German adaptation of Agatha Christie’s stage play “Black Coffee”. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Young Rebel / Hou sheng (1975) Lung Ti, David Chiang, Chuan Chen
Fatherless as a child, Hsiang supports his mother. Read More »
The Loner / Le solitaire (1973) Alain Brunet, Hardy Krüger, Raymond Pellegrin, Georges Géret
After an unsuccessful robbery, Eric Lambrecht is arrested and sent to prison for twenty years. Read More »
Lord of the Flies (1963) Peter Brook, James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
A group of young boys are stranded alone on an island. Left to fend for themselves Read More »
Battle of the Worlds / Il pianeta degli uomini spenti (1961) Antonio Margheriti, Claude Rains, Bill Carter, Umberto Orsini
A stray planet on a collision course with Earth instead takes orbit around our blue marble. Read More »
Zandy’s Bride (1974) Jan Troell, Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart
It’s the late nineteenth century. Trying to develop a ranch on an isolated and rugged property Read More »
Article 99 (1992) Howard Deutch, Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker
A group of doctors in a veteran’s hospital must contend with their hopeless situation Read More »
Hercules Against Rome / Ercole contro Roma (1964) Piero Pierotti, Sergio Ciani, Wandisa Guida, Livio Lorenzon
Hercules comes from Greece to Ravenna, Italy, because a friend from childhood days Read More »
Paris is Always Paris / Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951) Luciano Emmer, Aldo Fabrizi, Henri Guisol, Ave Ninchi
Parigi e Sempre Parigi (Paris is Always Paris) was the second feature-length effort Read More »
Stronger Than Love / Más fuerte que el amor (1955) Tulio Demicheli, Jorge Mistral, Miroslava, Néstor de Barbosa
Young industrialist with a working-class background forces his way into the old-money society that’s trying to shut him out. Read More »