Johnny Lovo rises to the head of the bootlegging crime syndicate on the south side of Chicago following the murder of former head, Big Louis Costillo. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Death of a Salesman (1966) Alex Segal, Stanley Adams, Edward Andrews, Lee J. Cobb, Drama
An abridged award-winning TV adaptation of a famous play about an aging traveling salesman who’s on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Read More »
Tell It to the Marines (1926) George W. Hill, Lon Chaney, William Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
U.S. Marine Sergeant O’Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, ‘Skeets’ Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. Read More »
Uranus (1990) Claude Berri, Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Comedy, Drama
After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. Read More »
Lyrical Nitrate (1991) Peter Delpeut, Lyda Borelli, Henny Porten, Anni Timm, Documentary
This film is a compilation of scenes from silent films made between 1905 and 1915 that sat in storage in an Amsterdam cinema for many years. Read More »
Man Wanted (1932) William Dieterle, Kay Francis, David Manners, Una Merkel, Romance, Comedy, Drama
Lois is the editor of the 400 Magazine and is a work-a-holic. When Tom comes to her office to sell her a rowing machine, he leaves as her personal secretary. Read More »
Two on a Guillotine (1965) William Conrad, Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero, Mystery, Horror
Duke Duquesne is a very eccentric magician, and owing to his lifestyle his two-year-old daughter, Cassie, is sent away to live with an aunt. Read More »
The Master Spearman (1960) Tomu Uchida, Chikage Awashima, Hiromi Hanazono, Kensaku Hara, Drama
Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri Read More »
Welcome Home (1995) Makoto Shinozaki, Tomio Aoki, Ayaka Horie, Shoichi Komatsu, Drama
Yuriko works at home all day as a tape transcriber, while her husband, Takashi, works as a school teacher. Read More »
Lady in the Lake (1947) Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
The camera shows Phillip Marlowe’s view from the first-person in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s book. Read More »