
Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tormented, about-to-retire matador Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Rendezvous (1935) William K. Howard, Sam Wood, William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes, Comedy, War

In 1917 Lt. Bill Gordon is headed for France when he meets and becomes friendly with Joel Carter, niece of the Asst. Secretary of War. Read More »
Vabank (1981) Juliusz Machulski, Jan Machulski, Leonard Pietraszak, Witold Pyrkosz, Comedy, Crime

Set in Warsaw in 1930’s. After six years in jail, framed for bank robbery by an accomplice, the legendary Kwinto has only revenge on his mind. Read More »
Identificazione di una donna / Identification of a Woman (1982) Michelangelo Antonioni, Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson, Drama, Romance

The movie director Niccolò has just been left by his wife. Subsequently he embarks on an obsessive relationship with a young woman who eventually leaves him Read More »
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Drama, Romance, Comedy

Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Read More »
The Emperor’s Candlesticks (1937) George Fitzmaurice, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young, Drama, History, Romance

A male Polish secret agent and a female Russian secret-police spy smuggle messages to St. Petersburg in candlesticks. While chasing after stolen candlesticks they discover each other’s identity and fall in love.
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The Lonely Man (1957) Henry Levin, Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Drama, Western

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Read More »
Johnny Belinda (1948) Jean Negulesco, Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Drama

Dr. Robert Richardson, a dedicated young general practitioner, seeks to establish himself in an isolated fishing village on Cape Breton Island off the Nova Scotia coast. Read More »
The Hearse (1980) George Bowers, Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux, Horror, Mystery

Jane Hardy decides to stay the summer in the house her aunt left her when she died, to try and recoup from a bad divorce. Read More »
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: The Partner (1963) Gerard Glaister, Yôko Tani, Guy Doleman, Ewan Roberts, Drama, Mystery

Shady dealings and a duplicitious accountant put studio head Wayne Douglas and his new Oriental actress Lin in peril. Read More »