“The Nightcleaners” is set in the context of the campaign (1970-1972) to unionize the women who cleaned office blocks at night and were being victimized and underpaid. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Festival in Cannes (2001) Henry Jaglom, Anouk Aimée, Rachel Bailit, Greta Scacchi, Comedy
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she’ll use Millie, an aging French star. Read More »
Convicts Women / Bust Out (1973) John Hayes, Ric Lutze, Ralph Wain, Myron Griffin, Drama, Thriller, Adult
The Browns take their Catholic high school students on a picnic. As one student sneaks to her boyfriend, two others seduce escaped convicts who rape the fourth. Read More »
Blue Jeans (1975) Mario Imperoli, Gloria Guida, Paolo Carlini, Annie Carol Edel, Drama, Erotic
Tells the story of young Daniela ‘Blue Jeans’ Anselmi, a free-spirited drifter who makes her way in life by selling sexual favors and practicing petty-crime. Read More »
Ander (2009) Roberto Castón, Eriz Alberdi, Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Drama, Romance
The valley of Arratia in August 1999. Ander, a farmer well into his forties, lives with his sister Arantxa and his old mother in a remote part of rural Basque country. Read More »
Watcher in the Attic / Edogawa Ranpo ryoki-kan Yaneura no sanposha (1976) Noboru Tanaka, Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi, Hiroshi Chô, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Erotic
Based on a story by well-praised Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo. In Tokyo, 1923, Saburo Gouda is exploring secrets of his fellow-occupants of an apartment building. Read More »
Dulces horas / Sweet Hours (1982) Carlos Saura, Assumpta Serna, Iñaki Aierra, Álvaro de Luna, Drama
The past is a riddle to Juan (Inaki Aierra), the playwright. He is tormented by it – by memories of the elderly father who went off Read More »
Carry on Emmannuelle (1978) Gerald Thomas, Kenneth Williams, Suzanne Danielle, Kenneth Connor, Comedy, Romance
The beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband’s ardour. Read More »
Carry on Doctor (1967) Gerald Thomas, Frankie Howerd, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Comedy
The popular Dr Kilmore is sacked after being discovered in a compromising position on the roof of the nurses’ home. Read More »
Evening Primrose (1966) Paul Bogart, Anthony Perkins, Dorothy Stickney, Larry Gates, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
A young poet gets the brilliant idea to live in a department store, hiding by day, and courting his muse by night where it’s quiet, and he can have all his needs met. Read More »