In the Madrid of the 19th century a young man plays roulette. A mysterious character helps him by pointing with his walking stick the next number where the ball is going to fall. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Terence Fisher, Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Horror
In Spain, Leon is born on Christmas day to a mute servant girl who was raped by a beggar. His mother dies giving birth and he is looked after by Don Alfredo. Read More »
Dragnet (1954) Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Richard Boone, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Saturday, April 9: A known bookie named Miller Starkie has been “cut in half” by a sawed-off, double-barrel shotgun. Read More »
Jail Bait (1954) Edward D. Wood Jr., Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller, Clancy Malone, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Vic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor’s plastic surgeon father into fixing up his face so he can evade the cops. Read More »
The Greatest (1977) Tom Gries, Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, John Marley, Biography, Drama, Sport
Muhammad Ali stars as himself in this dramatised version of his life story up to the late 1970s. Read More »
Afsporet / Derailed (1942) Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen, Illona Wieselmann, Ebbe Rode, Poul Reumert, Crime, Drama, Romance, Film-Noir
“Afsporet” (Derailed) focuses on the intense erotic relationship between a rich woman suffering from amnesia and petty thief on probation entangled with organized crime. Read More »
Ondt blod / The Bad Seeds (1996) Carsten Fromberg, Thomas Bo Larsen, Jens Okking, Anders Nyborg, Drama
Policeman Lasse rehabilitates young prisoners by taking them on survival course in the Swedish wasteland. And before he has to retire due to illness, he arranges one last trip. Read More »
Münchhausen / The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943) Josef von Báky, Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Brigitte Horney, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
This lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice Read More »
La antena / The Aerial (2007) Esteban Sapir, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Valeria Bertuccelli, Julieta Cardinali, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
This near-silent black and white film from Argentina tells the story of a city that has lost its voice, stolen by Mr. TV, and the attempts of a small family to win the voice back. Read More »
Tammazzo… Raccomandati a Dio / Dead for a Dollar (1968) Osvaldo Civirani, George Hilton, Sandra Milo, John Ireland, Comedy, Western
When the lead robber in their gang steals the money from his two companions, a cat and mouse/back and forth game plays out as the men try to get the money for themselves. Read More »