
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Diary for My Children (1984) Márta Mészáros, Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Teri Földi, Anna Polony

From one of the foremost woman directors comes a personal story of how history and the individual impact each other. Read More »
Juhyô no yoromeki / Affair in the Snow (1968) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura, Yukio Ninagawa

In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself Read More »
Yorokobi mo kanashimi mo ikutoshitsuki / Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura

Covering the years from 1932 through 1957, this is the story of the trials and tribulations of lighthouse keeper Keiji Sada and his wife Hideko Takamine. Read More »
Lady of Burlesque (1943) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, J. Edward Bromberg

Sassy Dixie Daisy is the hot new attraction at a former opera house that’s been turned into a burlesque theater. Read More »
Before Dawn (1933) Irving Pichel, Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland

Joe Valerie stashed a million dollars in gold from a robbery 15 years earlier. Read More »
Lustful Mind / Lussuria (1986) Joe D’Amato, Lilli Carati, Noemie Chelkoff, Al Cliver

Alessio, a young man from a well to do family, has been mute since the death of his mother two years ago. Read More »
Brass Target (1978) John Hough, Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Max von Sydow

General Patton tries to transfer the German gold stock to Frankfurt. But someone foils his plan. The military police begin to find the guilty… Read More »
Spirala / Spiral (1978) Krzysztof Zanussi, Jan Nowicki, Maja Komorowska, Zofia Kucówna, Drama

In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters Read More »
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) Edgar G. Ulmer, John Agar, Gloria Talbott, Arthur Shields

A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe Read More »