Working for the British government, Sherlock Holmes manages to spirit Dr. Franz Tobel out of Switzerland Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Oh, Bloody Life (1984) Péter Bacsó, Dorottya Udvaros, Zoltán Bezerédy, András Kern
The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime. Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) Alfred L. Werker, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino
Professor Moriarity has a scheme for stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London. Read More »
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Sidney Lanfield, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene
On his uncle’s death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad Read More »
The Cat Burglar (1961) William Witney, Jack Hogan, June Kenney, John Baer
A burglar steals a briefcase. Unknown to him, it contains a valuable secret formula. Read More »
The God Suzaku (1997) Naomi Kawase, Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sachiko Izumi
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Read More »
Pirates (1986) Roman Polanski, Walter Matthau, Cris Campion, Damien Thomas
Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. Read More »
Youth Runs Wild (1944) Mark Robson, Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Jean Brooks
During WWII, adults are either off fighting or busy in the factories, so juvenile delinquency becomes a major problem back home. Read More »
The Admiral’s Secret (1934) Guy Newall, Edmund Gwenn, Aubrey Mather, James Raglan
Edmund Gwenn is a retired naval officer who has acquired an old valuable relic by force. Read More »
I’ve Loved You So Long (2008) Philippe Claudel, Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill
Juliette was 15 years in prison. Confronted with the unexpected goodness of her younger sister Léa Read More »