Because of his hot, often-flaring temper, Jimmy Kelly loses another job Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Crooked Road (1940) Phil Rosen, Edmund Lowe, Irene Hervey, Henry Wilcoxon
A blackmail threat from an old prison buddy compels a man who has gone straight to consider yet another crime. Read More »
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) John Schlesinger, Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle
The true story of Christopher Boyce, a young All-American man whose job as a guard Read More »
Tuff Turf (1985) Fritz Kiersch, James Spader, Kim Richards, Paul Mones
At the start of his senior year in high school, Morgan’s father has lost his company Read More »
There’s That Woman Again (1938) Alexander Hall, Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Margaret Lindsay
Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. Read More »
The Good Die Young (1954) Lewis Gilbert, Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart
Three good men – a broken boxer, an American veteran trying to win back his mother-dominated wife Read More »
The Return of Martin Guerre / Le retour de Martin Guerre (1982) Daniel Vigne, Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Barrier
During the middle of the 16th century, Martin Guerre returns to his village in southwestern France Read More »
All Soul’s Day / Zaduszki (1961) Tadeusz Konwicki, Ewa Krzyzewska, Edmund Fetting, Elzbieta Czyzewska
A pair of lovers go off to a small hotel in a little town. The memories of war, however, intrude on their idyll. Read More »
The Champagne Murders / Le scandale (1967) Claude Chabrol, Anthony Perkins, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux
A champagne tycoon’s (Furneaux) partner (Ronet) suspects his partner’s gigolo Read More »
The Hatter’s Ghost / Les fantômes du chapelier (1982) Claude Chabrol, Michel Serrault, Charles Aznavour, Monique Chaumette
Labbé, a hatter in a French provincial town, leads the life of a respectable Read More »