Richard Grant is a lawyer who believes that murder under certain circumstances is justifiable. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Flying High (1931) Charles Reisner, Bert Lahr, Charlotte Greenwood, Pat O’Brien
Man-crazy waitress Pansy Potts (Charlotte Greenwood) offers $500 for a husband. Read More »
The Snow Queen AKA Snezhnaya koroleva (1957) Lev Atamanov, Vladimir Gribkov, Yanina Zheymo, Anna Komolova
When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay Read More »
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) John Badham, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti
Ken Harrison is an artist who makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident Read More »
The Mystery of the Ghastly Face AKA El misterio del rostro pálido (1935) Juan Bustillo Oro, Carlos Villarías, Beatriz Ramos, Natalia Ortiz
A disturbed doctor is obsessed with finding the cure for a strange disease Read More »
Tap (1989) Nick Castle, Gregory Hines, Suzzanne Douglas, Sammy Davis Jr.
Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. Read More »
Fine Powder AKA Picado fino (1996) Esteban Sapir, Belén Blanco, Marcela Guerty, Facundo Luengo
Thomas Roads, a young man who lives in the suburbs of Buenos Aires Read More »
The Great Love AKA Die große Liebe (1931) Otto Preminger, Hansi Niese, Attila Hörbiger, Betty Bird
After ten years of detention in Russia as a prisoner of war, Franz returns to his native Vienna. Read More »
Victor and Victoria AKA Viktor und Viktoria (1933) Reinhold Schünzel, Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Hilde Hildebrand
Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin Read More »
Devil’s Island AKA Djöflaeyjan (1996) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Djoflaeyjan takes place in Reykjavik in the years following World War II. Read More »
Medium (1985) Jacek Koprowicz, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Michal Bajor, Jerzy Zelnik
In the early 1930s the parapsychologist Wagner uses his telepathic sister to psychically uncover the presence of a nearby medium. Read More »
Paradise Alley (1962) Hugo Haas, Don Sullivan, Carol Morris
As studio financing dwindled away for Hugo Haas, his last film as a writer-director-producer has certain autobiographical elements Read More »
Mamma Gógó (2010) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Gunnar Eyjólfsson
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. Read More »
Let It All Hang Out AKA L’uomo dal pennello d’oro (1969) Franz Marischka, Willi Colombini, Marcella Michelangeli, Edwige Fenech
Edwige Fenech plays the girlfriend of beatnik-hippy artist Archie (Willi Colombini). Read More »
Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie (2009) Michelle Esrick, Larry Brilliant, Hugh Romney
Wavy Gravy is known as the MC of the Woodstock festival, a hippie icon, activist, clown Read More »