
A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn’t love. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Tales of Manhattan (1942) Julien Duvivier, Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Comedy, Drama, Romance

An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and it will bring misfortune to all who wear it. Read More »
Shadows (1959) John Cassavetes, Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Drama, Romance

Benny’s a hipster, moving in and out of Manhattan’s beat scene, aimless, maybe close to trouble. Read More »
The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941) Ray McCarey, Mary Beth Hughes, George Montgomery, Alan Mowbray, Comedy, Western

Rodeo rider Lank tries his hand at movie making. Spoiled established star Crystal throws tantrums, but after the rodeo she’s easy for Lank to handle. Read More »
Promise at Dawn (1970) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan, Didier Haudepin, Drama

Nina (Melina Mercouri) is a former silent-film star from Russia who abandons her career to care for her son. Read More »
Pandoras Box (1929) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Crime, Drama, Romance

Lulu is a beautiful young woman who can seemingly work her charms on all of the men around her. Read More »
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Ang Lee, Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang

Senior Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity Read More »
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Louise Brooks, Josef Rovenský, Fritz Rasp, Drama

Thymiane is a beautiful young girl who is not having a storybook life. Her governess, Elizabeth, is thrown out of her home when she is pregnant, only to be later found drowned. Read More »
Poison for the Fairies (1986) Carlos Enrique Taboada, Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Fantasy, Horror

In 1965 Mexico City, Fabiola, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Graciela, a young orphan girl who has an unhealthy fascination with witchcraft. Read More »
Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968) Carlos Enrique Taboada, Marga López, Maricruz Olivier, Alicia Bonet, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Claudia is a young girl who’s suffering from horrible and terrifying nightmares at her all girl boarding school. Read More »