Archiméde is an old tramp who likes to think he is a cut above the rest. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Asian Beat: Powder Road (1991) Chatrichalerm Yukol
The Yakuza has two investments in Thailand. One is a factory polluting the environment in Pattaya. Read More »
Victory at Entebbe (1976) Marvin J. Chomsky, Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Kirk Douglas
An Air France airplane is hijacked by the P.L.O. due the large number of Israeli and Jewish passengers. Read More »
The Mother of Kings (1987) Janusz Zaorski, Magda Teresa Wójcik, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Franciszek Pieczka
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol’s husband under the tram. Read More »
Eight Taels of Gold (1989) Mabel Cheung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Sylvia Chang, Lawrence Ah Mon
Chinese ex-pat returns to his home town in China after a long absence in New York. Read More »
Free Radicals (2003) Barbara Albert, Kathrin Resetarits, Ursula Strauss, Georg Friedrich
A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she’s a clerk, a mother, happy. Read More »
Blue Denim (1959) Philip Dunne, Carol Lynley, Brandon De Wilde, Macdonald Carey
Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard are fairly typical 1950s teenagers. Read More »
The Psychopath (1966) Freddie Francis, Patrick Wymark, Margaret Johnston, John Standing
Inspector Holloway (Patrick Wymark) is investigating a series of brutal murders in which a doll of each victim is found at the scene. Read More »
The Blood of a Poet (1932) Jean Cocteau, Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton
A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking. Read More »
The Happening (1967) Elliot Silverstein, Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks
A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. Read More »