Biopic of troubled jazz musician/composer Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Road Meat (1989) Bill R. Bragg, Nick Baldasare, Vicky Welsh, Kim Akins
Two lunatics, Nick and Vick, celebrate their wedding day at the local asylum Read More »
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) Rod Amateau, Ian McShane, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Gavin
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist Read More »
Everybody Wins (1990) Karel Reisz, Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton
A seeming good Samaritan (Debra Winger) hires a private detective (Nolte) Read More »
All for the Winner / Do sing (1990) Jeffrey Lau, Corey Yuen, Stephen Chow, Man-Tat Ng, Man Cheung
Sing, a dumb, lovable mainlander with supernatural powers comes to China to visit his uncle Tat. Read More »
Candy the Stripper (1983) John Thomson, Tyrone Benskin, Nathalie Breuer, Myles Clark
The owner of a seedy, run-down strip club in New Orleans tries to save Read More »
The Key / Kelid (1987) Ebrahim Forouzesh, Mahnaz Ansarian, Abbas Jafari, Amir Mohammad Pourhassan
Calamity by four-year old might be another title for this tense, humorous drama. Read More »
Devil in the Flesh / Le malizie di Venere (1969) Massimo Dallamano, Laura Antonelli, Régis Vallée, Loren Ewing
Based on the infamous novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch this fine film follows Read More »
The Monster of London City / Das Ungeheuer von London-City (1964) Edwin Zbonek, Hansjörg Felmy, Marianne Koch, Dietmar Schönherr
Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London Read More »
The Deadly Recruits (1986) Roger Tucker, Willoughby Gray, Terence Stamp, Michael Culver
Based on the novel by Anthony Price and originally aired in the UK as part of the “Chessgame” television series Read More »