
Overweight Boston spinster Charlotte is a repressed, self-esteemless woman completely dominated by her wealthy mother, Mrs. Henry Vale. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Creator of the Jungle (2013) Josep Pijiula, Evo Pujiula, Jordi Morató

A man who created a jungle next to the highway, building with his bare hands beautiful and unbelievable works of engineering in the forest. Read More »
The Beat Generation (1959) Charles F. Haas, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton

Soon after, we learn that Hess is a serial rapist at large in Los Angeles. Read More »
Operation Kid Brother (1967) Alberto De Martino, Neil Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Adolfo Celi

The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world Read More »
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) Charles Chaplin, Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin

In Hong Kong, the wealthy Ogden Mears is traveling in a transatlantic, close to being assigned Saudi Arabian ambassador, and divorcing his wife Martha. Read More »
School on Fire (1988) Ringo Lam, Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Damian Lau

A young schoolgirl gets involved in the triads of Hong Kong after a classmate is killed in a fight. Read More »
Nature Morte (2006) Paul Burrows, Troy McFadden, Carole Derrien, Laurent Guyon

An undercover French cop and an American art critic travel to a mystical island to verify the source of a painting Read More »
Hotel Paradiso (1966) Peter Glenville, Gina Lollobrigida, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley

Monsieur Feydeau has writer’s block, and he needs a new play. Read More »
Don’t Play with Fire (1980) Hark Tsui, Lieh Lo, Chen Chi Lin, Albert Au

Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Read More »
April in Paris (1952) David Butler, Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin

Miss Ethel ‘Dynamite’ Jackson is a chorus girl who mistakingly receives an invitation from the State Department Read More »