
Outlaw Black Deering leads a band of desperadoes, but decides to give up the bandit life. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Durian Durian / Liu lian piao piao (2000) Fruit Chan, Hailu Qin, Wai-Fan Mak, Xiao Ming Biao

Hong Kong life from the perspective of a young northern mainland Chinese woman working as a prostitute in Hong Kong. Read More »
Broken Blossoms (1936) John Brahm, Arthur Margetson, C.V. France, Basil Radford

The spiritual and peace-loving Chen resides in London’s Limehouse district, where he teaches and promotes peaceful Buddhist concepts. Read More »
Gabriel Over the White House (1933) Gregory La Cava, Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone

Newly inaugurated President Judson Hammond is content to live out the next four years Read More »
Fascination (1931) Miles Mander, Madeleine Carroll, Carl Harbord, Dorothy Bartlam

The film is the story of Marian Martin, a factory worker who rises to the top as the mistress of a wealthy attorney. Read More »
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) Frank Tashlin, Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O’Brien

The inimitable writer-director Frank Tashlin once more aims his satiric barbs at modern culture Read More »
Rio das Mortes (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Michael König, Günther Kaufmann

Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru Read More »
I’ll Believe You (2006) Paul Francis Sullivan, David Alan Basche, Patrick Warburton, Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Late-night radio host Dale Sweeney’s usual line up of odd-ball, conspiracy-obsessed callers Read More »
Never on Sunday / Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas

Illia is Piraeus’s most popular person: an energetic prostitute, full of life and good humor. Read More »
The Drum / Drums (1938) Zoltan Korda, Sabu, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey

The Drum is an opulent Technicolor “British India” epic, based on a story by A.E.W. Mason (of Four Feathers fame). Read More »