
Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Smartest Girl in Town (1936) Joseph Santley, Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Helen Broderick

Modeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she’s determined to marry a rich man. Read More »
The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947) Lambert Hillyer, Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins

Jewel thieves, operating under the guises of a Duke and a Duchess, hire the Ace Detective Agency Read More »
The Long and the Short and the Tall AKA Jungle Fighters (1961) Leslie Norman, Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris

A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises Read More »
Kill Cruise AKA Der Skipper (1990) Peter Keglevic, Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit, Elizabeth Hurley

A washed-out German sailor, in a drunken state, agrees to take two British women from Gibraltar to the West Indies in his sail boat. Read More »
Abashiri Prison: Saga of Homesickness AKA Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen (1965) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Naoki Sugiura

Shin’Ichi returns home to visit his mother’s grave. Upon returning he finds the mess that his previous reckless behavior left behind. Read More »
A Herança (1970) Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias, David Cardoso, Bárbara Fazio, Rosalvo Caçador

Transposition of the classical play “Hamlet” to the Brazilian rural scenery. Read More »
Derby Day (1952) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers

Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. Read More »
Mostly Martha AKA Bella Martha (2001) Sandra Nettelbeck, Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto

In a German restaurant, Chef Martha Klein is the undisputed supreme ruler of the kitchen staff Read More »
Four Times that Night AKA Quante volte… quella notte (1972) Mario Bava, Daniela Giordano, Brett Halsey, Dick Randall

While walking in the park with her dog in Castel Fusano, Tina flirts with Gianni, a playboy in a fancy sport car. Read More »