When he sees his days are old count Hervé p Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to perish there, simply to frighten his heirs. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Susan and God (1940) George Cukor, Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey, Drama, Comedy
Susan Trexel is a rich socialite, who while vacationing in Europe experiences a spiritual transformation. Read More »
N. Took the Dice (1971) Alain Robbe-Grillet, Catherine Jourdan, Pierre Zimmer, Richard Leduc, Lorraine Rainer, Drama, Horror
A reshuffling of Grillet’s Eden and afterwards, the name an anagram of the film Read More »
Chikamatsus Love in Osaka (1959) Tomu Uchida, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima, Kinuyo Tanaka, Drama, Romance
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, finding that she’s going to be bought by a customer, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Read More »
Whispering Footsteps (1943) Howard Bretherton, John Hubbard, Rita Quigley, Joan Blair, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A bank clerk in a small town returns home from a vacation in Indianapolis, and hears a story on the radio about a girl found murdered there. Read More »
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Following their luxury cabin cruiser crashes onto a sea, Bob Rainsford finds himself washed ashore on a remote island. Read More »
The Wrong Man (1956) Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero – Manny to his friends – is a string bassist, a devoted husband and father, and a practicing Catholic. Read More »
The Pied Piper (1942) Irving Pichel, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter, Drama
Englishman Mr Howard is on a fishing vacation in southern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Read More »
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) George Fitzmaurice, Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, Mystery, Crime
A girl and a man Trying to find a lady’s affection: the customary love trio? Read More »
Indiscreet (1958) Stanley Donen, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Comedy, Romance
Anna Kalman is a London based performer. She’s been not able to find love in her life. Read More »
She (1935) Lansing C. Holden, Irving Pichel, Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a missing property visited 500 decades back by his own ancestor Read More »
Love and Death on the Edge of a Razor (1973) Giuseppe Pellegrini, Peter Lee Lawrence, Erika Blanc, Ivana Novak, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Stefano, the son of a wealthy businessman, meets a gorgeous woman called Lidia while accompanying his father to a meeting using a cardinal. Read More »
Empire State Building Murders (2008) William Karel, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rooney, Kirk Douglas, Crime, Drama, Documentary
A tribute and doc-crime-drama celebrating American film noir and the icons of the Hollywood gold age. Read More »
The Gay Falcon (1941) Irving Reis, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Society grand dame Maxine Wood who hosts charity celebrations in her residence is mixed up in a stone theft racket that defrauds insurance businesses. Read More »
The Bunker (1981) George Schaefer, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman, Drama, History, War
Back in 1945, The Third Reich is in its death throes with the Allies relentlessly attacking the capital town of Berlin. Read More »