
Captain Ambrose comes from a long line of distinguished sailors…but is all too susceptible to seasickness. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Merry-Go-Round (1956) Zoltán Fábri, Mari Töröcsik, Imre Soós, Ádám Szirtes

In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called Mari Pataki. Read More »
Motor Psycho! (1965) Russ Meyer, Haji, Alex Rocco, Steve Oliver

Three bad boy motorcyclists get kicks raping other people’s women and generally being a nuisance. Read More »
Lady of the Tropics (1939) Jack Conway, Leslie Fenton, Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Schildkraut

A party of yachting jet-setters visit French Saigon, where they meet lovely Manon deVargnes Read More »
This is the Army (1943) Michael Curtiz, George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias

In WWI dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Read More »
Zero Motivation (2014) Talya Lavie, Dana Ivgy, Nelly Tagar, Shani Klein

A zany, dark, & comedic portrait of everyday life for a unit of young, female Israeli soldiers. Read More »
Cargo of Love (1968) Anton Holden, Sheila Britt, Gloria Irizarry, Tony Pascal

A young woman answering an ad for a traveling companion winds up drugged, kidnapped and in the clutches of a white slavery ring. Read More »
The Brother from Another Planet (1984) John Sayles, Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter

The Brother is an alien who has crash-landed on Earth, in New York City. Read More »
Poison (1991) Todd Haynes, Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, Susan Norman

Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In “Hero,” Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away. Read More »
The Crowning Experience (1960) Marion Clayton Anderson, Rickard Tegström, Muriel Smith, Ann Buckles, Louis Byles

Inspired by the accomplishments of Mary McCleod Bethune, who made and sold so many sweet potato pies that Read More »