
In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Saint Joan (1957) Otto Preminger, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, Biography, Drama, History

Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. Read More »
Up in Mabel’s Room (1944) Allan Dwan, Marjorie Reynolds, Dennis O’Keefe, Gail Patrick, Comedy

Newly-married Gary Ainsworth once gave his former sweetheart Mabel a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. Read More »
Dead of Winter (1987) Arthur Penn, Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Katie McGovern is a struggling actress living with her husband and her student brother, who is visiting. Read More »
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933) Mark Sandrich, Charles Farrell, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, Comedy, Romance

When Aggie’s boyfriend Red is sent to jail, she meets a mild-mannered man and decides to turn him into a real man. Read More »
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) Jean Negulesco, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott

A mystery writer named Leyden is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. Read More »
Porte aperte / Open Doors (1990) Gianni Amelio, Gian Maria Volonté, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri, Drama

Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he killed his superior who sacked him, he kills the man who replaced him, and he kills his own wife. Read More »
The Monster Maker (1944) Sam Newfield, J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell, Horror, Sci-Fi

A mad scientist injects his enemies with an acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed. Read More »
Ren xia ren / The Dead and the Deadly (1982) Wu Ma, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ching-Ying Lam, Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Read More »
Love Is a Headache (1938) Richard Thorpe, Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Ted Healy, Comedy, Romance

It’s a screwball comedy about Broadway star Carlotta Lee (Gladys George) who is pushed by her press agent (Ted Healy) into adopting an orphaned brother and sister Read More »