
Based on Edogawa Ranpo Award winner “Hanazono no Meikyu” by Yoko Yamazaki. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Normal Life (1996) John McNaughton, Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Bruce A. Young

Chris is young idealistic cop who falls in love and gets married to Pam Read More »
A Throw of Dice / Prapancha Pash (1929) Franz Osten, Seeta Devi, Himanshu Rai, Charu Roy

With King Ranjit visiting him, King Sohat sees an opportunity to kill his young cousin and take over his kingdom. Read More »
A Certain Smile (1958) Jean Negulesco, Rossano Brazzi, Joan Fontaine, Bradford Dillman

Dominique, a law student at the Sorbonne, is engaged to a fellow classmate. Read More »
Angel on My Shoulder (1946) Archie Mayo, Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains

Gangster Eddie Kagel is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr’s special-effects Hell Read More »
Tunnel Under the World / Il tunnel sotto il mondo (1969) Luigi Cozzi, Alberto Moro, Bruno Salviero, Anna Mantovani

An ordinary man in a small town one day realizes that he is living the same day over and over again. Read More »
Hudson’s Bay (1941) Irving Pichel, Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines Read More »
This Man Is Mine (1934) John Cromwell, Irene Dunne, Constance Cummings, Ralph Bellamy

Irene Dunne is married to Ralph Bellamy. Their union is comfortable but all that changes Read More »
Invitation to Happiness (1939) Wesley Ruggles, Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charles Ruggles

An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer’s daughter. Read More »
Song of the Cornfields / Ének a búzamezökröl (1947) István Szöts, Alice Szellay, János Görbe, József Bihari

A Hungarian soldier returning from fighting in the Second World War marries Read More »