
Patrick McGoohan stars as a soon-to-retire hitman agreeing to take on one last job. After years plying his deadly trade, John Connor (McGoohan) has finally had enough. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Meoto zenzai / Marital Relations (1955) Shirô Toyoda, Hisaya Morishige, Chikage Awashima, Yôko Tsukasa, Drama

Ryukichi, the young master of a cosmetic wholesale dealer, leaves his wife and child to live with Choko, a popular geisha, with whom he has fallen in love. Read More »
Johnny Dangerously (1984) Amy Heckerling, Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Action, Comedy, Crime

Set in the 1930’s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother’s skyrocketing medical bills. Read More »
Confessions of a Sex Maniac (1974) Alan Birkinshaw, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Vicki Hodge, Derek Royle, Drama, Erotic

Architect Tasked With Designing A New Leisure Centre. Assisted By His Sexy, Super-Efficient Secretary Hilary Read More »
Jinx Money (1948) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Crime, Comedy

A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered Read More »
I Maniaci / The Maniacs (1964) Lucio Fulci, Walter Chiari, Enrico Maria Salerno, Barbara Steele, Comedy

A series of comic sketches revolving around the “mania” in people’s deepest personality. In “The Elaboration”, a hearse driver has his favorite hearse made out to perfection for his “clients”. Read More »
Amatørene / You Really Got Me (2001) Pål Sletaune, Robert Skjærstad, Andrine Sæther, Philip Zandén, Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jan’s fastfood-business is going bankrupt, his girlfriend has left him, and he is being exploited by his live-in father. Read More »
Attenti arrivano le collegiali (1975) Giorgio Mille, Toni Ucci, Orchidea de Santis, Yvette Monet, Comedy, Erotic

Marina, a student of a private college in Rome, is the daughter of a strange gentleman – called “Commander” – which owns a hotel on the beach in Torvaianica. Read More »
Pingwin (1965) Jerzy Stefan Stawinski, Andrzej Kozak, Krystyna Konarska, Zbigniew Cybulski, Drama, Romance

A shy Warsaw university student is in love with a girl who pays no attention to him. Change comes after her intimate love letters are read publicly at a party.
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Le golem / The Golem (1936) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Charles Dorat, Fantasy, Horror

The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
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