China, 1900. Xiaoxiao, a girl of about 12, comes to a mountain village for an arranged marriage with a two-year-old boy, Chunguan. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Last Command (1928) Josef von Sternberg, Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell
A decorated, aristocratic Czarist General is reduced to penury after the collapse of Imperial Russia. Read More »
Les diaboliques (1955) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. Read More »
Gone with the Pope (2010) Duke Mitchell, Lorenzo Dardado, Jim LoBianco
Famed nightclub performer Duke Mitchell is Paul, a paroled gangster with an unholy scheme Read More »
Double Crosser (1989) Arizal, Peter O’Brian, Priscilla Patsy, Ricky Hosada
Peter O’Brian (The Stabilizer, The Intruder) goes up against a french mob boss. Read More »
Horse Being / Être cheval (2015) Jérôme Clément-Wilz
Karen is training with a cowboy for her transformation into a horse. Read More »
Troop Beverly Hills (1989) Jeff Kanew, Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas
A soon to be divorced Beverly Hills socialite is determined to prove to her husband and herself that she can finish Read More »
Angel of Fury (1990) Ackyl Anwari, Cynthia Rothrock, Chris Barnes, Peter O’Brian
A security specialist (Nancy Bolan) is hired to deliver a valuable computer. Read More »
Monkey Business (1931) Norman Z. McLeod, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers
While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service Read More »
Osaka Elegy / Naniwa erejî (1936) Kenji Mizoguchi, Isuzu Yamada, Seiichi Takegawa, Chiyoko Ôkura
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father’s debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. Read More »