A former judo champion quits the tournament cirucit and runs a nightclub. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Beyond the Sea (2004) Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman
Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. Read More »
The Venus Tear Diamond (1971) Umetsugu Inoue, Lily Ho, Yun Ling, Chih Hsien Po
Legendary jewel thieves “Nocturnal Earl” (Ling Yun) and “Fragrant Night” (Lily Ho) are set on a collision Read More »
The Mission (1999) Johnnie To, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Chung-yin Lui
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis Read More »
The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) Radu Jude, Andreea Bosneag, Doru Catanescu, Claudiu Dumitru
Delia, a young Romanian girl, comes to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize Read More »
Mafia Connection (1970) Camillo Bazzoni, Antonio Sabato, Peter Carsten, Silvano Tranquilli
Rosario Inzulìa, a young man involved with the Mafia, was sentenced to labor camp Read More »
Gregorys Girl (1980) Bill Forsyth, John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D’Arcy
In his Scottish New Town home, gangling Gregory and his school-friends are starting to find out about girls. Read More »
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) Thom Andersen, Encke King, Ben Alexander, Jim Backus
Of the cities in the world, few are depicted in and mythologized more in film and television than the city of Los Angeles. Read More »
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask
Hedwig, born male as Hansel in East Berlin, fell in love with an American G.I. Read More »
Blood for Blood (1971) Yasuharu Hasebe, Jô Shishido, Makoto Satô, Meiko Kaji
A uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. Read More »