
The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Riff-Raff (1947) Ted Tetzlaff, Pat O’Brien, Walter Slezak, Anne Jeffreys

A plane takes off from Peru (in a long no-dialogue scene) in a storm with two passengers; it lands in Panama with one. Read More »
The Trip to Tilsit / Die Reise nach Tilsit (1939) Veit Harlan, Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn, Anna Dammann

From the same Sudermann story that inspired Murnau’s Sunrise Read More »
Novo (2002) Jean-Pierre Limosin, Eduardo Noriega, Anna Mouglalis, Paz Vega

Those who loved Graham yesterday shouldn’t count on today. Those who love him today risk being heartbroken tomorrow… Read More »
Il diavolo / The Devil (1963) Gian Luigi Polidoro, Alberto Sordi, Gunilla Elm-Tornkvist, Anne-Charlotte Sjöberg

Sordi gives a deep and touching comic performance as an Italian fur merchant who is going to Sweden Read More »
5 Branded Women (1960) Martin Ritt, Van Heflin, Silvana Mangano, Jeanne Moreau

Yugoslav partisans grimly crop the hair of a village quintet of women believed Read More »
Legend of the Champions (1983) Cyril Frankel, Stuart Damon, Colin Blakely, Alexandra Bastedo

A secret agent is interrogated by his superiors on suspicion of being a double agent Read More »
Riffraff (1936) J. Walter Ruben, Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel

Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. He quits his poorly paid job Read More »
Yan zhi kou / Rouge (1987) Stanley Kwan, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Alex Man

Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong’s “flower houses” – bordellos and night clubs of the 1930’s. Read More »
The Honeytrap (2002) Michael G. Gunther, Emily Lloyd, Valerie Edmond, Anthony Green

A woman is forced to confront her dark side when she investigates her husband’s suspected infidelity. Read More »