
Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Passion (2008) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Aoba Kawai, Nao Okabe, Ryuta Okamoto

A young couple announces their wedding at a party with friends. Read More »
Indianapolis Speedway (1939) Lloyd Bacon, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien, John Payne

Joe is the three time Indy champion who still races to put young Eddie through College. Read More »
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo / Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935) Sadao Yamanaka, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Kiyozo, Kunitarô Sawamura

The Yagyu family’s elder son sends an old and cheap looking pot to his young brother Read More »
All Night Long (1981) Jean-Claude Tramont, Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Diane Ladd

Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. Read More »
Uliisses (1982) Werner Nekes, Armin Wölfl, Tabea Blumenschein, Russel Derson

Director Werner Nekes has created this experimental film in the mode of James Joyce’s Read More »
Ghosts of Rome / Fantasmi a Roma (1961) Antonio Pietrangeli, Marcello Mastroianni, Belinda Lee, Sandra Milo

In this seldom seen Italian fantasy classic, Marcello Mastroianni plays dual roles Read More »
The Victim / Shen bu you ji (1980) Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Yi Chang

Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother Read More »
Gildersleeve’s Ghost (1944) Gordon Douglas, Harold Peary, Marion Martin, Richard LeGrand

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve (of radio fame) is running for police commissioner against incumbent Haley. Read More »
Death and the Compass (1992) Alex Cox, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Christopher Eccleston

Detective Lonnrot declares war on the notorious outlaw Red Scharlach Read More »