
Yu, an employee at a clothing boutique, lives with Kei, an out-of-work actor who lives off of her. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly AKA Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) Julian Schnabel, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze

Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby – Jean-Do to his friends – awakens not knowing where he is. Read More »
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) Norman Taurog, Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. Read More »
Bathing Beauty (1944) George Sidney, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone

Songwriter Steve Elliott is about to marry Caroline Brooks. A strange woman who’s been paid by Steve’s agent Read More »
China O’Brien (1990) Robert Clouse, Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Keith Cooke

China O’Brien; big city police woman; martial arts trainer, is forced to hand in her badge Read More »
Dark Star (1974) John Carpenter, Dan O’Bannon, Dre Pahich, Brian Narelle

Low-budget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to destroy unstable planets Read More »
The Amateur (1981) Charles Jarrott, John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller

A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder Read More »
The Lighthouse Keepers AKA Os Faroleiros (1922) Maurice Mariaud, A. Castro Neves, Castro Neves

In a community of fishermen, a love triangle stands out, whose conflict culminates in a lighthouse isolated from the coast. Read More »
Blue Tornado (1991) Antonio Bido, Dirk Benedict, Ted McGinley, Patsy Kensit

While experimenting with a new flight maneuver, Colonel Alex Long and Phil encounter a mysterious light over a mountain range. Read More »
An Inlet of Muddy Water AKA Nigorie (1953) Tadashi Imai, Akiko Tamura, Yatsuko Tan’ami, Ken Mitsuda

Three short tales from stories by Ichiyo Higuchi. Read More »