Okatsu, the daughter of a katana instructor must avenge a judge who rapes and kills his father. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Three Good Friends / Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930) Wilhelm Thiele, Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey, Heinz Rühmann
Returning home from a holiday, three friends – Willy, Kurt and Hans – learn they are bankrupt. Read More »
Death Ring (1992) R.J. Kizer, Mike Norris, Billy Drago, Chad McQueen
Ex-Green Beret Matt Collins is kidnapped along with his fiancée, Lauren Sadler Read More »
Trottie True (1949) Brian Desmond Hurst, Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair
In the 1890s, Trottie True moves from bit theatre parts to stardom, and from balloonist Sid Skinner to more prominent men. Read More »
An Early Frost (1985) John Erman, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Sylvia Sidney
Set in the mid-eighties Michael Pierson, a young gay man, is struck with AIDS in the prime of his life. Read More »
Aya Arcos (2014) Maximilian Moll, César Augusto, Daniel Passi, André Vieira
When successful writer Edu falls in love with a young hustler, Fabio Read More »
A Portuguesa / The Portuguese Woman (2018) Rita Azevedo Gomes, Clara Riedenstein, Marcello Urgeghe, Ingrid Caven
His home is war. Her home is Portugal. Yet the young, newly married wife of Lord von Ketten Read More »
Uncle Moses (1932) Sidney M. Goldin, Aubrey Scotto, Maurice Schwartz, Judith Abarbanel, Mark Schweid
Wealthy, powerful sweatshop owner falls in love with employee’s teenage daughter Read More »
The Stranger’s Hand / La mano dello straniero (1954) Mario Soldati, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli, Richard Basehart
A British lad tries to investigate his father’s disappearance in Venice when nobody believes him. Read More »
Eye of the Eagle 3 (1989) Cirio H. Santiago, Steve Kanaly, Ken Wright, Peter Nelson
Vietnam, 1968. Army Headquarters has written off Captain Fahey’s men as Missing In Action Read More »