Willy, a middle-aged divorcee, decides to take his 15 year-old son, Thomas, on holiday to Ibiza, staying at an isolated villa on the unspoilt part of the coast. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) Irving Lerner, Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Adventure, Drama
The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. Read More »
Trilogy of Terror II (1996) Dan Curtis, Lysette Anthony, Geraint Wyn Davies, Matt Clark, Horror, Thriller
Three tales of terror: in “The Graveyard Rats” lovers murder the woman’s older husband and encounter horror when they attempt to rob his grave Read More »
La victoire en chantant / Black and White in Color (1976) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jean Carmet, Catherine Rouvel, Jacques Spiesser, Comedy, Drama, War
French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Read More »
Nightmare Alley (1947) Edmund Goulding, Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Drama, Film-Noir
The ambitious Stanton “Stan” Carlisle works in a sideshow as carny and assistant of the mentalist Zeena Krumbein, who is married with the alcoholic Pete. Read More »
Phantom Lady (1944) Robert Siodmak, Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Unhappily married Scott Henderson spends the evening on a no-name basis with a hat-wearing woman he picked up in a bar. Read More »
Kansas Raiders (1950) Ray Enright, Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, Western
Audie Murphy plays a young Jesse James falling under the Svengali-like spell of the outlaw William Quantrill, played by Brian Donlevy. Read More »
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) Henry Levin, George Brent, Joan Blondell, Adele Jergens, Comedy, Mystery
When a dead body turns up in the home of a famous actress, two reporters (who also happen to be in love with one another) compete to get the real scoop. Read More »
The Misfit Brigade / Wheels of Terror(1987) Gordon Hessler, Bruce Davison, David Patrick Kelly, D.W. Moffett, Action, Adventure, Drama, War
In 1943, the Nazi Germany is suffering heavy losses at the Eastern Front and an order for all-out retreat is eventually issued. Read More »
Les voleurs de la nuit / Thieves After Dark (1984) Samuel Fuller, Véronique Jannot, Bobby Di Cicco, Victor Lanoux, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
A crime story set in Paris about a Bonnie-and-Clyde couple — how they got together and how they are pursued for a murder they never committed. Read More »