The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Van (1977) Sam Grossman, Stuart Goetz, Deborah White, Danny DeVito
Bobby blows all his college savings on a van Read More »
Shimanto River / Shimanto-gawa (1991) Hideo Onchi, Kanako Higuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Kaoru Kobayashi
A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. Read More »
Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor / Poppea… una prostituta al servizio dell’impero (1972) Alfonso Brescia, Don Backy, Femi Benussi, Peter Landers
Ottone and Savio work hard to keep each other out of trouble with the Roman Centurions Read More »
Buona parte di Paolina (1973) Nello Rossati, Antonia Santilli, Tony Askin, Rossanna Ballanti
Paolina, sister of Napoleon I, is married to Camillo Borghese Read More »
Modori River / Modori-gawa (1983) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Mariko Fuji, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Mieko Harada
Gakuyo is a poet of tanka (Japanese verses comprising 31 syllables) and spends his days in the company of prostitutes. Read More »
The Human Dutch / Alleman (1963) Bert Haanstra, Simon Carmiggelt, Peter Ustinov
How do the Dutch people live? Hidden cameras filmed the crowds Read More »
The Man Who Found Himself (1937) Lew Landers
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours Read More »
The 14 (1973) David Hemmings, Jack Wild, June Brown, Liz Edmiston
“The 14” or “Existance” has a mother of 14 children living in poor working class Read More »
