Two fact-based tales about citizens who risked everything Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Crossroads / Shi zi jie tou (1937) Xiling Shen, Dan Zhao, Yang Bai, Ban Lü
Four students in Shanghai have recently finished university. All are unemployed. Read More »
Deadly Matrimony (1992) John Korty, Brian Dennehy, Treat Williams, Embeth Davidtz
Alan Masters is a despicable businessman with his hands in organized crime. Read More »
The Horseman (2008) Steven Kastrissios, Peter Marshall, Caroline Marohasy, Brad McMurray
Christian, a divorced father and white collar businessman grieves Read More »
The Traitors / Forræderne (1983) Ole Roos, Allan Olsen, Ole Meyer, Sanne Salomonsen
Two young Danes have joined Free Corps Denmark and have struggled on the Eastern Front Read More »
The Yellow One / Der Schut (1964) Robert Siodmak, Lex Barker, Marie Versini, Ralf Wolter
On his adventurous travels trough the Ottoman empire, Kara ben-Nemsi Read More »
A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975) José Quintero, Gordon Rigsby, Jason Robards, Colleen Dewhurst, Ed Flanders
A televised version of the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s play. Read More »
A Queen for Caesar / Una regina per Cesare (1962) Piero Pierotti, Viktor Tourjansky, Pascale Petit, George Ardisson, Rik Battaglia
Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her. Read More »
The Old Man and the Sea (1990) Jud Taylor, Anthony Quinn, Gary Cole, Patricia Clarkson
Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Santiago goes out on his usual Read More »
Private Vices, Public Pleasures / Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù (1976) Miklós Jancsó, Lajos Balázsovits, Pamela Villoresi, Franco Branciaroli
Golden boy, who cavorts on his rural estate with a host of beautiful, aristocratic lovers and friends of both sexes. Read More »