Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Great Adventure (1953) Arne Sucksdorff, Anders Nohrborg, Kjell Sucksdorff
A vixen mother invades a chicken coop to provide food for her cubs. She continues to raid the coop until she is shot by a farmer. Read More »
April Showers (1948) James V. Kern, Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere Read More »
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) Berthold Viertel, Conrad Veidt, René Ray, Frank Cellier
In a London boarding house, a number of lives exist precariously on the edge of disaster or despair. Read More »
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) Michael Curtiz, Tony Randall, Eddie Hodges, Archie Moore
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish Read More »
The Beastmaster (1982) Don Coscarelli, Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn
Dar, is the son of a king, who is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. Read More »
The Girl in the News (1940) Carol Reed, Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes, Emlyn Williams
Nurse Anne Graham is controversially – but rightly – acquitted of murder after her elderly patient dies in suspicious circumstances. Read More »
Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992) Stefan Schwartz, Peter Capaldi, Frances Barber, Catherine Russell
Eight years ago, Gavin artistic son of an Scots/Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name illustrating children’s books. Read More »
Sasaki Kojiro (1967) Hiroshi Inagaki, Hideyo Amamoto, Yuriko Hoshi, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Read More »
Spin a Dark Web (1956) Vernon Sewell, Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson
A Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. Read More »
Das Bekenntnis der Ina Kahr (1954) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Curd Jürgens, Elisabeth Müller, Albert Lieven
Told in flashback, the film recounts the events leading up to the killing of good-for-nothing Curt Jurgens. Read More »
Chasing Rainbows (1930) Charles Reisner, Bessie Love, Charles King, Jack Benny
The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. Read More »
Stroszek (1977) Werner Herzog, Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion Read More »
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) William A. Seiter, Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger
A New York bank clerk,Mollie Truesdale (Jean Arthur), in the late 1930s, finds that her Read More »
Footsteps in the Fog (1955) Arthur Lubin, Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers
To his Victorian London friends, Stephen Lowry is a heartbroken widower. Read More »