
Elmer is a dry cleaner. He is madly in love with stage star Trilby Drew; for each of her 35 performances Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Neptune’s Daughter (1949) Edward Buzzell, Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban

Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O’Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Read More »
I Want You (1951) Mark Robson, Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger

In 1950, life as usual in a middle-American town. Cold War paranoia is beginning Read More »
Simon and Laura (1955) Muriel Box, Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow

In the 1950’s days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea Read More »
Masquerade in Vienna (1934) Willi Forst, Paula Wessely, Anton Walbrook, Peter Petersen

Vienna 1905: After a carnival party the famous painter Heidenick draws his otherwise engaged girlfriend Anita Helfer with very few clothes on, only blurs her face. Read More »
No Name on the Bullet (1959) Jack Arnold, Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Joan Evans

Cool, cultured John Gant rides into Lordsburg. Gant is a professional killer Read More »
Duel at Silver Creek (1952) Don Siegel, Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally

A gang of claim jumpers is infesting the territory, gaining ownership of undermanned mining operations through extortion…and leaving no live witnesses. Read More »
The Way I Spent the End of the World AKA Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii (2006) Cãtãlin Mitulescu, Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu

Bucharest 1989 – the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. Read More »
The Strike AKA Siréna (1947) Karel Steklý, Josef Bek, L. Bohác, Josef Dekoj

The first Czechoslovak film to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, The Strike is a cornerstone example of political agitprop. Read More »
Moby Dick (1956) John Huston, Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn

This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. Read More »