A charming, smooth-talking gambler calling himself Chris Hale arrives in Ashton, home of the Corelli shoe factory. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Informer (1935) John Ford, Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster
Dublin, 1920. Gypo Nolan, strong but none too bright, has been ousted from the rebel organization and is starving. Read More »
Make Your Own Bed (1944) Peter Godfrey, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Irene Manning
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Read More »
Graft (1931) Christy Cabanne, Regis Toomey, Sue Carol, Dorothy Revier
Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot involving a kidnapping and a crooked election. Read More »
Once More, with Feeling! (1960) Stanley Donen, Yul Brynner, Kay Kendall, Geoffrey Toone
Victor Fabian, a musical genius, faces a career setback when his wife discovers he’s auditioning Read More »
The Unholy Three (1925) Tod Browning, Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore
A sideshow ventriloquist, a midget, and a strongman form a conspiracy known as “The Unholy Three” and commit a series of robberies. Read More »
Cleopatra Wong (1978) Bobby A. Suarez, Marrie Lee, George Estregan, Dante Varona
An Interpol top cop teams up with Filipino police to take down a counterfeit money operation threatening multiple Asian countries. Read More »
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) Charles Barton, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff
Two employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect. Read More »
May 68, a Fine Piece of Work (1969) Jean-Luc Magneron
Interviews and footage shot by Jean-Luc Magneron in France during the tumultuous events of May 1968. Read More »
The Red Cherry Blossom Family (1972) Masahiro Makino, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Kôji Tsuruta
It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending. Read More »