The Bolsheviks try to retake a Russian city from tsarist and French forces in the aftermath of the Revolution. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Journey’s End (1930) James Whale, Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren, David Manners
In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart’s brother, will betray his downfall. Read More »
Gokuaku bozu – Nomu utsu kau / Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments (1971) Buichi Saitô, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Bunta Sugawara, Takashi Shimura
As the Killer Priest Shinkai travels around Japan during the Meiji era Read More »
Voyage Without Hope / Voyage sans espoir (1943) Christian-Jaque, Simone Renant, Jean Marais, Paul Bernard
All the action takes place in darkness, in a runaway train where two mysterious men meet Read More »
Unsettled Land / Ha-Holmim (1987) Uri Barbash, Kelly McGillis, John Shea, Arnon Zadok
Set in the Middle East in 1919, a group of European Jews planning on settling in the Sinai Desert are attacked by Bedouin tribesmen. Read More »
Gokuaku bozu nenbutsu sandangiri / Wicked Priest 4: Killer Priest Comes Back (1970) Takashi Harada, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Bunta Sugawara, Ichirô Nakatani
This tale begins as Shinkai runs into his childhood friend, Takagano (Ichiro Nakatani) Read More »
The Miracle (1959) Irving Rapper, Gordon Douglas, Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak
During the Napoleonic era, in Spain, a young postulant falls in love with a handsome British soldier Read More »
Gokuaku bozu hitokiri kazoe uta / The Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1970) Takashi Harada, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Asao Koike, Bunta Sugawara
The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai Read More »
Operation: Daybreak (1975) Lewis Gilbert, Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland
In 1942 Czechoslovakia, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich is appointed to become the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. Read More »
Smic Smac Smoc (1971) Claude Lelouch, Catherine Allégret, Amidou, Jean Collomb
Charles, Jean and Amidou are workmen at the La Ciotat shipyards Read More »