This Michael Apted-directed crime melodrama features Stacy Keach as Jim Naboth, a Scotland Yard cop on the skids Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Guru (1969) James Ivory, Rita Tushingham, Michael York, Utpal Dutt
Britain’s top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar Read More »
Prometheus from the Island of Visevica / Prometej s otoka Visevice (1964) Vatroslav Mimica, Janez Vrhovec, Mira Sardoc, Slobodan Dimitrijevic
A middle-aged manager of a big-scale company pays visit to his native island with his wife Read More »
Blue, White and Perfect (1942) Herbert I. Leeds, Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Helene Reynolds
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice Read More »
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) Daniel Mann, Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyô
This comedy-drama is partially a gentle satire on America’s drive to change the world in the post-war years. Read More »
Letters to Ali (2004) Clara Law, Malcolm Fraser
A woman and her family find themselves trying to get a young refugee boy out of a harsh Australian detention centre. Read More »
The Man from Morocco (1945) Mutz Greenbaum, Anton Walbrook, Margaretta Scott, Mary Morris
A story of war, mystery, love and adventure following a group of members of the International Brigade Read More »
Portland Exposé (1957) Harold D. Schuster, Edward Binns, Carolyn Craig, Virginia Gregg
A tavern owner in Portland, Oregon gets involved in a struggle for power between two gangs attempting to control the unions. Read More »
Lovely Child / Filha da Mãe (1990) João Canijo, José Wilker, Rita Blanco, Lídia Franco
The bitch is called Maria and she is a sweet child. She has no father and does not like her mother. Read More »
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) Tay Garnett, Martha Scott, William Gargan, Edmund Gwenn
Spinster septuagenarian Ella Bishop, on the brink of retirement from her fifty-two year career Read More »