
Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew Lancelot to choose one of the village maidens to wed. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
McVicar (1980) Tom Clegg, Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell, Crime, Drama

‘John McVicar’ was a London Bad Boy. He graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain’s “Public Enemy No. 1”. He was captured and put into a high security prison. Read More »
Sentô shôjo: Chi no tekkamen densetsu / Mutant Girls Squad (2010) Noboru Iguchi, Asami, Naoto Takenaka, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

On her sixteenth birthday, Rin (Yumi Sugimoto), a bullied, timid schoolgirl witnesses her parents killed by fearful, anti-mutant humans. Read More »
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) Alberto Cavalcanti, Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Mary Merrall, Drama

Nineteenth century England. When Nicholas Nickleby’s father dies and leaves his family destitute, his uncle, the greedy moneylender Read More »
Metaal en Melancholie / Metal and Melancholy (1994) Heddy Honigmann, Jorge Rodríguez Paz, Documentary, Drama

In 1992, Peru was just emerging from one of its darkest moments in its entire Republican History (1821- onwards). Read More »
Knights and Emeralds (1986) Ian Emes, Christopher Wild, Beverly Hills, Warren Mitchell, Drama, Music

A white boy lives in a racially divided town. The only thing he cares about is playing his drums. Read More »
Sky Riders (1976) Douglas Hickox, James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Action, Adventure

Robert Culp plays Bracken, a rich industrialist whose life seems perfect until his wife, Ellen, and their children are kidnapped by terrorists. Read More »
Self Made Lady (1932) George King, Heather Angel, Henry Wilcoxon, Amy Veness, Drama, Romance

A beautiful ghetto girl works her fingers to the bone in hopes of escaping the oppressive poverty of her home. Read More »
Le tonnerre de Dieu / The Thunder of God (1965) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Comedy, Drama

Brassac (Jean Gabin) is a drunken veterinarian who can’t resist bringing home stray animals and humans. Read More »
Killer Barbys (1996) Jesús Franco, Santiago Segura, Mariangela Giordano, Aldo Sambrell, Horror

While driving on tour late night through a lonely road in the countryside of Spain, the van of the punk band “Killer Barbys” has an accident and breaks down. Read More »