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Author Archives: rarefilm
Lisa, Bright and Dark (1973) Jeannot Szwarc, Anne Baxter, John Forsythe, Kay Lenz
Three teenage girls try to help their friend, who is having a nervous breakdown Read More »
Side Streets (1934) Alfred E. Green, Aline MacMahon, Paul Kelly, Ann Dvorak
In this melodrama set in San Francisco, a businesswoman gives a job to an unemployed, homeless sailor. Read More »
Bad Boy (1949) Kurt Neumann, Audie Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Wyatt
THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS! Danny is a juvenile delinquent sentenced to Variety Club Ranch in lieu of jail. Read More »
Devil Riders (1943) Sam Newfield, Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty
In the first of the “Billy Carson” series, Mesa City is all set to welcome the new stagecoach coming Read More »
Redemption (1930) Fred Niblo, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Conrad Nagel
This notorious studio adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1900 novel The Live Corpse stars John Gilbert as the ill-fated Fedya. Read More »
Merry-Go-Round (1923) Rupert Julian, Erich von Stroheim, Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Cesare Gravina
Life’s merry-go-round goes full tilt for Agnes, a virtuous carny at Vienna’s Prater just before the Great War. Read More »
The Straight Story (1999) David Lynch, Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz
Alvin Straight is a very old man with a quiet life in a small country town. Read More »
Middle of Nowhere (2012) Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Lorraine Toussaint
When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus Read More »
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) Lewis Gilbert, Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh
Clever fortune-hunter Edward Bare (Sir Dirk Bogarde), with a penchant for murder Read More »