
A self-made millionaire of humble origins acquires a new secretary just before he is due to marry a woman of aristocratic lineage. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Caged (2011) Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Chantal Demming, Babette Holtmann, Victor Reinier

After years of suppressing her desires, Stella finds she can no longer ignore her deep-rooted longings. Read More »
Breakaway (1956) Henry Cass, Tom Conway, Michael Balfour, Honor Blackman

When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin’s top secret agents Read More »
Gokuaku bôzu / Wicked Priest (1968) Kiyoshi Saeki, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Tsu Ishiyama

During the Taisho Period (early 1920’s) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two factions. Read More »
A Night Out (1967) Christopher Morahan, Tony Selby, Anna Wing, Avril Elgar

Albert, a shy and repressed young man who lives with his mother, is persuaded to go for “a night out” with his workmates; it turns nightmarish. Read More »
Sparrows (1926) William Beaudine, Tom McNamara, Mary Pickford, Roy Stewart, Mary Louise Miller

Evil Mr.Grimes keeps a rag-tag bunch orphans on his farm deep in a swamp in the US South. Read More »
Murder at the Gallop (1963) George Pollock, Margaret Rutherford, Stringer Davis, Robert Morley

The old and wealthy Mr. Enderby dies of a heart attack but the ever suspicious Miss Marple has her doubts. Read More »
El Callejón de los Milagros / Midaq Alley (1995) Jorge Fons, Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Salma Hayek

Based on the Nobel Prize Winner’s novel, the Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz. Read More »
La belle Américaine / The American Beauty (1961) Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia, Alfred Adam, Colette Brosset, Robert Burnier

Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertible Read More »
Pippi Långstrump / Pippi Longstocking (1969) Olle Hellbom, Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Par Sundberg

Pippi Longstocking, a child of incredible strength, moves by herself to a Swedish town with her monkey, horse, and a bag full of gold coins. Read More »