A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Sign of Four (2001) Rodney Gibbons, Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh, Sophie Lorain
Greed, betrayal and vengeance set the stage for this Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic. Read More »
The Palermo Connection / Dimenticare Palermo (1990) Francesco Rosi, Jim Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. Read More »
I Love to Work / Mi piace lavorare (Mobbing) (2004) Francesca Comencini, Nicoletta Braschi, Camille Dugay Comencini, Rosa Matteucci
A woman comes across the difficulties of modern work: to force her to resign from her job Read More »
Bloodlands (2017) Steven Kastrissios, Gëzim Rudi, Emiljano Palali, Suela Bako
A struggling family in Albania, wrestling with tradition Read More »
Young Desire (1930) Lewis D. Collins, Mary Nolan, William Janney, Ralf Harolde
A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man. Read More »
That Is the Dawn / Cela s’appelle l’aurore (1956) Luis Buñuel, Georges Marchal, Lucia Bosé, Julien Bertheau
The wife of a physician who diligently cares for the poor, grows weary of their dull South France factory town Read More »
‘Til We Meet Again (1940) Edmund Goulding, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O’Brien
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported Read More »
Dream No Evil (1970) John Hayes, Edmond O’Brien, Brooke Mills, Marc Lawrence
Grace is a troubled young lady with some serious daddy issues. Read More »
The Sweeper (1996) Joseph Merhi, C. Thomas Howell, Jeff Fahey, Ed Lauter
A young renegade undercover cop (C. Thomas Howell) with a propensity for violence Read More »