
Dr. Bruce Merritt is enticed to Bitter Water by ‘Doc’ Medley, a phony poker swindler, who persuades Merritt to pay him $250 for the use of his ‘medical practice.’ Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Silent Village (1943) Humphrey Jennings, Villagers of Cwmgiedd, Documentary, Drama, Short

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales. Read More »
The Canterbury Tales (1972) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Comedy, Drama, History, Erotic

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s startling candor and ribald humor illuminate these classic tales of romance, deception, murder and lust. Read More »
Behind Locked Doors (1968) Charles Romine, Eve Reeves, Joyce Danner, Daniel Garth, Horror, Erotic

Two women attend a party in a barn, where they meet Mr. Bradley, a strange middle-aged man with a British accent. Read More »
The Laughing Woman (1969) Piero Schivazappa, Philippe Leroy, Dagmar Lassander, Lorenza Guerrieri, Thriller, Erotic

A rich and sadistic man, who enjoys degrading women as part of elaborate S&M games, abducts a female journalist. She is subjected to his unpleasant games but soon begins subverting him. Read More »
The New Frontier (1935) Carl Pierson, John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Warner Richmond, Adventure, Western

In 1889 pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide-open towns. Read More »
13 Rue Madeleine (1947) Henry Hathaway, James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Action, Adventure, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller, War

Documentary-style prologue follows training of O.S.S. agents for WWII work behind enemy lines. Read More »
Secret Beyond the Door (1947) Fritz Lang, Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

In this Freudian version of the Bluebeard tale, a young, trust-funded New Yorker goes to Mexico on vacation before marrying an old friend whom she considers a safe choice for a husband. Read More »
Crackers (1984) Louis Malle, Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle, and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp Read More »
Tobor the Great (1954) Lee Sholem, Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Billy Chapin, Sci-Fi

As projected here, a thinly-disguised NASA, working with nuclear rockets, is ready for manned flights in the mid-fifties…but Dr. Ralph Harrison doesn’t think so, and resigns in protest. Read More »