A highly fictionalized real-life adventure of an Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Western (2017) Valeska Grisebach, Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov
A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside. Read More »
Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t AKA Shiko funjatta (1992) Masayuki Suo, Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka
Yet another tradition in the tradition of “ragtag misfits” in Japanese comedy…Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t tells the story of a university sumo club in Japan. Read More »
Plaza Suite (1971) Arthur Hiller, Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris
Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York’s Plaza Hotel Read More »
Charley and the Angel (1973) Vincent McEveety, Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan
Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his “number’s up” Read More »
The Real Glory (1939) Henry Hathaway, Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds
In 1906 the American army pulls out of Mindanao leaving a handful of officers to try and get the Philippines Constabulary Read More »
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) George Marshall, Ray McCarey, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Don Dillaway
The boys’ Army buddy, Eddie Smith, is killed in the trenches in France, leaving his baby girl an orphan. Read More »
Crisis (1950) Richard Brooks, Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond
Husband and wife Americans Dr. Eugene and Mrs. Helen Ferguson – he a renowned neurosurgeon Read More »
A Medal for Benny (1945) Irving Pichel, Dorothy Lamour, Arturo de Córdova, J. Carrol Naish
Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. Read More »
The Badge (2002) Robby Henson, Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette, William Devane
A sheriff (Thornton) begins an investigation into the death of a local trans individual after hearing Read More »