Jean Paurel is a womanizing opera star, who agrees to help Diana Page her career in order to take advantage of her. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Stewardess (2002) Tak-Sam Leong, Sam Lee, San-san Lee, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Keung suffers from a recurring nightmare in which a woman in red chases him down a highway and tries to kill him with a plastic toy jet. Read More »
Ginger and Fred (1986) Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Comedy, Drama
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show. Read More »
My World Dies Screaming (1958) Harold Daniels, Gerald Mohr, Cathy O’Donnell, William Ching, Horror, Mystery, Romance
American-born Sheila Wayne has lived in Switzerland since childhood. Read More »
Fighting Caravans (1931) Otto Brower, David Burton, Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Romance, Western
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love. Read More »
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Drama, Romance
On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he’s just met. Read More »
Dixiana (1930) Luther Reed, Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Comedy, Musical, Romance
The film tells the story of a circus performer who falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. Read More »
Daughter of Deceit (1951) Luis Buñuel, Fernando Soler, Alicia Caro, Fernando Soto, Comedy, Drama
After discovering he’s being cheated on by his wife María, Quintin kicks her out of the house. Read More »
How Strange to Be Named Federico (2013) Ettore Scola, Tommaso Lazotti, Maurizio De Santis, Giacomo Lazotti, Biography
An exciting and visionary portrait of the master filmmaker Federico Fellini, based on the memories and the feelings of his great friend director Ettore Scola. Read More »
Big Trouble (1986) John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D’Angelo, Comedy
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn’t making things any easier. Read More »
Saga of the Phoenix (1990) Ngai Choi Lam, Sze Yu Lau, Biao Yuen, Gloria Yip, Loletta Lee, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Holy Maiden of Hell, Ashura possesses immense power that can destroy humanity. Read More »
S.O.S. Noronha (1957) Georges Rouquier, Jean Marais, Yves Massard, José Lewgoy, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Story of a group of radio-men, on the isle of Noronha, off the coast of Brazil, whose post was attacked by escaped convicts Read More »
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) John Rawlins, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
When a Nazi saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations, via their radio ‘Voice of Terror’ Read More »
Ball of Fire (1941) Howard Hawks, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Comedy, Romance
Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O’Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice Read More »
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972) Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Roberta Wallach, Drama
From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. Read More »