
Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
My First Mister (2001) Christine Lahti, Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Rutanya Alda

Jennifer does not fit in. A total misfit, she’s as wacky as a teenager can be. Read More »
Forced Vengeance (1982) James Fargo, Chuck Norris, Mary Louise Weller, Camila Griggs

Josh Randall works for the owner of a Hong Kong based casino and is treated like a son. Read More »
Another Sky (1954) Gavin Lambert, Catherine Lacey, Ahmed Ben Mohammed, Lee Montague

After a puritan youth, a young English woman discovers her sensuality in North-Africa. Read More »
Monkey Business (1952) Howard Hawks, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe

Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. Read More »
Rumble in the Bronx (1995) Stanley Tong, Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip

Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle’s wedding. Read More »
Gangster’s Law (1969) Siro Marcellini, Klaus Kinski, Maurice Poli, Franco Citti

A con man pulls a double-cross on a gang of vicious bank robbers. Read More »
A Frozen Dream (1997) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Samuel Fröler, Rolf Lassgård

Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée (1897) which Troell had dramatized in “Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd” (1982). Read More »
The Screentest Girls (1969) Zoltan G. Spencer, Bonnie Cooper, Ron Dyer, Mary Jane Shippen

Two naive young women, Sue and Linda, arrive in Hollywood seeking acting jobs and meet Mr. Zoltan, a producer of adult movies. Read More »
When Animals Dream (2014) Jonas Alexander Arnby, Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter

The outsider Marie lives with her parents in a remote fishing village on the north coast of Denmark. Read More »