As a young woman prepares a memorial film retrospective for her late estranged father Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Desperate Man Blues (2003) Edward Gillan, Joe Bussard, Susannah Anderson, Barbara Brown
Record collector Joe Bussard parties like it’s 1929! A cultural scavenger, musician and broadcaster Read More »
Midnight Court (1937) Frank McDonald, Ann Dvorak, John Litel, Carlyle Moore Jr.
Victor Shanley had once been New York City’s most-acclaimed crime-fighting Read More »
The Cold Heart / Das kalte Herz (1950) Paul Verhoeven, Lutz Moik, Hanna Rucker, Paul Bildt
Peter Munk, a poor charcoal burner, lives with his mother in The Black Forest. Read More »
The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949) John Hoffman, Ron Randell, June Vincent, Alan Mowbray
Michael Lanyard aka The Lone Wolf (Ron Randell) reformed and retired jewel thief Read More »
Starship (1984) Roger Christian, John Tarrant, Donogh Rees, Deep Roy
Things are not going well on the mining planet Ordessa Read More »
What’s Your Sign? / Di che segno sei? (1975) Sergio Corbucci, Paolo Villaggio, Mariangela Melato, Adriano Celentano
Four episodes: A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error Read More »
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) Alfred E. Green, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair
The rise and rise of the Fabulous Dorsey brothers is charted in this whimsical step down memory lane Read More »
Weekend for Three (1941) Irving Reis, Dennis O’Keefe, Jane Wyatt, Phillip Reed
A young married couple’s weekend is disrupted by the birth of a brash Read More »
Mystery of the Red Jungle / Weiße Fracht für Hongkong (1964) Helmuth Ashley, Giorgio Stegani, Maria Perschy, Horst Frank, Dietmar Schönherr
Interpol in Hong Kong suspects that drug trafficking is being carried out through Chinese junks Read More »