
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Woman Who Lives at Night (1980) Gece Yasayan Kadin

Necla is a crippled woman who cannot walk, but at night she puts on her red wig and becomes Selma, a dangerous woman who can walk. Read More »
L’Arlésienne (1930) Jacques de Baroncelli

Frédéri, a country boy and gardener, madly in love with a young woman from the city of Arles, discreetly meets his sweetheart under the arcades of the arena. Read More »
We Are No Angels (1975) Noi non siamo angeli

Great comedy western with the usual fight scenes, downhill road race, boxing match, love interests, and a grand prize to make the winners richer than they good possibly imagine. Read More »
The Midnight Story (1957) Joseph Pevney

Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. Read More »
Appointment with a Shadow (1957)

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. Read More »
Lisa (2001) Pierre Grimblat, Jeanne Moreau

Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called “Princess Marushka”, filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Read More »
The Quiet Gun (1957) William F. Claxton

Hired gun Doug Sadler rides into a small Western town and immediately provokes the local sheriff, Carl Brandon, by tormenting a simpleminded local named Sampson. Read More »
New Morals for Old (1932) Charles Brabin

A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter, who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons. Read More »
A Slight Case of Larceny (1953) Don Weis

Two army buddies down on their luck open up a gas station and get involved in a price war – in a somewhat underhanded way. Read More »