Alison Kirbe of London, receives a telegram from Texas, that she has inherited a livestock ranch. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Zan AKA Killing (2018) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Yû Aoi, Sôsuke Ikematsu
Set during the tumultuous mid-19th century Edo period of Japan Read More »
O Pagador de Promessas AKA The Promise (1962) Anselmo Duarte, Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo
Zé-do-Burro has only one worldly possession, his donkey, that he named Nicolas Read More »
Les louves AKA Demoniac (1957) Luis Saslavsky, François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jeanne Moreau
Gervais and his friend Bernard, two prisoners of war, manage to escape from the camp where they are held. Read More »
Fai in fretta ad uccidermi… ho freddo! AKA Kill Me Quick, I’m Cold (1967) Francesco Maselli, Monica Vitti, Jean Sorel, Roberto Bisacco
Giovanna (Monica Vitti, L’Awentura) and Franco (Jean Sorel, Belle de Jour) are lovers pretending Read More »
French Quarter (1978) Dennis Kane, Virginia Mayo, Bruce Davison, Alisha Fontaine
Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers. Read More »
Nobi AKA Fires on the Plain (2014) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Lily Franky, Tatsuya Nakamura
A Japanese soldier endures illness, starvation and brutality in the Philippines at the tail end of WW2. Read More »
Twelfth Night (1996) Trevor Nunn, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs
Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian, who are not only very close but look a great deal alike, are in a shipwreck, and both think the other dead. Read More »
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931) Douglas Fairbanks, Victor Fleming, Duke Kahanamoku
An early example of a “vanity” production, this feature-length documentary is comprised of glorified home movies Read More »
Au royaume des cieux AKA The Sinners (1949) Julien Duvivier, Serge Reggiani, Jean Davy, Monique Mélinand
Story takes place in a dreadful girls’ reformatory. Read More »
The Penalty (1941) Harold S. Bucquet, Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt
The son of a murderer is entangled in his father’s crimes and is sentenced to a rehabilitive farm, where he learns a new way of life. Read More »
Final Assignment (1980) Paul Almond, Geneviève Bujold, Michael York, Burgess Meredith
Nicole is a broadcast journalist in Canada who is working on an assignment in the U.S.S.R. Read More »
Traficantes de pánico AKA Hostages! (1980) René Cardona Jr., Stuart Whitman, Antonella Interlenghi, Marisa Mell
A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos Read More »
Stag (1997) Gavin Wilding, John Stockwell, Mario Van Peebles, Jerry Stiller
Victor Mallick returned to his home and found out that all of his friends have arranged a surprise bachelor/stag party for him. Read More »
Act of the Heart (1970) Paul Almond, Geneviève Bujold, Donald Sutherland, Monique Leyrac
Martha Hayes, a woman fanatically devoted to Jesus Christ, ekes out a meager existence in Montreal, Canada. Read More »