A guy in a suit in a Manhattan company leaves operate on Friday; he seems miserable. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
On Trial (1954) Julien Duvivier, Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Crime, Drama
Etzel, the son of prosecutor Wolf Andergast, finds that eight years ago his dad condemned Léonard Maurizius into a lifetime sentence for the murder of his wife Elisabeth. Read More »
Swing Shift (1984) Jonathan Demme, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Drama, Romance, War
Jack and Kay Walsh are typical of couples of the 1940s, in which he’s the breadwinner and she the housewife determined upon him to perform the guy’s duties around the home. Read More »
Hamsun (1996) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Biography, Drama, War
Knut Hamsun is Norway’s most famous and respected writer. Ever since he was young he’s despised the English because of the starvation that they caused Norway through WWI. Read More »
Tall in the Saddle (1944) Edwin L. Marin, John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond, Mystery, Western, Romance
When a stranger arrives at a western city he discovers the rancher who sent him was killed. Read More »
The Snow Woman (1968) Tokuzô Tanaka, Shiho Fujimura, Akira Ishihama, Machiko Hasegawa, Horror, Romance
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a terrible snow storm after locating a distinctive tree for breaking up a statue to the neighborhood temple. Read More »
Murder in the Cathedral (1951) George Hoellering, John Groser, Alexander Gauge, David Ward, Drama
Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation Read More »
House of Wax (1953) André De Toth, Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Horror
Professor Henry Jarrod is an actual performer whose wax sculptures are life threatening. Read More »
The Choirboys (1977) Robert Aldrich, Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr., Perry King, Comedy, Crime, Drama
A group of Los Angeles cops opt to take off a few of the pressures of the jobs by participating in a variety of kinds of following hours debauchery. Read More »
The Phantom of Liberty (1974) Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Michel Piccoli, Comedy
This surrealist film is made up of series of only vaguely connected episodes, most beautifully the dinner party scene where individuals sit lavatories around a dinner table Read More »