
Harold is starving since he has no money to buy food. He may even fight a young starving girl and her starving dog for a morsel. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Bumping Into Broadway (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Comedy, Short

She’s a chorus girl in unpaid tryouts for a Broadway show, behind in her rent, about to be evicted. Read More »
Daughter Rite (1980) Michelle Citron, Victor Penelope, Anne Wilford, Documentary

A documentary of a daughter’s problematic relationship with her mother. Read More »
Firehouse (1987) J. Christian Ingvordsen, Gianna Palminteri, Martha Peterson, Renee Raiford, Comedy

An evil businessman is secretly setting fires to the old buildings of a rundown neighborhood Read More »
Lullaby of Broadway (1951) David Butler, Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. Read More »
High Time (1960) Blake Edwards, Bing Crosby, Fabian, Tuesday Weld, Comedy, Musical

Widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Read More »
The First Night (2003) Luis Alberto Restrepo, Carolina Lizarazo, John Álex Toro, Hernán Méndez, Drama

A couple of farmers have been displaced from their land, a jungle area, isolated from the world, where lived his childhood and youth Read More »
Othello (1965) Stuart Burge, Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Drama

Desdemona defies her father to marry the Moor of Venice, the mighty warrior, Othello. Read More »
Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Short, Comedy, Western

The mining town of Peaceful Vale is a rough place, and sheriff ‘Gun Shy’ Gallagher can do little about it, since the town is ruled by Crooked Charley, the gambler. Read More »
The Convent (1995) Manoel de Oliveira, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Luís Miguel Cintra, Drama, Mystery

The story centers on the unconventional American professor, Michael Padovic, and his stunningly beautiful wife, Helene Read More »