
Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin “manages” her, fixing dates Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Syncopation (1929) Bert Glennon, Barbara Bennett, Bobby Watson, Morton Downey

Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, Sloane and Darrel, traveling around the country as part of a revue. Read More »
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) David Lean

This movie deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Read More »
The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988) Robert Wiemer, Pernell Roberts, Eddie Castrodad, Milla Jovovich

A young student girl travels to Nepal with her parents. She doesn’t like it in the beginning, but she then meets a handsome boy. Read More »
Sweetie (1929) Frank Tuttle, Nancy Carroll, Helen Kane, Stanley Smith

Chorus girl Barbara Pell (Nancy Carroll) inherits a school for boys Read More »
Malaya (1949) Richard Thorpe, Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese

After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after the U.S. enters World War II. Read More »
The Night Angel (1931) Edmund Goulding, Nancy Carroll, Fredric March, Phoebe Foster

In this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe. Read More »
Manny’s Orphans (1978) Sean S. Cunningham, Malachy McCourt, Chet Doherty, Sel Skolnick

Manny coaches soccer for the fashionable Creighton Hall school Read More »
Grave of the Vampire (1972) John Hayes, William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters

Kroft, a legendary vampire, returns from sleep. Kroft attacks a couple in a graveyard, raping the woman. Read More »
The Bench (2000) Per Fly, Jesper Christensen, Marius Sonne Janischefska, Stine Holm Joensen

Kaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Read More »