A president for 42 years in power discretely left the palace on the eve of an important electoral meeting. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Journey to Italy / Viaggio in Italia (1954) Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban
Catherine and Alexander, wealthy and sophisticated, drive to Naples Read More »
I’ll Give My Life (1960) William F. Claxton, Ray Collins, John Bryant, Angie Dickinson
This is the story of a father whose son chooses faith over the family fortune and business. Read More »
The Brigand / Il brigante (1961) Renato Castellani, Francesco Seminario, Adelmo Di Fraia, Mario Ierardi
In 1940s Calabria a man unjustly accused of murder flees to the countryside Read More »
Foreboding / Yocho (2017) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kaho, Shôta Sometani, Masahiro Higashide
Miyuki is seeing apparitions at home and worrying her friend Etsuko. Read More »
Angel’s Project / Tian shi kuang long (1993) Hao-te Chang, Po-San Lo, Sibelle Hu, Moon Lee, Bing-Chan Cheung
Two cops from Hong Kong go to Malaysia to extradite Susana Read More »
Only Decent People / Alleen maar nette mensen (2012) Lodewijk Crijns, Geza Weisz, Imanuelle Grives, Jeroen Krabbé
David lives in a neighborhood with “only orderly people” and rich parents. Read More »
Transgression (1931) Herbert Brenon, Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Ricardo Cortez
When an English husband goes off to India for a year-long business trip Read More »
San Demetrio London (1943) Charles Frend, Robert Hamer, Arthur Young, Walter Fitzgerald, Ralph Michael
The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Read More »
Dirigible (1931) Frank Capra, Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Ralph Graves
A French explorer enlists the help of the US Navy in an expedition to the South Pole. Read More »