
Heddy Honigmann returns to her birthplace of Lima, Peru to reacquaint herself with a place and people dear to her heart. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Mai-chan’s Daily Life: The Movie / Mai-chan no nichijô (2014) Sade Satô, Miyako Akane, An Koshi, Shôgo Maruyama

A sadistic place in a remote location put out a help wanted ad luring young teen girls to come work Read More »
Keep the Lights On (2012) Ira Sachs, Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson

It’s 1998 and New York City is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker Erik Rothman Read More »
Bandits, Prostitutes and Silver / Bo ming (1977) Pao-Shu Kao, Angela Mao, Don Wong, Lieh Lo

Shang Li is fighting for the woman he loves, a prostitute he is trying to buy out of service. Read More »
The King of Escape / Le roi de l’évasion (2009) Alain Guiraudie, Ludovic Berthillot, Hafsia Herzi, Pierre Laur

Armand, a man who sells farm machines in the country, is a popular middle-aged homosexual. Read More »
Scared Stiff (1953) George Marshall, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizabeth Scott

Nightclub singer Larry Todd breaks off his romance with a beautiful showgirl when he realizes Read More »
That’s My Boy (1951) Hal Walker, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Ruth Hussey

Jarring Jack Jackson, the greatest football player in Ridgefield College history Read More »
Angel Guts: Nami / Tenshi no harawata: Nami (1979) Noboru Tanaka, Eri Kanuma, Takeo Chii, Mimi Sawaki

This is the third film in the Angel Guts series. It tells the story of Nami, a young female journalist. Read More »
Will Any Gentleman…? (1953) Michael Anderson, George Cole, Veronica Hurst, Heather Thatcher

About a henpecked bank clerk who lives a dreary existence in suburban London. Read More »
Percy (1971) Ralph Thomas, Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer

Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Read More »