Paul Gregory is sprung from jail in London by his accomplice after getting a stretch as expected for robbing a woman who falls for his charms. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Porto of My Childhood (2001) Manoel de Oliveira, Jorge Trêpa, Ricardo Trêpa, Maria de Medeiros, Drama, Documentary
Manoel de Oliveira’s autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown. Read More »
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) Alain Tanner, Myriam Boyer, Jean-Luc Bideau, Miou-Miou, Drama
The European equivalent of “The Return of the Secaucus 7,” this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the “revolutionary” sixties. Read More »
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957) Norman Taurog, Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker, Comedy, Crime
Laurel Stevens (Jane Russell) is a movie star who’s kidnapped by a pair of desperate amateurs – Mike Valla (Ralph Meeker) and “Dandy” (Keenan Wynn). Read More »
Cry Vengeance (1954) Mark Stevens, Martha Hyer, Skip Homeier, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he himself scarred, framed and imprisoned. Read More »
The Baron (1977) Phillip Fenty, Calvin Lockhart, Vicki Baltimore, Joan Blondell, Action, Drama
Black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he’s forced to borrow money from the Mafia. Complications ensue. Read More »
Sorority House (1939) John Farrow, Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Barbara Read, Drama, Romance
Anne Shirley plays Alice Fisher-the daughter of a small grocer who at the last minute gets to go to little Talbot College. Read More »
The Rebels (1979) Russ Mayberry, Andrew Stevens, Don Johnson, Doug McClure, Drama, History, War
Philip Kent (Andrew Stevens) takes part in the american revolution and the newly formed congress. Read More »
Newsfront (1978) Phillip Noyce, Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy, Wendy Hughes, Drama, History
Surprisingly adventurous saga of an intrepid group of cinematographers and reporters who risk life and limb to capture footage of breaking news for the movie-going public. Read More »
Joy of Sex (1984) Martha Coolidge, Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Colleen Camp, Comedy, Romance
Teenager Leslie Hindenberg, mistakenly believing she has just weeks to live, decides she will lose her virginity before she dies. Read More »
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) Lloyd Bacon, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Stage-producer J.J. Hobart, is going to put on a new show, but he doesn’t know that his two partners lost the money at the stock market. Read More »
Winters Flower (1978) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Kimiko Ikegami, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Crime, Drama
A thug is released after fifteen years in prison for the murder of a yakuza gang boss. Read More »
Basic Training (1985) Andrew Sugerman, Ann Dusenberry, Rhonda Shear, Angela Aames, Comedy
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. Read More »
Gunslingers (1950) Wallace Fox, Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne, Western
Lou Cramer (Steve Clark) is accused of rustling and is convicted on the testimony of a rancher and the town marshal, both members of the actual gang. Read More »
Tulsa (1949) Stuart Heisler, Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz, Action, Drama, Romance, Western
It’s Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing’s rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Read More »