
Two youths sent for a Maoist “re-education” in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor’s granddaughter. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Murder Times Seven (1990) Jud Taylor

For the third time, Lieutenant Janek is forced to face alone a difficult case Read More »
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986)

This parody of the detective-story genre merrily detours into spoofing French foibles as well Read More »
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street (1936) Mikio Naruse

In 1936 Chiba Sachiko had her third starring role in a Naruse picture Read More »
Both You and I (1946) Mikio Naruse

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss. Read More »
Don’t Tell the Wife (1937) Christy Cabanne

Arch schemer Major Manning is fresh from prison but eager to hatch another “deal”. Read More »
Pepper (1936) James Tinling, Jane Withers

Young Pepper Jolly enters the life of sour old millionaire John Wilkes. Read More »
The Lover (1992) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jane March

It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having Read More »
Women of Twilight (1952) Gordon Parry

Unmarried nightclub singer, Vivanne Bruce, is thrown on her own when her lover Read More »
The Island Tales (2000) Stanley Kwan, Takao Osawa

The story of seven people stuck on a remote island, quarantined by the government due to a viral outbreak. Read More »