After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880’s, the British government is in a quandary. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Michael (1924) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Walter Slezak, Max Auzinger, Nora Gregor, Drama, Romance
Mikaël is an artist who rises as his teacher, the aging Zoret, falls. Zoret gives Mikaël his start, and their relationship is sexual as well. Read More »
It (1927) Clarence G. Badger, Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin, Comedy, Romance
Shopgirl Betty Lou has designs on Cyrus Waltham, the handsome owner of the department store where she works. Waltham, though, doesn’t even know Betty Lou is around. Read More »
Here Come the Waves (1944) Mark Sandrich, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Twin sisters Rosemary and Susie Allison are successful nightclub performers. Their act is about to come to a close when serious-minded Rosemary announces she’s joining the Waves. Read More »
Un divan à New York / A Couch in New York (1996) Chantal Akerman, Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Stephanie Buttle, Comedy, Romance
Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Read More »
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) Robert Fuest, Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing, Comedy, Horror
The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping Dr. Phibes three years later. Read More »
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Robert Fuest, Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith, Comedy, Horror
Doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner: bats, bees, killer frog masks, etc., which represent the nine Biblical plagues. Read More »
The Fury (1978) Brian De Palma, Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) from his son, Robin (Andrew Stevens), the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Read More »
For Heavens Sake (1926) Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Action, Comedy, Romance
The Uptown Boy, J. Harold Manners (Lloyd) is a millionaire playboy who falls for the Downtown Girl, Hope (Ralston) who works in Brother Paul’s (Weigel) mission. Read More »
White Slaves of Chinatown (1964) Joseph P. Mawra, Audrey Campbell, Marlaina Abbie, Gigi Darlene, Crime, Drama
Olga uses pot parties and comic-book violence to turn Gigi Darlene and other female captives before putting them to work as drug-addicted hookers. Read More »
New York Confidential (1955) Russell Rouse, Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Anne Bancroft
Nick Magellan works for the corrupt businessman Charlie Lupo, who presides over an influential crime syndicate in Manhattan, New York. Read More »
Hanky Panky (1982) Sidney Poitier, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Architect Michael Jordan, a Chicago Architect, is New York on business. A beautiful stranger identifying herself as Janet Dunn, runs into the taxi cab he’s using. Read More »
Le testament du Docteur Cordelier / The Doctor’s Horrible Experiment (1959) Jean Renoir, Jean-Louis Barrault, Teddy Bilis, Sylviane Margollé, Drama, Horror
Mr. Joly, doctor Cordelier’s lawyer, is amazed to discover that his client and friend leaves his possessions to a stranger, Opale, a sadistic criminal. Read More »
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) Nicolas Gessner, Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rynn Jacobs is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives in a secluded house that she and her father have rented in a quiet seaside community. Read More »
Against All Odds (1984) Taylor Hackford, Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Action, Adventure, Crime
Terry Brogan, an aging football player in L.A., is cut early in the season; he needs money, so he takes a job from a shady friend of his, Jake Wise, to track down Wise’s girlfriend, Jessie, who’s somewhere in Mexico. Read More »