
Dean is a maverick American film director surprised that his most recent film has been chosen as the Official U.S. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Stolen Desire / Nusumareta yokujô (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Osamu Takizawa, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Nagato

A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows. Read More »
Lethal Weapon (1987) Richard Donner, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey

Nearing retirement, a strait-laced LAPD detective gets teamed up with an unhinged cop Read More »
Death in Venice (1981) Tony Palmer, Robert Gard, John Shirley-Quirk, James Bowman

Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result Read More »
Plank Face (2016) Scott Schirmer, Nathan Barrett, Susan M. Martin, Brigid Macaulay

A man is taken captive by a feral family in the deep woods. Read More »
Radiance / Hikari (2017) Naomi Kawase, Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Tatsuya Fuji

At a firm specializing in creating audio descriptions for films to serve the visually impaired Read More »
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) Raoul Walsh, Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran

Falling asleep during the Paradise Coffee (“The Coffee that Makes You Sleep”) Program Read More »
Power (1986) Sidney Lumet, Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman

Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. Read More »
Her Smell (2018) Alex Ross Perry, Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success. Read More »
The Demoniacs / Les démoniaques (1974) Jean Rollin, Joëlle Coeur, John Rico, Willy Braque

A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange Read More »