Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
A Lawless Street (1955) Joseph H. Lewis, Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town. Read More »
Swept from the Sea (1997) Beeban Kidron, Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen
The film tells the story of Russian émigré, and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall Read More »
City of Pain (1949) Mario Bonnard, Luigi Tosi, Barbara Costanova, Gianni Rizzo
The city of Pola is being evacuated after the peace conference of 1947 decided to assign the sovereignty to Tito’s Jugoslavia. Read More »
My Grandpa (2003) Yôichi Higashi, Bunta Sugawara, Satomi Ishihara, Tadanobu Asano
Yoichi Higashi’s Watashi No Gurampa (My Granpa) concerns the relationship between ex-convict Kenzo (Bunta Sugawara) Read More »
Hoopla (1933) Frank Lloyd, Clara Bow, Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell
A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the son of the show’s manager. Read More »
Calendar Girl (1993) John Whitesell, Jason Priestley, Gabriel Olds, Jerry O’Connell
Like many adolescent boys, Roy Darpinian had the hots for movie divas Read More »
Ash Wednesday (1973) Larry Peerce, Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger
Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn’t seem interested in meeting her. Read More »
Maddalena (1971) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Lisa Gastoni, Eric Woofe, Ivo Garrani
A woman is desperate to find real love in a steady and secure relationship. Read More »
Double Negative (1980) George Bloomfield, Michael Sarrazin, Susan Clark, Anthony Perkins
Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife’s murderer. Read More »