David, has just failed his university examinations and has one year to re-write them. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Water Gipsies (1932) Maurice Elvey, Ann Todd, Sari Maritza, Ian Hunter
Jane Bell has lived on an old barge moored in the Thames with her feckless father and sister ever since their mother died Read More »
Drift (2015) Karim Patwa, Scherwin Amini, Miro Caltagirone, Vanessa Comte
Robert (22), a former driver in illegal races, returns to his hometown after a long period of absence. Read More »
Appointment in Honduras (1953) Jacques Tourneur, Glenn Ford, Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott
On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett Read More »
R100 (2013) Hitoshi Matsumoto, Nao Ohmori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima
An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. Read More »
Grand Slam (1967) Giuliano Montaldo, Janet Leigh, Robert Hoffmann, Klaus Kinski
Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Read More »
The Wolf Man (1941) George Waggner, Claude Rains, Warren William, Lon Chaney Jr.
Upon the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns from America to his ancestral home in Wales. Read More »
Too Good to Be True (1988) Christian I. Nyby II, Loni Anderson, Patrick Duffy, Glynnis O’Connor
Writer Richard Harland and socialite Ellen Berent meet, fall in love, and soon marry. Read More »
Suzaki Paradise Red Light (1956) Yûzô Kawashima, Michiyo Aratama, Yukiko Todoroki, Seizaburô Kawazu
A couple stand indecisively on a bridge in Asakusa. Tsutae and Yoshiji have lost confidence and passion for their future as they get on the bus for Tsukishima and get off at Suzaki. Read More »
Spy Ship (1942) B. Reeves Eason, Craig Stevens, Irene Manning, Maris Wrixon
A radio repoter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. Read More »