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Author Archives: rarefilm
Pacific Liner (1939) Lew Landers, Victor McLaglen, Chester Morris, Wendy Barrie
The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post Read More »
Mary From Beijing (1992) Sylvia Chang, Lawrence Ah Mon, Kenny Bee, Cynthia Cheung
Ma Lei which sounds like “Mary” is a Chinese citizen, living in Hong Kong as the kept woman of a jeweler. Read More »
The Cake Eaters (2007) Mary Stuart Masterson, Elizabeth Ashley, Jayce Bartok, Bruce Dern
‘The Cake Eaters’ is a quirky, small town, ensemble drama that explores the lives of two interconnected Read More »
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 »