Successful Broadway star Janice Courtney collapses from exhaustion and is ordered to rest for six weeks at her country home in Connecticut. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
All Around Us (2008) Ryosuke Hashiguchi, Lily Franky, Tae Kimura, Masaaki Akahori
In 1993 Kanao and Shoko are a Tokyo couple awaiting the arrival of their first child. Read More »
Gabrielle (2005) Patrice Chéreau, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Claudia Coli
Paris shortly before World War I. Wealthy and self-satisfied, Jean Hervey is returning home from work Read More »
Tomahawk (1951) George Sherman, Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Alex Nicol
In 1866, a new gold discovery and an inconclusive conference force the U.S. Army to build a road Read More »
Foreign Body (1986) Ronald Neame, Victor Banerjee, Warren Mitchell, Denis Quilley
Chronicles of the adventures of Ram Das in England. Ram Das moved to England after losing his job in India. Read More »
Whisky Galore! (1949) Alexander Mackendrick, Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Catherine Lacey
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 – during WWII – was S/S Politician. Read More »
You Light Up My Life (1977) Joseph Brooks, Didi Conn, Joe Silver, Michael Zaslow
Laurie has been in show business since she was a child. Read More »
However… (1991) Hirokazu Koreeda, Leo Morimoto, Toyonori Yamanouchi, Ishimatsu Kitagawa
The story and repercussions of a Japanese government official Read More »
We’re Not Dressing (1934) Norman Taurog, Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns
Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. Read More »
House of Women (1962) Walter Doniger, Crane Wilbur, Shirley Knight, Andrew Duggan, Constance Ford
Sentenced to 5 years in prison, Erica Hayden is most worried about her unborn child’s future. Read More »