
Hard up and with a grudge against insurance companies, Rex Black feigns his death and meets up with his wife and the money in Malaga when things seemed to have quietened down. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Høyere enn himmelen / Beyond the Sky (1993) Berit Nesheim

Based upon the novel by Klaus Hagerup, we follow the grumpy 12 year old Mari, without any friends, not at all content with her body or her family. Read More »
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) Akio Jissôji, Shintarô Katsu, Kyûsaku Shimada, Mieko Harada, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city. Read More »
It Happened in Flatbush (1942) Ray McCarey, Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Sara Allgood, Comedy, Sport

It Happened in Flatbush is a likable baseball comedy inspired by the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers’ pennant win. Read More »
Sleepwalking Land (2007) Teresa Prata, Nick Lauro Teresa, Aladino Jasse, Ernesto Lemos Macuacua, Drama

In the midst of Mozambique’s devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. Read More »
The Space Children (1958) Jack Arnold, Michel Ray, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber, Sci-Fi

A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. Read More »
Suddenly (1954) Lewis Allen, Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them. Read More »
The Hero (2004) Zézé Gamboa, Makena Diop, Milton ‘Santo’ Coelho, Maria Ceiça, Drama, War

When he was 15, Vitório was recruited by Angolan army, where he would stay for two decades fighting. Read More »
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) Philippe Mora, Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Documentary

A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with contemporary archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman. Read More »
Cruising (1980) William Friedkin, Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York’s S&M and leather districts. Read More »