
“Adrénaline” proposes a string of short surrealist films presenting at various levels Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958) Paul Wendkos, Darren McGavin, Margaret Hayes, Warren Stevens

When a reporter claims that New York police are on the take letting the mob run its horse parlors at will Read More »
Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) Christopher Morahan, Marcello Mastroianni, Rita Tushingham, Elaine Taylor

The rightful heir to the Russian Imperial Jewels recruits a ragtag team Read More »
Maria no Oyuki / Oyuki, the Virgin (1935) Kenji Mizoguchi

Oyuki, the Virgin is based on Kawaguchi Matsutaro’s adaptation of Maupassant’s “Boule de Suif” Read More »
Jet Over the Atlantic (1959) Byron Haskin

FBI man Stafford is extraditing convicted killer Brett Murphy from Spain to the USA. Read More »
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) Ray Enright

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York Read More »
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964) Richard Wilson

When Confederate soldier Matt Weaver returns to town after the Civil War Read More »
Dirty Pretty Things (2002) Stephen Frears

Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant leading a hard life and struggling to survive in London’s underground. Read More »
You Can’t Take It with You (1938) Frank Capra

The stenographer Alice Sycamore is in love with her boss Tony Kirby, who is the vice-president of the powerful Read More »
The Deadly Trap / La maison sous les arbres (1971)

Jill is surprised and angry when her computer-genius boyfriend decides to quit his job in a big company for unclear reasons. Read More »