
Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a boat available for hire. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Johnny Golden Poker (1966) Giovanni Narzisi, Dante Posani, Scilla Gabel, Mariangela Giordano

Djurado is a gun-slinging professional gambler in this spaghetti western from director Gianni Narzisi. Read More »
The Hairdresser’s Husband (1990) Patrice Leconte, Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Roland Bertin

Twelve-year-old Antoine falls profoundly in love with a voluptuous but suicidal hairdresser, a formative experience he never forgets. Read More »
Asiapol Secret Service (1966) Akinori Matsuo, Hideaki Nitani, Jô Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka
Jimmy Wang Yu stars in his first major modern-day role, in the same year he revolutionized martial arts cinema in One-Armed Swordsman. Read More »
Fall of the Mohicans (1965) Mateo Cano, Jack Taylor, Sara Lezana, Daniel Martín

As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War Read More »
Attack Squadron! (1963) Shûe Matsubayashi, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Takashi Shimura

Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. Read More »
Wise Blood (1979) John Huston, Brad Dourif, Dan Shor

US Army war veteran Hazel Motes may not be a believing Christian Read More »
Firebird: Daybreak Chapter (1978) Kon Ichikawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made Read More »
Tale of a Scarface (1999) Eiichi Kudô, Kiyoshi Nakajo, Nagare Hagiwara, Ken Kanako

“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member Read More »
Fight for Us (1989) Lino Brocka, Phillip Salvador, Dina Bonnevie, Gina Alajar

In 1985, in the obscure town of Santa Filomena, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra (Roco) Read More »
