
A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Lantern Hill (1989) Kevin Sullivan, Mairon Bennett, Sam Waterston, Patricia Phillips

In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart’s mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich Read More »
Welcome to Blood City (1977) Peter Sasdy, Jack Palance, Keir Dullea, Samantha Eggar

A group of people find themselves as slaves in what looks like a Wild West town Read More »
Sideshow (1950) Jean Yarbrough, Don McGuire, Tracey Roberts, John Abbott

A Treasury Department agent on the trail of an international jewel smuggling ring joins Read More »
Parking (1985) Jacques Demy, Francis Huster, Laurent Malet, Keiko Itô

This film is an update of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus, set in the world of 1980s rock. Read More »
Cry of the Heart AKA Le cri du coeur (1974) Claude Lallemand, Stéphane Audran, Maurice Ronet, Delphine Seyrig

Cry of the Heart is a passionate story about love, hate, and forgiveness. Read More »
I Fotografia AKA The Photograph (1986) Nikos Papatakis, Christos Tsagas, Aris Retsos, Zozo Zarpa

Ilias Apostolou, a young furrier who has had a hard time under the dictatorship Read More »
Destry Rides Again (1939) George Marshall, Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer

Kent, the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions Read More »
The Gold of Naples AKA L’oro di Napoli (1954) Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Mangano, Sophia Loren, Eduardo De Filippo

Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes Read More »
Here Comes the Groom (1934) Edward Sedgwick, Jack Haley, Mary Boland, Neil Hamilton

Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. Read More »