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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Eternal Sea (1955) John H. Auer, Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Ben Cooper
Biopic of Rear Adm. John M. Hoskins, U.S. Navy. During World War Two, U.S. Navy Capt. John Madison Hoskins Read More »
The Last Wagon (1956) Delmer Daves, Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner
When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd Read More »
River of Grass (1994) Kelly Reichardt, Lisa Bowman, Larry Fessenden, Dick Russell
Near the Everglades, the “river of grass,” lives Cozy (named for her father’s favorite drummer), lonely, in a loveless marriage, ignoring her kids. Read More »
Two-Legged Horse (2008) Samira Makhmalbaf, Ziya Mirza Mohamad, Haron Ahad, Gol-Ghotai
A father who has a young son with one leg and no other household members must go to India for some weeks. Read More »
Shadows (2007) Milcho Manchevski, Borce Nacev, Vesna Stanojevska, Sabina Ajrula
A successful young doctor with a beautiful wife, a happy child Read More »
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) Gordon Hessler, Ted Bessell, Bette Davis, Sian Barbara Allen
A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother Read More »
If You Could See What I Hear (1982) Eric Till, Marc Singer, R.H. Thomson, Sarah Torgov
Tom Sullivan is in many ways a typical student attending a Boston area college, he, showing his immaturity Read More »
Two People (1945) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Georg Rydeberg, Wanda Rothgardt, Gabriel Alw
When the prestigious Dr. Arne Lundell ends the most important work of his life, a colleague from the University of Stockholm Read More »
Becket (1964) Peter Glenville, Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, John Gielgud
Debauched King Henry II installs his longtime court facilitator Thomas Becket as the Archbishop of Canterbury Read More »
Pick Up (1975) Bernard Hirschenson, Jill Senter, Alan Long, Gini Eastwood
Sexy hippie chicks Carol and Maureen get more than they bargained for when they hitch a ride with groovy hippie dude Chuck in his nifty mobile bus home. Read More »
Slave of Crime (1987) Jesús Franco, Marco Moriarty, Lina Romay, Mel Rodrigo
Tsai Chin, the daughter of the infamous Fu Manchu, controls a large empire of vice in her part of the Far East. Read More »
Orchids Under the Moon (1991) Takashi Ishii, Jinpachi Nezu, Kimiko Yo, Shû Nakajima
Jinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago while he was an accountant for their organization. Read More »
Beauty for Sale (1933) Richard Boleslawski, Madge Evans, Alice Brady, Otto Kruger
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Read More »
The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era (1957) Yûzô Kawashima, Furankî Sakai, Sachiko Hidari, Yôko Minamida
Set in the last few years of the shogun’s rule, this period/ensemble movie depicts the lives of the young and the restless at a whorehouse. Read More »