
John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Celestine Prophecy (2006) Armand Mastroianni, Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Wayne Callies, Adventure, Drama

Disillusioned and temporarily rudderless, John Woodson is about to experience a dramatic and profound metamorphosis. Read More »
Smash Palace (1981) Roger Donaldson, Bruno Lawrence, Anna Maria Monticelli, Greer Robson-Kirk, Drama

Al Shaw’s life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the “Smash Palace”. His French wife, Jacqui, doesn’t appreciate the lack of attention due to Al’s obsession with cars. Read More »
Saigo no tokkôtai / The Last Kamikaze (1970) Jun’ya Satô, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Shin’ichi Chiba, Drama, War

Saigo no Tokkotai (The Last Kamikaze) is set in the final months of World War II, when it was increasingly obvious that Japan was going to lose the war. Read More »
Nuummioq (2009) Torben Bech, Otto Rosing, Lars Rosing, Angunnguaq Larsen, Julie Berthelsen, Drama, Romance

Nuummioq tells the story of a young man’s odyssey from mundane existence into an acute sense of the sacred. Read More »
Curtain Call (1998) Peter Yates, James Spader, Polly Walker, Michael Caine, Comedy, Fantasy

A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself Read More »
Another Dawn (1937) William Dieterle, Kay Francis, Errol Flynn, Ian Hunter, Adventure, Drama, Romance

Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. Read More »
Ten North Frederick (1958) Philip Dunne, Gary Cooper, Diane Varsi, Suzy Parker, Drama, Romance

At her father’s funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only by alcohol. Read More »
Sons of the Sea (1939) Maurice Elvey, Leslie Banks, Mackenzie Ward, Kay Walsh, Drama, War

The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. Read More »
The Guilty (1947) John Reinhardt, Bonita Granville, Don Castle, Regis Toomey, Film-Noir, Mystery

Two guys, sharing an apartment, meet twin girls. One is Shirley Temple grown-up, and the other is a major piece of bad news. Read More »