
1938, in a French african colony. Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Counter-Espionage (1942) Edward Dmytryk, Warren William, Eric Blore, Hillary Brooke

The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing. Read More »
What a Whopper (1961) Gilbert Gunn, Adam Faith, Sidney James, Carole Lesley

A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. Read More »
Improper Channels (1981) Eric Till, Alan Arkin, Mariette Hartley, Monica Parker

A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment Read More »
Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse / The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964) Hugo Fregonese, Victor De Santis, Peter van Eyck, O.E. Hasse, Yvonne Furneaux

The final film in the Dr. Mabuse series is also truly the least of the series. Read More »
Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989) Lee H. Katzin, Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, John Mitchum

Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help Read More »
Thank Heaven for Small Favors / Un drôle de paroissien (1963) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret

Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family named Lachesnaye to do strange work. Read More »
Folle à tuer / Mad Enough to Kill (1975) Yves Boisset, Marlène Jobert, Tomas Milian, Thomas Waintrop

Julie Ballenger has spent the last five years in a psychiatric clinic. Read More »
Black and White (1986) Claire Devers, Francis Frappat, Jacques Martial, Joséphine Fresson

Antoine is an accountant, uptight and withdrawn, married to Edith, who picks out his clothes and shoes. Read More »
Well, Come On, Smile (1985) Leida Laius, Arvo Iho, Monika Järv, Hendrik Toompere Jr., Tauri Tallermaa

Teenage Mari is sent to an orphanage. It’s an awful and unfriendly place to be. Read More »