
An expedition to the interior of Papua New Guinea comes along with a tribe of ape-like men and women that may or might not be ancestors of ancient man. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Employees Entrance (1933) Roy Del Ruth, Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford, Drama, Romance

Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical director of a New York department store in fiscal straits. Read More »
Belle toujours (2006) Manoel de Oliveira, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Drama, Music

Belle toujours happened to me suddenly and, as I had the will to pay my tribute to Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, I had been happy to have discovered a means to accomplish this, Read More »
That Day on the Beach (1983) Edward Yang, Sylvia Chang, Ming Hsu, Terry Hu, Drama

Two friends who have not seen each other for two years return. One is a powerful concert pianist back from a European tour and another has only started a brand new small business. Read More »
For Love or Money (1963) Michael Gordon, Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Gig Young, Comedy, Romance

In this romantic comedy, Deke Gentry (Kirk Douglas) is a lawyer who receives an odd mission from Chloe Brasher (Thelma Ritter), a wealthy widow, proprietor of a thriving resort chain, and among his most prominent customers. Read More »
Winter Light (1963) Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom, Drama

On a chilly winter Sunday, the pastor of a tiny African American church (Tomas Ericsson) performs support for a very small congregation; however he’s dealing with a cold and a serious crisis of faith. Read More »
Albuquerque (1948) Ray Enright, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Western

Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who works an ore-hauling cargo line Read More »
Backlash (1956) John Sturges, Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, Mystery, Romance, Western

Jim Slater’s dad (whom he never understood ) expired in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is looking for the 1 survivor Read More »
Backlash (1947) Eugene Forde, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Larry J. Blake, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A body, considered to be of a criminal attorney, sends the authorities searching for the killer. Read More »
A Borrowed Life (1994) Nien-Jen Wu, Akio Chen, Jun Fu, Yung-Feng Lee, Drama

Sega, a Taiwanese born in the years of Japanese rule, felt nearer to Western nationality and culture compared to Mainland Chinese government who took over in 1945. Read More »