Ben (Lior Ashkenazi, “Walk on Water”) has always affectionately entertained his son Eli’s (Yuval Shevakh) mischievous behavior. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Mysterious Airman (1928) Harry Revier, Walter Miller, Eugenia Gilbert, Robert Walker
An inventor adds new innovations to Baker Airplane Company’s planes Read More »
The Yakuza (1974) Sydney Pollack, Robert Mitchum
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George’s kidnapped daughter Read More »
Joan the Woman (1916) Cecil B. DeMille, Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth
John Trent, a World War I British officer, finds an ancient sword in his trench bunker just prior Read More »
Der Bettler vom Kölner Dom (1927) Rolf Randolf, Henry Stuart, Elza Temary, Carl de Vogt
Policeman Tom Wilkins is the man of a thousand masks and disguises. Read More »
Beau Brummel (1924) Harry Beaumont, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Read More »
Skin Game (1971) Paul Bogart, Gordon Douglas, James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark
Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O’Rourke have pulled off every dodge known for conning a well-heeled sucker Read More »
The Year of the Cannibals AKA I cannibali (1970) Liliana Cavani, Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti, Tomas Milian
On the streets of a damp metropolis lie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. Read More »
The Skin AKA La pelle (1981) Liliana Cavani, Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King
After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, the life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Read More »
Tokijiro of Kutsukake AKA Kutsukake Tokijiro – yukyo ippiki (1966) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Junko Ikeuchi
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Read More »