A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Castle of the Banned Lovers AKA Beatrice Cenci (1956) Riccardo Freda, Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi, Fausto Tozzi
The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco Read More »
The Gist AKA Saaransh (1984) Mahesh Bhatt, Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Soni Razdan
B.V Pradhan a retired school teacher lives with his wife Parvati in Shivaji Park Read More »
Frontier (2001) David Zellner, Wiley Wiggins, Nathan Zellner
After their feature debut PLASTIC UTOPIA was deemed too strange Read More »
Hold Back the Night (1956) Allan Dwan, John Payne, Mona Freeman, Peter Graves
A bottle of Scotch carried by WW2 veteran Captain Sam MacKenzie of the U.S. Marine Corps Read More »
I Love a Bandleader (1945) Del Lord, Phil Harris, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Leslie Brooks
Harris and his assistant Eddie “Rochester” Anderson are painters doing a job at a nightclub. Read More »
Under the Open Sky AKA Subarashiki sekai (2020) Miwa Nishikawa, Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura
A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years Read More »
Scandalous Liaisons AKA Rose rosse per una squillo (1993) Albert Barney, Pino Buricchi, Bruno Gaburro, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Tracy Kelly, Gérard Manzetti
An intricate story of crimes, blackmail and torrid passions. Read More »
Red Monarch (1983) Jack Gold, Colin Blakely, David Suchet, Carroll Baker
About Stalin’s inner circle who he starts seeing as untrustworthy. Read More »
Blind Shaft AKA Mang jing (2003) Yang Li, Qiang Li, Baoqiang Wang, Shuangbao Wang
Two Chinese coal miners have hit upon the perfect scam: murder one of their fellow mine workers Read More »
Little Lili AKA La petite Lili (2003) Claude Miller, Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle
A group of cinematic spend a holiday in the French countryside. The film provides insight in their relationships Read More »
Gert and Daisy’s Week-end (1942) Maclean Rogers, Elsie Waters, Doris Waters, Iris Vandeleur
Gert and Daisy volunteer to escort a group of evacuee children to the country Read More »
The Lovers of Teruel AKA Les Amants de Teruel (1962) Raymond Rouleau, Ludmilla Tchérina, René-Louis Lafforgue, Milko Sparemblek
This puzzling experimental film is written and directed by Raymond Rouleau, who uses effects like Read More »
It’s in the Bag (1944) Herbert Mason, Elsie Waters, Doris Waters, Ernest Butcher
The popular British music hall and radio team of Gert and Daisy (Elsie and Doris Waters) heads the cast of It’s in the Bag. Read More »
The Odd One Dies AKA Liang ge zhi neng huo yi ge (1997) Tat-Chi Yau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Carman Lee, Woo-min Byeon
The secret world of contract killing comes to focus in the dark Read More »