Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a wandering street musician, gets involved with a mob boss, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko) Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Murder at Glen Athol (1936) Frank R. Strayer, John Miljan, Irene Ware, Iris Adrian
A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion Read More »
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) Richard Thorpe, Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization Read More »
Murder by Invitation (1941) Phil Rosen, Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Sarah Padden
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared Read More »
Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File / Bunt. Delo Litvinenko (2007) Andrey Nekrasov, Alexander Litvinenko, Marina Litvinenko, Walter Litvinenko
The dark secret of the Kremlin unravel in this story of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko Read More »
The September Issue (2009) R.J. Cutler, Anna Wintour, Thakoon Panichgul, André Leon Talley
The September 2007 issue of Vogue magazine weighed nearly five pounds Read More »
The Three Musketeers (1935) Rowland V. Lee, Walter Abel, Paul Lukas, Margot Grahame
The young Gascon D’Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king’s Musketeers. Read More »
The Invisible Woman / La donna invisibile (1969) Paolo Spinola, Giovanna Ralli, Carla Gravina, Anita Sanders
This is not a film. Not like any other, at least. It’s about a mysterious story Read More »
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983) Fielder Cook, Susan Blakely, Lee Grant, Royal Dano
Based on the fast and frantic life of actress Frances Farmer tracing her life Read More »
…and the Sky Above Us / … und über uns der Himmel (1947) Josef von Báky, Hans Albers, Paul Edwin Roth, Lotte Koch
Another entry for the Josef von Baky collection and a classical rubble film where Albers returning from war Read More »