
Chronicles the trials and tribulations of Oribe, the successor to tea-master Rikyu, Usu, his gardener Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Name of the Rose AKA Der Name der Rose (1986) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger

14. century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several Read More »
Cry Blood, Apache (1970) Jack Starrett, Jody McCrea, Marie Gahva, Dan Kemp

A party of five men discover gold in a small Apache camp. Read More »
Harrison Bergeron (1995) Bruce Pittman, Sean Astin, Miranda de Pencier, Eugene Levy

“All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so.” Read More »
My Foolish Heart (1949) Mark Robson, Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, Kent Smith

After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise’s daughter Ramona. Read More »
Woman on the Run (1950) Norman Foster, Ann Sheridan, Dennis O’Keefe, Robert Keith

Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) Read More »
Whistling in the Dark (1933) Elliott Nugent, Charles Reisner, Ernest Truex, Una Merkel, Edward Arnold

In this Crime-Comedy-Mystery-Drama, an aspiring Pulp Writer elopes with a young woman Read More »
Fort Defiance (1951) John Rawlins, Dane Clark, Ben Johnson, Peter Graves

It’s just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Read More »
Ginger Meggs (1982) Jonathan Dawson, Garry McDonald, Ross Higgins, Gwen Plumb

The escapades of Ginger Meggs, local larrikin. He’s trying to win the heart of Minnie Peters Read More »
The Army AKA Rikugun (1944) Keisuke Kinoshita, Chishû Ryû, Ken Mitsuda, Kazumasa Hoshino

Kinoshita’s ambitious and intensely moving film begins as a multi-generational epic about the military legacy of one Japanese family Read More »