After not seeing him since he was a child, a successful advertising executive Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Wabash Avenue (1950) Henry Koster, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Phil Harris
Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike’s business Read More »
Gettysburg (1993) Ron Maxwell, Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang
The four and 1/4 hour depiction of the historical and personal events surrounding Read More »
Bequest to the Nation (1973) James Cellan Jones, Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston
Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. Read More »
Cannonball Wedlock / Konzen tokkyû (2011) Kôji Maeda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ryô Kase, Kenta Hamano
A slapstick comedy about a woman who has led a life of noncommittal romance Read More »
You’ll Never See Me Again (1973) Jeannot Szwarc, David Hartman, Jane Wyatt, Ralph Meeker
Newlyweds Ned and Vicki Bliss have a fight and Vicki leaves saying that she Read More »
Girl with the Diamond Slipper / Mo deng xian lu qi yuan (1985) Jing Wong, Maggie Cheung, Pak-Cheung Chan
An aspiring actress gets into hot water when the shoes Read More »
One Night Stand (1978) Allan King, Chapelle Jaffe, Brent Carver, Dinah Christie
Carol Bolts adaptation of her stage play locks its audience in a claustrophobic bachelor Read More »
Double Indemnity (1944) Billy Wilder, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets Read More »
Let’s Do It Again (1953) Alexander Hall, Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray
In this 1953 musical remake of “The Awful Truth”, Wyman is married to womanizing composer Read More »