Posing as an ex-German medical officer, a U.S. Navy Intelligence Officer sets out to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and sink a Nazi submarine, hiding off the coast of South America. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Yama no oto / Sound of the Mountain (1954) Mikio Naruse, Setsuko Hara, Sô Yamamura, Ken Uehara, Drama
The businessman Ogata Shingo works with his son Shuichi, who is his secretary, and they live together in the suburb with their wives Yasuko and Kikuko respectively. Read More »
Marathon (2002) Amir Naderi, Sara Paull, Trevor Moore, Rebecca Nelson, Drama
A woman continuously solves crossword puzzles everywhere she goes; in subway trains, on buses, and on the streets of New York City. Read More »
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) Louis Malle, Wallace Shawn, Phoebe Brand, George Gaynes, Comedy, Drama, Romance
An uniterrupted rehersal of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. Read More »
Secrets (1971) Philip Saville, Jacqueline Bisset, Per Oscarsson, Shirley Knight, Drama
Jacqueline plays a housewife who has some problems with her husband. The movie takes place in the course of one day. Read More »
La Habanera / Cheated by the Wind (1937) Douglas Sirk, Zarah Leander, Ferdinand Marian, Karl Martell, Drama, Musical
Astrée Sternhjelm is visiting Puerto Rico with her aunt Ana, and is enchanted by the island. Read More »
The Last Train from Madrid (1937) James P. Hogan, Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, Gilbert Roland, Drama
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
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The Chairman (1969) J. Lee Thompson, Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Action, Drama, Thriller
An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. Read More »
Along Came Jones (1945) Stuart Heisler, Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Comedy, Romance, Western
Riding into Payneville, easy-going cowboy Melody Jones is mistaken by the townsfolk for notorious gunman Monte Jarrad. Read More »
The Gambler (1974) Karel Reisz, James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Crime, Drama
Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this he cannot stop gambling.
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