Throughout the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the people was frequently advised that “A raid happened last night over…, One (or more) Our Aircraft Is Missing”. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Riptide (1934) Edmund Goulding, Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Herbert Marshall
Park Avenue socialite Mary (Norma Shearer) and staid English nobleman, Lord Phillip Rexford (Herbert Marshall) are married as a lark Read More »
The Scapegoat (1959) Robert Hamer, Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey
On a vacation in France from his nondescript job and life, John Barratt encounters a titled but impoverished French nobleman who looks exactly like him. Read More »
The Living and the Dead (2006) Simon Rumley, Leo Bill, Roger Lloyd Pack, Kate Fahy
A descent into Hell is triggered when “Ex-Lord” Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London Read More »
The Suckling (1990) Francis Teri, Frank Rivera, Marie Michaels, Gerald Preger
A woman goes to a back alley abortion clinic, only to have her aborted fetus attack her, her boyfriend, and everyone else at the clinic. Read More »
The Locked Door (1929) George Fitzmaurice, Rod La Rocque, Barbara Stanwyck, William ‘Stage’ Boyd
While Ann and the son of her boss are out on a ship beyond the 12-mile limit Read More »
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) William Keighley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
Lecturer Sheridan Whiteside slips on the ice on his way into the home of a prominent Ohio family. Read More »
Antoine and Antoinette (1947) Jacques Becker, Roger Pigaut, Claire Mafféi, Noël Roquevert
Working class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. Read More »
An Outlaw (1964) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Tetsurô Tanba, Naoki Sugiura
A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. Read More »
Suicide Fleet (1931) Albert S. Rogell, William Boyd, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason
Three US sailors fight German U-boats in World War I aboard a decoy ship and try to win Ginger Rogers who works on the Coney Island midway. Read More »
The Ragman’s Daughter (1972) Harold Becker, Simon Rouse, Victoria Tennant, Patrick O’Connell
A cheese warehouse worker with wife and two kids hates his dull life. Read More »
Magnet of Doom (1963) Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier
When French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet looses his last fight he decides to quit boxing. Read More »
Joshua Then and Now (1985) Ted Kotcheff, James Woods, Gabrielle Lazure, Alan Arkin
The story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life. Read More »
Bandido! (1956) Richard Fleischer, Robert Mitchum, Ursula Thiess, Gilbert Roland
American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the “regulares” in the 1916 Mexican revolution. Read More »
Tales of Canterbury (1973) John W. Shadow, Patrizia Adiutori, Rik Battaglia, Shirley Corrigan
Father of English literature, the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, involved in storytelling a rainy night at an inn. Read More »