
Francie Landereaux is one of 29 women on a voyage to California on a barter-bride deal in which any qualified man can buy a wife. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Squadra antifurto (1976) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Robert Webber, Lilli Carati

Tomas Milian as the unconventional undercover cop with a pet mouse named ‘Serpico’. Read More »
The Lady and the Beard (1931) Yasujirô Ozu, Tokihiko Okada, Hiroko Kawasaki, Chôko Iida

A bearded kendo champion has difficulties in life because of his conservative ways and his unusual beard. Read More »
The Gang That Sold America (1979) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Enzo Cannavale, Asha Puthli

An ex policeman, now working for Interpol, and his ex assistant find themselves caught up in a Mafia war. Read More »
Those Calloways (1965) Norman Tokar, Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon De Wilde

Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Read More »
I Flunked, But… (1930) Yasujirô Ozu, Tatsuo Saitô, Kaoru Futaba, Kinuyo Tanaka

A story of a college student (Tatsuo Saitô) and his schoolmates trying to pass the exams by cheating. Read More »
Forbidden (1932) Frank Capra, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy

On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Read More »
Father Jackleg (1972) Enzo G. Castellari, Jack Palance, Giancarlo Prete, Lionel Stander

A con man inherits a gold mine. Knowing that his family are even bigger con artists than he is, he assumes the mine is worthless Read More »
Cinderfella (1960) Frank Tashlin, Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson

This was Jerry Lewis’ answer to the classic Cinderella story. Read More »
The Paper Bridge (1987) Ruth Beckermann

“I don’t know exactly why I traveled east this winter,” filmmaker Ruth Beckermann says of her documentary journey through Eastern Europe. Read More »