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Author Archives: rarefilm
Les scélérats / The Wretches (1960) Robert Hossein, Michèle Morgan, Olivier Hussenot

This slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein (the director) as Thelma and Jess Read More »
Little Giant (1946) William A. Seiter, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Brenda Joyce

Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. Read More »
My Reputation (1946) Curtis Bernhardt, Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Warner Anderson

Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Read More »
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) Max Ophüls, Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians

In Vienna, about 1900, a dashing man arrives at his flat, instructing his manservant that Read More »
The Wedding March (1928) Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray, Zasu Pitts

Prince Nikki, Lieutenant of the Guard in pre WWI Vienna, is flat broke, but the only advice he gets from his parents is either to shoot himself or to marry money. Read More »
Beast at Bay / La bête à l’affût (1959) Pierre Chenal, Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vidal, Gaby Sylvia

A cop’s widow is through with love and she spends her time collecting money for the orphans of the Police Read More »
They All Come Out (1939) Jacques Tourneur, Rita Johnson, Tom Neal, Bernard Nedell

A “Crime Doesn’t Pay” morality drama about a young man sentenced to a prison term Read More »
The Big Hit / Le gros coup (1964) Jean Valère, Emmanuelle Riva, Hardy Krüger, Francisco Rabal

Frank Willes, a young professional footballer, is involved in a road accident Read More »
The Woman Who Wanted to Die (1971) Kôji Wakamatsu, Eriko Shima, Hiroshi Yajima, Takeshi Shima

In the wake of Yukio Mishima’s suicide, two suicidal couples are about to face their memories Read More »