

Kazuhiko, a graduate of a prestigious university, wasn’t enjoying his life, until he takes a job at a bathhouse. Read More »
A Mormon Maid (1917) Robert Z. Leonard, Mae Murray, Frank Borzage, Hobart Bosworth

In the late fifties John Hogue, his wife and daughter, Dora, are living in a little cabin Read More »
The Crazy Kids of the War / La feldmarescialla (1967) Steno, Rita Pavone, Francis Blanche, Terence Hill

A waitress helps a scientist flee the Nazis. Read More »