Has Ben Lyon forgotten his wedding anniversary? His wife Bebe thinks he has, and can hardly contain her fury. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Beau Geste (1926) Herbert Brenon, Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes
Michael “Beau” Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. Read More »
La question (1977) Laurent Heynemann, Jacques Denis, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Sentier
In Algiers, during 1957, the army was sent to restore order. Henri Charlègue, the editor of a newspaper sympathetic to the FLN Read More »
Pride of the Marines (1945) Delmer Daves, John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark
Married couple Jim & Ella Merchant set up their single friend Al Schmid on a blind date with Ruth Hartley. Read More »
Song of Tibet / Yeshe Dolma (2000) Fei Xie, Danzengzhuoga, Laqiong, Dawangdui
Stunningly shot on real locations, Song of Tibet is much as its title sounds – a wistful Read More »
Body Heat (1981) Lawrence Kasdan, William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna
Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he’s picked up by married Matty Walker. Read More »
The Night (2020) Kourosh Ahari, Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Noor, George Maguire
An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force Read More »
Everyone Dies Alone / Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1976) Alfred Vohrer, Hildegard Knef, Carl Raddatz, Sylvia Manas
When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government’s policies Read More »
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man / Muhomatsu no issho (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa
In the turn of the Twentieth Century, the rickshaw driver Matsugoro “Matsu” Read More »
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard / Eko eko azaraku II (1996) Shimako Sato, Kimika Yoshino, Wataru Shihôdô, Chieko Shiratori
Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to ‘Wizard of Darkness’ to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous Read More »