
Olga, a Russian refuge from Bolshevik terror has joined the Soviet secret police, the G.P.U. to find the man who killed her parents. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Knafayim Shvurot / Broken Wings (2002) Nir Bergman, Orly Silbersatz Banai, Maya Maron, Nitai Gvirtz, Drama

The unexpected death of the family patriarch throws every member of the Ulman clan off course. Read More »
The Duke of West Point (1938) Alfred E. Green, Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine, Tom Brown, Drama

Louis Hayward plays an arrogant Cambridge student who emigrates to America and enrolls at the West Point. Read More »
Three Hats for Lisa (1965) Sidney Hayers, Joe Brown, Sophie Hardy, Sidney James, Comedy, Musical

Three young Cockneys take a day off work to meet a foreign movie star at Heathrow airport. Read More »
Wonderful Life (1964) Sidney J. Furie, Cliff Richard, Walter Slezak, Susan Hampshire, Musical, Romance

A group of (literally) drifting popsters find themselves involved in a grim sand-and-sandals desert movie. They reckon a few song-and-dance numbers would liven things up. Read More »
The Running Man (1963) Carol Reed, Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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 »
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 »