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Author Archives: rarefilm
Garpastum (2005) Aleksey German Jr., Evgeniy Pronin, Danila Kozlovsky, Dmitriy Vladimirov

Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate Read More »
Apart from Life (1970) Kei Kumai, Mizuho Suzuki, Hiroko Kino, Mugihito

Dr. Unan is asked to treat a young girl with A-bomb disease symptoms but her mother Read More »
964 Pinocchio (1991) Shozin Fukui, Haji Suzuki, Onn-chan, Kôji Ôtsubo

Pinocchio 964, lobotomised cyborg sex slave, is thrown out onto the street by his owners Read More »
The Invincible Barbarian (1982) Francesco Prosperi, Pietro Torrisi, Malisa Longo, Giovanni Cianfriglia

The peaceful countryside village of Solmen is savagely assaulted by wild Ungats led by bloodthirsty Magen. Read More »
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) Clive Donner, Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower) Read More »
The Gypsy (1975) José Giovanni, Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Annie Girardot

Hugo Sennart is a French Gypsy, wanted by the police for theft. Read More »
Tabloid (2001) David Blair, Matthew Rhys, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John Hurt

A slimy television host, who makes a living by embarrassing celebrities, is tricked into revealing some dark secrets of his own. Read More »
Busman’s Honeymoon (1940) Arthur B. Woods, Richard Thorpe, Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks

Lord Peter Wimsey is an amateur detective. He is to be married to Harriet Vane, who writes crime novels, at a big Society wedding. Read More »
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946) Jean Renoir, Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Hurd Hatfield

Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. Read More »