Capt. Fracasse, a down-on-his-luck nobleman, gives shelter at his estate one night to a troupe of traveling actors. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1995) Marion Hänsel, Stephen Rea, Ling Chu, Adrian Brine
The film tells the story of a strange friendship between an adult, already on the return Read More »
The Damned Don’t Cry (1950) Vincent Sherman, Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran
The murder of gangster Nick Prenta rolls an evaluation of mysterious socialite Read More »
Why (Not) Brazil? AKA Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004) Laetitia Masson, Elsa Zylberstein, Marc Barbé, Bernard Le Coq
A film director, whose career is going downhill, reluctantly decides to adapt Read More »
Colossus and the Huns AKA Tharus figlio di Attila (1962) Roberto Bianchi Montero, Jerome Courtland, Lisa Gastoni, Mimmo Palmara
King Bohlem, brother of the late Attila, reconquers former Hun territory. Read More »
Consuming Passions (1988) Giles Foster, Jonathan Pryce, Vanessa Redgrave, Tyler Butterworth
At his new job at Chumley’s Chocolates, Ian Littleton accidentally knocks several workers Read More »
Atlas Against the Czar AKA Maciste alla corte dello zar (1964) Tanio Boccia, Kirk Morris, Massimo Serato, Ombretta Colli
The czar Nicolas sends a secret mission of experts to find a hidden treasure. Read More »
The Tall Guy (1989) Mel Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson
Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) plays straight man to unpleasant comedian Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). Read More »
The Young Doctors (1961) Phil Karlson, Fredric March, Ben Gazzara, Dick Clark
Two pathologists — a veteran department head (Fredric March) whose perspective has been shaped by years of red tape Read More »
The Chinese Ring (1947) William Beaudine, Roland Winters, Warren Douglas, Mantan Moreland
Princess Mei Ling pays a visit to the Chan residence, where upon being admitted by man-of-all-work Read More »
The Mouse on the Moon (1963) Richard Lester, Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins
Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. Read More »
Moby Dick (1930) Lloyd Bacon, John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Hughes
In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville’s classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter Read More »
Walk East on Beacon! (1952) Alfred L. Werker, George Murphy, Finlay Currie, Virginia Gilmore
An FBI agent (George Murphy) works with a refugee scientist (Finlay Currie) Read More »
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) Kenneth Branagh, Michael Maloney, Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley
A group of theatre actors plays “Hamlet” in a provincial village Read More »
Holiday Dreaming AKA Meng you xia wei yi (2004) Fu-chun Hsu, Janine Chun-Ning Chang, Hui-ni Hsu, Anne Huang
Ah-Zhou, who is about to be honorably discharged from the military service, has a surreal dream. Read More »