A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished whilst searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Tail Spin (1939) Roy Del Ruth, Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Drama

Flyer enters a cross-country aerial derby, becomes rival to a wealthy society flyer, competes in parachute jumps and has love affairs. Read More »
Juliana do Amor Perdido / Lost Love Juliana (1970) Sérgio Ricardo, Maria Do Rosario, Francisco Di Franco, Macedo Neto, Drama

A beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with an outsider, a train machinist. But her father, a violent religious fanatic interferes. Read More »
High School Hellcats (1958) Edward Bernds, Yvonne Lime, Brett Halsey, Jana Lund, Crime, Drama

The Hellcats are an all-female gang bent on bucking authority and terrorizing the schools by doing things like having a bad attitude toward their teachers and parents. Read More »
Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo / Flesh Will Surrender (1947) Alberto Lattuada, Aldo Fabrizi, Roldano Lupi, Yvonne Sanson, Drama

Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Read More »
Gigi (1949) Jacqueline Audry, Gaby Morlay, Jean Tissier, Yvonne de Bray, Comedy, Romance

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. Read More »
Estrada de Palha / Hay Road (2012) Rodrigo Areias, Vítor Correia, Nuno Melo, Inês Mariana Moitas, Adventure, Drama, Western

This is the story of a man who after living over ten years isolated away from his country, returns to avenge His brother’s death. Read More »
Drive, He Said (1971) Jack Nicholson, William Tepper, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Comedy, Drama, Sport

Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. Read More »
Yo, la peor de todas / I, the Worst of All (1990) María Luisa Bemberg, Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Héctor Alterio, Drama

A viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. Read More »
Chéri (1950) Pierre Billon, Jean Desailly, Marcelle Chantal, Jane Marken, Comedy, Drama

Fred Peloux nicknamed Chéri, the handsome son of Charlotte Peloux, a former demimondaine, lives in the small circle of his mother’s friends, all high class prostitutes past their best. Read More »
