A married performance artist begins an obsessive relationship with a call girl. The film uses the annoying technique of having the characters stop and discuss their situation with the audience as if they were a psychiatrist.
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Author Archives: rarefilm
For Single Swingers Only (1968) Donald A. Davis, Sharon Sanford, Heide Andersen, Leslie Dee, Drama, Erotic
“Uninhibited unmarrieds” Gracie and Gloria move into an apartment complex reserved For Single Swingers Only where the bed-hopping’ neighbors include studs-in-residence Arty and Dave, “everybody’s playmate” Connie, and Ruth, the lesbian landlady who’s also a “peek freak.”
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Lady Beware (1987) Karen Arthur, Diane Lane, Michael Woods, Cotter Smith, Thriller
Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell.
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Road Movie (1974) Joseph Strick, Robert Drivas, Regina Baff, Barry Bostwick, Drama
Gil and Hank are two independent truckers who run into problems when they are forced to pay off traffic managers to get loads.
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The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) Jean Negulesco, Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Rich American socialite Lady Edwina Esketh, who obtained her title by marrying English Lord Albert Esketh, travels to Ranchipur where Albert hopes to buy a prize stallion from the Maharani.
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Zemaljski Dani Teku / The Days on Earth Are Flowing (1979) Goran Paskaljevic, Dimitrije Vujovic, Obren Helcer, Sarlota Pesic, Comedy, Drama
An old sea captain has lived on his own as long as he has been able to. Between his pension and the portraits he paints for a little spending money, he has done all right. However, the day finally comes when he must enter an old age home. Nothing daunted, his high spirits and zest for living infect the whole home with enthusiasm as they prepare a New Year’s Eve party for visiting relatives. Even the captain’s withdrawn and sour old roommate at the home eventually joins in.
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Ugetsu monogatari / Ugetsu (1953) Kenji Mizoguchi, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Drama, Fantasy, War
In the beginning of the springtime in the period of the Japanese Civil Wars of the Sixteenth Century in Lake Biwa in the Province of Omi, the family man farmer and craftsman Genjurô travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune.
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Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) Fred F. Sears, Tommy Cook, Molly McCart, Sue England, Crime, Drama
A propaganda film intended to highlight the growing problem of juvenile crime. Jane Koberly, present during a robbery, is falsely convicted of being an accessory.
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Night Must Fall (1964) Karel Reisz, Albert Finney, Susan Hampshire, Mona Washbourne, Crime, Thriller
Albert Finney stars in this second film version of Emlyn Williams thriller about an innocent looking but psychopathic killer named Danny. Danny is a Welsh hotel bellboy who commits an axe murder near the home of Mrs. Bramson (Mona Washbourne), a well-to-do widow.
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Last Train from Bombay (1952) Fred F. Sears, Jon Hall, Christine Larsen, Lisa Ferraday, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Martin Viking, an American diplomat in India, is falsely accused on the killing of an Indian dignitary and sets out to prove his innocence while trying to find the location of explosions planed on a Bombay train by a group of terrorists.
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