
Paul, a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Eli & Ben (2008) Ori Ravid, Lior Ashkenazi, Yuval Shevach, Yael Hadar

Ben (Lior Ashkenazi, “Walk on Water”) has always affectionately entertained his son Eli’s (Yuval Shevakh) mischievous behavior. Read More »
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 »