A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Improper Channels (1981) Eric Till, Alan Arkin, Mariette Hartley, Monica Parker
A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment Read More »
Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse / The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964) Hugo Fregonese, Victor De Santis, Peter van Eyck, O.E. Hasse, Yvonne Furneaux
The final film in the Dr. Mabuse series is also truly the least of the series. Read More »
Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989) Lee H. Katzin, Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, John Mitchum
Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help Read More »
Thank Heaven for Small Favors / Un drôle de paroissien (1963) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret
Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family named Lachesnaye to do strange work. Read More »
Folle à tuer / Mad Enough to Kill (1975) Yves Boisset, Marlène Jobert, Tomas Milian, Thomas Waintrop
Julie Ballenger has spent the last five years in a psychiatric clinic. Read More »
Black and White (1986) Claire Devers, Francis Frappat, Jacques Martial, Joséphine Fresson
Antoine is an accountant, uptight and withdrawn, married to Edith, who picks out his clothes and shoes. Read More »
Well, Come On, Smile (1985) Leida Laius, Arvo Iho, Monika Järv, Hendrik Toompere Jr., Tauri Tallermaa
Teenage Mari is sent to an orphanage. It’s an awful and unfriendly place to be. Read More »
Evolution / Évolution (2015) Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Max Brebant, Roxane Duran, Julie-Marie Parmentier
Nicolas is a boy living on a remote island set in the future, or another planet – or is it a dream? Read More »
Kanto Wanderer (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Daisaburô Hirata
Three schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. Read More »