
Upon Prince Myshkin’s return to St. Petersburg from an asylum in Switzerland, he becomes beguiled by the lovely young Aglaya, daughter of a wealthy father. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Home at Seven (1952) Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Crime, Drama, Mystery

David Preston, a bank official goes missing for 24 hours and has no memory of the lost time, but when he learns that the steward of his local club has implicated him in a robbery, and has been found murdered. Read More »
Hilda Crane (1956) Philip Dunne, Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Drama, Romance

Twice divorced Hilda Crane feeling she’s run out of chances returns to her mother’s house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge. Read More »
Dreamboat (1952) Claude Binyon, Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis, Comedy

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor, is plagued when his old movies are shown on TV and sets out with his daughter to stop it. Read More »
Train of Events (1949) Sidney Cole, Jack Warner, Gladys Henson, Susan Shaw, Drama

A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it. Read More »
The Killing of Sister George (1968) Robert Aldrich, Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne, Drama

George lives with her lover, Childie and plays a cheerful district nurse in a BBC soap opera. Read More »
The Milky Way (1936) Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey, Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale, Comedy

Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan (Lloyd), somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. Read More »
Ryôjû / Hunting Rifle (1961) Heinosuke Gosho, Yoshie Minami, Mariko Okada, Nobuko Otowa, Drama

Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband’s child. Read More »
The Black Hole (1979) Gary Nelson, Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

It is the year 2130 A.D. An Earth exploratory ship, the USS Palomino, discovers a black hole with a lost ship, the USS Cygnus, just outside its event horizon. Read More »
Nihon no don: kanketsuhen / The Godfather: Resolution (1978) Sadao Nakajima, Toshirô Mifune, Bunta Sugawara, Naoko Ôtani, Crime, Drama

Double crosses and backstabbing while older yakuza bosses fight for the title of “The Godfather of Japan” violent history and a cast full of stars. Read More »