Crotchety hospital administrator Peter Melady, self-proclaimed developer of a new wonder anaesthetic Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Seven Deadly Sins / Les sept péchés capitaux (1962) Philippe de Broca, Claude Chabrol, Marie-José Nat, Dominique Paturel, Danièle Barraud
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. Read More »
Atlas (1961) Roger Corman, Michael Forest, Frank Wolff, Barboura Morris
Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him Read More »
Hauser’s Memory (1970) Boris Sagal, David McCallum, Susan Strasberg, Helmut Käutner
A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain Read More »
The Execution Game (1979) Shokei yugi
Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured Read More »
Hochelaga, Land of Souls / Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes (2017) François Girard, Samian, Raoul Max Trujillo, Gilles Renaud
Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search Read More »
Love Takes Flight (1937) Conrad Nagel, Bruce Cabot, Beatrice Roberts, John Sheehan
On a transcontinental flight from New York City to Los Angeles, Joan Lawson Read More »
Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire / My Son the Vampire (1952) John Gilling, Arthur Lucan, Bela Lugosi, Dora Bryan
The mysterious figure known as the Vampire comes to England to complete experiments Read More »
Witches’ Hammer / Kladivo na carodejnice (1970) Otakar Vávra, Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr
The time is the seventeenth century. The beggar Maryna Schuchová hides the Host in her scarf at the Communion. Read More »
We All Loved Each Other So Much / C’eravamo tanto amati (1974) Ettore Scola, Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war Read More »