
Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Yours for the Asking (1936) Alexander Hall, George Raft, Dolores Costello, Ida Lupino

Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess Read More »
Up the Down Staircase (1967) Robert Mulligan, Patrick Bedford, Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart

Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher at New York’s inner-city Calvin Coolidge High Read More »
That’s My Man (1947) Frank Borzage, Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns

A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track Read More »
Sins of Man (1936) Otto Brower, Gregory Ratoff, Jean Hersholt, Don Ameche, Allen Jenkins

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too.  Read More »
The Student (1988) Claude Pinoteau, Sophie Marceau, Vincent Lindon, Élisabeth Vitali

Three months before her final examinations, the ambitious teachership student Valentine concentrates herself completely on learning. Read More »
Fratello homo sorella bona (1972) Mario Sequi, Sergio Leonardi, Krista Nell, Nazzareno Natale

The young Chiarina di Vallefiorita is forced by her father to marry an old, fat, rich man. Read More »
A Honeymoon Adventure (1931) Maurice Elvey, Benita Hume, Peter Hannen, Harold Huth

An inventor and his new bride go on their honeymoon, only to be pursued by criminals after his latest invention. Read More »
Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh (1993) Eric Walton, John Page, Helena Norberg-Hodge

Ladakh, or Little Tibet, is a wildly beautiful desert land high in the western Himalayas. Read More »
Venus Boyz (2002) Gabrielle Baur, Diane Torr, Dréd Gerestant, Del La Grace Volcano

A film journey through a universe of female masculinity. Read More »