
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes “ugliness”, of which there is much in the world Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Dear Yelena Sergeyevna (1988) Eldar Ryazanov

Four school graduates congratulate their teacher of mathematics Yelena Sergeyevna Read More »
The Garden of Delights (1970) Carlos Saura

Surreal look at a family’s attempts to shock, bully, frighten, coach, and cajole Antonio Cano Read More »
Hot Thrills and Warm Chills (1967) Dale Berry

Three women who haven’t seen each other for years meet at a motel to talk about what they’ve done Read More »
The Vanquished (1953) Edward Ludwig

A Southern States official returns home after the Civil War Read More »
Odd Man Out (1947) Carol Reed, James Mason

The leader of an Irish separatist group’s, been hiding in the house of Kathleen and her mother Read More »
Sole Survivor (1984) Thom Eberhardt

Denise Watson is a TV station worker who is the only survivor of a unexplained Read More »
Hellish Love (1972) Chûsei Sone, Setsuko Ogawa, Hidemi Hara, Hajime Tanimoto

Based on a traditional Japanese ghost story, the movie follows a man who falls deeply Read More »
Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon (1971)

A working-class housewife is sexually unsatisfied by her husband Read More »
Beyond Love and Evil (1969) Jacques Scandelari

Zenoff enters a heavily guarded country mansion. He finds a vast orgy occurring within Read More »