
Commissioner Lohmann is already planning his holidays. An unexpected phone call calls him back to work. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Snapper (1993) Stephen Frears, Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe

Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. Read More »
The Lucky Guy / Hang wan yat tiu lung (1998)

“Lucky” Coffee Shop is well known for its egg tarts and tea. Waiter Sui, named as Prince Egg Tart Read More »
The Cool Mikado (1963) Michael Winner, Frankie Howerd, Stubby Kaye, Mike Winters

Hank, the son of American judge Herbert Mikado, refuses to marry Katie Shaw Read More »
American Dreamer (1984) Rick Rosenthal, JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti, Giancarlo Giannini

Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan Read More »
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952) Edmund Goulding, William Lundigan, Jane Greer, Mitzi Gaynor

World War II is over but Captain Willoby and his men must “occupy” remote Midi Island. Read More »
Drifting States / Les états nordiques (2005) Denis Côté, Christian LeBlanc, Radisson’s Citizens

Christian has committed a crime, a crime of compassion. Read More »
Bad Men of Tombstone (1949) Kurt Neumann, Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Broderick Crawford

During the gold-rush days, Tom Horn is jailed for an assay office holdup at Gold City Read More »
White Slave Ship (1961) Silvio Amadio, Pier Angeli, Edmund Purdom, Armand Mestral

The Albatross travels from England to the New World in 1675, with a number of passengers Read More »
The Broken Horseshoe (1953) Martyn C. Webster, Robert Beatty, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter Coke

Robert Beatty stars in this rapid-fire British programmer as an innocent bystander mixed up with drug smugglers. Read More »