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Author Archives: rarefilm
Disgraced (1933) Erle C. Kenton, Helen Twelvetrees, Bruce Cabot, Adrienne Ames, Mystery, Romance
A lovely fashion model’s dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. Read More »
Burger Boys (1999) Lav Diaz, Gerald Madrid, Marcus Madrigal, Marco Salvador, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Four high school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns Read More »
Blind Date (1934) Roy William Neill, Ann Sothern, Neil Hamilton, Paul Kelly, Comedy, Romance
A class vs class tale of a model at a department store that supports her family who’s torn between two rival beaus Read More »
Battle Stations (1956) Lewis Seiler, John Lund, William Bendix, Keefe Brasselle, Drama, War
A rebuilt WWII carrier sails back to the Pacific theater to rejoin the war in early 1945, a carrier the Japanese think they sank. Read More »
Bachelor of Hearts (1958) Wolf Rilla, Hardy Krüger, Sylvia Syms, Ronald Lewis, Comedy
German scholar Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. Apart from his studies he tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on while romancing pretty Girton-girl Ann. Read More »
Le capitaine Fracasse / Captain Fracasse (1943) Abel Gance, Fernand Gravey, Assia Noris, Jean Weber, Drama
A destitute baron joins a troupe of travelling actors. Read More »
The Bride with White Hair (1993) Ronny Yu, Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Francis Ng, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance, Action
The sensitive swordsman Cho Yi-Hang is tired of his life. He is the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang clan throne and the unsure commander of the clan’s forces in a war against foreign tribes and an evil cult. Read More »
Un chapeau de paille d’Italie / An Italian Straw Hat (1928) René Clair, Alice Tissot, Alexis Bondireff, Marise Maia, Comedy
On his way through the woods to his marriage, Fadinard’s horse eats the hat of a married lady spending here a few moments with her lover. Read More »
Crystal Fist / Jade Claw (1979) Shan Hua, Billy Chong, Siu Tin Yuen, Chiu-Sing Hau, Action, Drama
A young man vows revenge against the killers of his father. To do this, he must train with his father’s teacher who teaches him the “Shadow Claw” Read More »
Where Love Has Gone (1964) Edward Dmytryk, Bette Davis, Susan Hayward, Mike Connors, Drama
After his teenage daughter Danny is arrested for the murder of his ex-wife’s current lover, Luke Miller recalls his marriage to Valerie Hayden and the subsequent events which led to the tragedy. Read More »
Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Jim Jarmusch, John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Comedy, Drama
A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise visit by his younger cousin from Budapest. Read More »
Et si on vivait tous ensemble? / All Together (2011) Stéphane Robelin, Guy Bedos, Daniel Brühl, Geraldine Chaplin, Comedy, Drama
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been friends for over forty years. Read More »
É o Amor / That’s Love (2013) João Canijo, Anabela Moreira, Sónia Nunes, Cassilda Pontes, Drama
In Caxinas, a fishing neighborhood in Vila do Conde, a city on the north of Portugal Read More »
Dead End (1937) William Wyler, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Read More »