
Charlie Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Across the Rio Grande (1949) Oliver Drake, Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Reno Browne, Action, Adventure, Music

Outlaws attempting to kidnap Steve Blaine from a stagecoach are ran off by the sharpshooting of his sister, Sally and rescuers Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball Taylor. Read More »
L affittacamere (1979) Mariano Laurenti, Gloria Guida, Lino Banfi, Enzo Cannavale, Comedy, Erotic

Gloria and her sister go with Grandma to the horse track. Grandma has Gloria make a bet, and her horse wins, but Gloria has bet on the wrong horse. Grandma drops dead on the spot. Read More »
The Red Beret (1953) Terence Young, Alan Ladd, Leo Genn, Susan Stephen, Drama, War

Alan Ladd is the focus of this story based on the wartime raid on the German radar station at Bruneval. Read More »
The Naked Venus (1959) Edgar G. Ulmer, Patricia Conelle, Don Roberts, Arianne Ulmer, Drama

A young American painter and his French wife move with their small daughter to the US when the husband’s father dies. Read More »
Les petites guerres / Little Wars (1982) Maroun Bagdadi, Soraya Khoury, Nabil Ismaïl, Roger Hawa, Drama, War

Lebanon, 1975. How Tahal, an affluent young man becomes a warlord ; how Soraya, the girl he leaves behind, tries to help him in abducting a businessman Read More »
Feudin’ Fools (1952) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Dorothy Ford, Comedy

Whe ‘Sach’ Jones inherits a rundown farm in the South, he becomes the target of a group of feuding hillbillies who want to find out if he is a member of the Jones family they have killed or run away. Read More »
La settimana bianca (1980) Mariano Laurenti, Anna Maria Rizzoli, Gianfranco D’Angelo, Enzo Cannavale, Comedy, Erotic

Maurizio Piergallini Accountant, having obtained from the direction of its Roman firm a week to spend on the snow for all junior staff Read More »
Koroshi no rakuin / Branded to Kill (1967) Seijun Suzuki, Jô Shishido, Kôji Nanbara, Isao Tamagawa, Action, Crime, Drama

The number-three-ranked hit-man, with a fetish for sniffing boiling rice, fumbles his latest job, which puts him into conflict with a mysterious woman Read More »
Les guerriers de la beauté (2003) Pierre Coulibeuf, Els Deceukelier, William Forsythe, Emio Greco, Fantasy, Arthouse, Performance

The filmic composition creates a fictive space that conveys the multiple perspectives generated by Fabre’s imaginings. Read More »