
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Black Book (2006) Paul Verhoeven, Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman

Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. Read More »
Frenchie (1950) Louis King, Joel McCrea, Shelley Winters, Paul Kelly

Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Read More »
Smoky (1946) Louis King, Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Bruce Cabot

Clint Barkley (MacMurray) first sees Smoky as a runaway, and drives him back to the ranch where he meets the owner, Julie Richards (Anne Baxter). Read More »
Rabu sutori o kimini / Memories of You (1988) Shin’ichirô Sawai, Kumiko Goto, Tôru Nakamura, Tomomi Satô, Drama, Romance

University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Read More »
Rio Rita (1942) S. Sylvan Simon, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson

After being fired from their jobs as clerks in a pet store, Doc and Wishey, a couple of bumpkins Read More »
Sierra Leone (1987) Uwe Schrader, Gottfried Breitfuss, Nikolaus Dutsch, Hans-Eckart Eckhardt, Drama

After spending three years doing field installation work in West Africa Read More »
Treasure Island (1990) Fraser C. Heston, Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones Read More »
Revenge of the Red Baron (1994) Robert Gordon, Mickey Rooney, Tobey Maguire, Laraine Newman

Once he fought in the name of honor, now he will fight in the name of family. Read More »
Odd Obsession (1959) Kon Ichikawa, Machiko Kyô, Ganjirô Nakamura, Junko Kanô

An ageing antique specialist in Kyoto, Japan is losing virility but finds himself excited when Read More »