
Bill Small is in love with Betty Martin, who is also loved by Jim Beldon, the manager of the local bank. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Foolin Around (1980) Richard T. Heffron, Gary Busey, Annette O’Toole, John Calvin

College student Wes agrees to be a test subject in a psychological experiment involving shock treatments. Read More »
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) Carol Reed, Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff

In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers Read More »
A Railway Station for Two / Vokzal dlya dvoikh (1983) Eldar Ryazanov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Basilashvili, Nikita Mikhalkov

Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. Read More »
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 »