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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Shanghai Drama / Le drame de Shanghaï (1938) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau

A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. Read More »
Dondi (1961) Albert Zugsmith, David Janssen, Patti Page, Walter Winchell

Six American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy Read More »
Return of Sabata / È tornato Sabata… hai chiuso un’altra volta! (1971) Gianfranco Parolini, Lee Van Cleef, Reiner Schöne, Giampiero Albertini

Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock Read More »
Herzsprung (1992) Helke Misselwitz, Memdu Aki, Jaleh Amini, Cesare Basile

In the little town of Herzsprung almost nothing has changed since German unification – except a rise in unemployment. Read More »
We Think the World of You (1988) Colin Gregg, Alan Bates, Max Wall, Liz Smith

An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. Read More »
Tokyo Twilight / Tôkyô boshoku (1957) Yasujirô Ozu, Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishû Ryû

Two sisters live with their father. The younger sister is embroiled in an affair and becomes pregnant. Read More »
Brief Encounter (1945) David Lean, Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway

After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) Read More »
Where Sinners Meet (1934) J. Walter Ruben, Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Billie Burke

Leonard and Anne are taking the lovers road to Dover where they will board the boat and go to Paris. Read More »
The Younger Generation (1929) Frank Capra, Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Ricardo Cortez

Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. Read More »