
8 episodes, ranging from experimental to documentary to conventional narrative cinema Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Edward L. Cahn, Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding

In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives Read More »
Phantom of Chinatown (1940) Phil Rosen, Keye Luke, Lotus Long, Grant Withers

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton the famous explorer Read More »
The Crack: Inception / El crack cero (2019) José Luis Garci, Carlos Santos, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Luisa Gavasa

In this prequel, Germán Areta leaves his position as a policeman to become a private detective in post-Francoist Spain. Read More »
Islands in the Stream (1977) Franklin J. Schaffner, George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland

It’s 1940 in the British-controlled Bahamas. While the war rages on in Europe, the islands are only peripherally affected by it Read More »
Women (1985) Stanley Kwan, Cora Miao, Yun-Fat Chow, Cherie Chung

Unfortunate Bao-er decides to divorce her husband Derek after she discovers he is having an affair. Read More »
Ladies of the Chorus (1948) Phil Karlson, Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. Read More »
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969) Kôsaku Yamashita, Bin Amatsu, Hiroshi Arikawa, Daisuke Awaji

After collecting her sickly follower from jail, Oryu is taken in by a fishing village. Read More »
The Dogs (1979) Alain Jessua, Gérard Depardieu, Victor Lanoux, Nicole Calfan

After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to stop to the climb of violence. Read More »
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) Robert Stevenson, Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Derek Nimmo

Lord Southmere escapes from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious “Lotus X” Read More »