Kosovo 2004, five years after the war. Nenad, ten years Christian boy from a Serbian enclave Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Cloak and Dagger (1946) Fritz Lang, Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer
Toward the end of World War II, the allied secret service receives a partial message indicating that the Germans are researching nuclear energy to build atomic bombs. Read More »
United Red Army (2007) Kôji Wakamatsu, Maki Sakai, Arata Iura, Akie Namiki
A story about the rise and fall of United Red Army, a real life 70s short-lived Japanese armed revolutionary communist movement Read More »
Stormy Weather (1943) Andrew L. Stone, Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway
Dancing great Bill ‘Williamson’ sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: just back from World War I Read More »
Flight Into Nowhere (1938) Lewis D. Collins, Jack Holt, Julie Bishop, Dick Purcell
When headstrong pilot Bill Kellogg disobeys orders and takes a plane to photograph potential landing fields Read More »
The Art of Burlesque (1950) Lawrence Raimond, Charles Crafts, Carl Princi, Cheyenne
At Striptease College, aspiring strippers are taught their craft by Prof. Stringheimer. Read More »
Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953) Mikio Naruse, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata Read More »
Battle of Roses (1950) Mikio Naruse, Kuniko Miyake, Setsuko Wakayama, Yôko Katsuragi
In Japan, after the death of Mr. Masago, her wife Satomi Masago loses the family’s company “Lily Cosmetic” Read More »
All Ashore (1953) Richard Quine, Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Peggy Ryan
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls. Read More »
Adventures in Silverado (1948) Phil Karlson, William Bishop, Gloria Henry, Edgar Buchanan
Author Robert Louis Stevenson takes a trip to Napa Valley, California Read More »
She’s Back on Broadway (1953) Gordon Douglas, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Frank Lovejoy
When Catherine Terris’s career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs…Broadway! Read More »
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000) Michele Farinola, Stacey Behlmer, Robert Cushman, Johnny Grant
Documentary explores that his of the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Read More »
He Was Her Man (1934) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Victor Jory
Flicker Hayes informs the police after he sets up two men to be caught in a phony robbery attempt, because they were responsible for his going to prison. Read More »
Christmas. Uncensored (2012) Maris Martinsons, Valda Bickute, Kostas Smoriginas, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas
In one of the post-soviet countries, where sexual taboos are still ruling the society and strong traditions of Catholicism and homophobia are alive Read More »
The Enchanted Desna (1964) Yuliya Solntseva, Boris Andreyev, Evgeniy Bondarenko, Vladimir Goncharov
During the Second World War a writer is crossing the Desna river together with Soviet soldiers. Read More »