Englishman and family black sheep travels the world working odd jobs while dreaming of being a playwright. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Xunzhao zhimei gengdeng / The Search (2009) Pema Tseden, Dobe Dorje, Drolma Gyab, Manla Kyab, Drama
A filmmaker searches the Himalayas for an actor and actress to play the lead roles in his Tibetan opera. Read More »
The Bat Whispers (1930) Roland West, Chance Ward, Richard Tucker, Wilson Benge, Crime, Thriller, Horror, Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Despite advance warning to the police, who seal off the area, The Bat, a master criminal, steals a necklace from the safe in the house of a rich socialite. Read More »
Scandalo / Submission (1976) Salvatore Samperi, Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Raymond Pellegrin, Drama, Erotic
1940 France just before the great invasion. Eliane is a pharmacist who is married to her dull husband and has a teenage daughter. Read More »
Oregon Passage (1957) Paul Landres, John Ericson, Lola Albright, Toni Gerry, Western, Action, Drama, History
Young Cavalry lieutenant Niles Ord sets out to peacefully capture renegade Shoshone chief Black Eagle. Read More »
Maurice (1987) James Ivory, James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Drama, Romance
Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced “Morris”) and marries. Read More »
The Cardinal (1963) Otto Preminger, Tom Tryon, John Huston, Romy Schneider, Drama, History, War
Stephen Fermoyle has grown up in Boston at the turn of the twentieth century knowing that his destiny lies with the Catholic priesthood. Read More »
Going For Broke (2003) Graeme Campbell, Delta Burke, Ellen Page, Matthew Harbour, Drama
Hired as executive director of a children’s charity based in Reno because of her fundraising ability and hard-driving nature Read More »
Man with the Transplanted Brain (1971) Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Professor Marcilly is a famed brain specialist who, following in-depth and extended research work, is now able to perform brain transplant surgery. Read More »
Kamikaze (1986) Didier Grousset, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Dominique Lavanant, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Albert is old, lonely, drunken and unemployed, but an expert in computers. Read More »