Life is looking pretty bleak for theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Esther Waters (1948) Ian Dalrymple, Peter Proud, Kathleen Ryan, Dirk Bogarde, Cyril Cusack
Esther (Kathleen Ryan) goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William (Sir Dirk Bogarde) Read More »
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (1964) Tai Katô, Ryôhei Uchida, Jûshirô Konoe, Hiroko Sakuramachi
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. Read More »
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) Robert Altman, Cher, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis
The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death Read More »
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) Riccardo Freda, Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Silvano Tranquilli
The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. Read More »
Dirty Little Billy (1972) Stan Dragoti, Michael J. Pollard, Richard Evans, Lee Purcell
A more realistic, based-n-reality, unsensationalistic portrayal of the gritty early years Read More »
Three’s a Crowd (1945) Lesley Selander, Pamela Blake, Charles Gordon, Gertrude Michael
A woman suspected of murdering her fiancée becomes married to a man who is, ironically, the other suspect in the same murder. Read More »
The Hours Go By (2005) Inés de Oliveira Cézar, Susana Campos, Roxana Berco, Guillermo Arengo
Renee returns home one Saturday after giving an early morning piano lesson. Read More »
Saudade (2011) Katsuya Tomita, Ayano, Chie Kudô, Chika Kumada
Seiji works on construction sites. He sympathizes with Hosaka just back from Thailand. Read More »
Silvia Prieto (1999) Martín Rejtman, Marta Albertinazzi, María Fernanda Aldana, Daniel Barone
Silvia (Rosario Blefari) works in a cafe and is less then thrilled with her life, which seems to be going nowhere. Read More »