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Author Archives: rarefilm
Escort for Hire (1960) Godfrey Grayson, June Thorburn, Pete Murray, Noel Trevarthen

An unemployed actor hires out as a bodyguard-companion for a woman and finds himself involved in murder. Read More »
Call of the Canyon (1942) Joseph Santley, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Sons of the Pioneers

Cattle buyer McCoy has run up gambling debts. When Gene and the other ranchers Read More »
Kitchen Stories / Salmer fra kjøkkenet (2003) Bent Hamer, Tomas Norström, Joachim Calmeyer, Bjørn Floberg

In post war Sweden it was discovered that every year, an average housewife walks the equivalent Read More »
Schizopolis (1996) Steven Soderbergh, Miles Hardy, Scott Allen

Fletcher Munson is a lethargic, passive worker for a Scientology-like self-help corporation called Eventualism. Read More »
Dog Eat Dog! / Einer frisst den anderen (1964) Gustav Gavrin, Richard E. Cunha, Ray Nazarro, Jayne Mansfield, Cameron Mitchell, Dodie Heath

Three thieves rip off a shipment of used money being sent back to the US. Read More »
The Capote Tapes (2019) Ebs Burnough, Truman Capote, George Plimpton, Kate Harrington

Answered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capote’s greatest masterpiece Read More »
Whispers in the Dark (1992) Christopher Crowe, Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Alan Alda

A psychiatrist (Sciorra) is helping a neurotic art gallery owner who has a submissive Read More »
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) William A. Graham, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Marcia Cross

This movie looks at the last years (not days, as implied in the title) of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James. Read More »
Saving Grace (1986) Robert M. Young, Tom Conti, Fernando Rey, Erland Josephson

A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Read More »