
Homage to Ingmar Bergman in this family drama involving a fashionable Long Island interior designer who tries to impose her overbearing Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Heller in Pink Tights (1960) George Cukor, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O’Brien, Western

Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela Read More »
The Groaning Lake (1959) Grigoris Grigoriou, Irene Papas, Andreas Barkoulis, Andreas Zisimatos, Drama, History, Romance

Based on a true historical event, this is the story of Frosyni, a genteel woman who lived in the city of Yannena, Epirus in the late 18th century Read More »
Turn Back the Clock (1933) Edgar Selwyn, Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke, Otto Kruger, Comedy, Drama

Joe and Mary run a tobacco store and are just scraping by. When old friend Ted comes into the store, they renew their friendship Read More »
High Stakes (1931) Lowell Sherman, Mae Murray, Karen Morley, Comedy, Drama

The legendary Mae Murray is a fascinating train wreck in HIGH STAKES, a little B film film about a cloying, baby-talking woman (Murray) who marries an “older man” while she carries on an affair. Read More »
Waxworks (1924) Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Fantasy, Horror

The owner of a Waxmuseum needs for three of his models stories to be told to the audience. Read More »
Yellow Fangs (1990) Shin’ichi Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mika Muramatsu, Akira Kurosaki, Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Based on a true story. In 1915, a mountain village in Japan was attacked by a giant bear, dubbed “Red Spot”, who terrorized the villagers for days Read More »
Carthage in Flames (1960) Carmine Gallone, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin, Anne Heywood, Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, War

Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage. Read More »
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) Michael Curtiz, Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Tom Connors is sentenced to Sing Sing believing his influential friends will soon have him out on parole. Read More »
Till We Meet Again (1950) Tadashi Imai, Yoshiko Kuga, Eiji Okada, Osamu Takizawa, Drama, History

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of the war separates them. Read More »