
Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is enaged to Mariko, the niece of his company’s president. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Quiet Wedding (1941) Anthony Asquith

Margaret Lockwood stars as bride-to-be Janet Royd, who is driven crazy by the well-meaning Read More »
A Place to Go (1963) Basil Dearden

Amidst the pub sing-songs and bombsites and with slums giving way to high-rise flats Read More »
The Way to the Stars (1945) Anthony Asquith

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain Read More »
September 30, 1955 (1977) James Bridges

Rebel. Icon. Legend. James Dean’s untimely death on September 30, 1955, shocked the world Read More »
Summer Soldiers (1972) Hiroshi Teshigahara

This fascinating Japanese drama takes an objective look at the relationship between Read More »
Freezing Point (1966) Satsuo Yamamoto

Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kidnapped and killed. Read More »
The Cow / Kráva (1994) Karel Kachyna, Radek Holub

Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother’s life as a prostitute Read More »
The Nun’s Night (1967) Karel Kachyna

One day of autumn 1950, during the forced collectivization, the farmers lead their Read More »
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1975)

There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann Read More »