The story of Dr. Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor convicted of murdering his wife Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Great Wallendas (1978) Larry Elikann, Lloyd Bridges, Britt Ekland, Taina Elg
Made-for-TV movie, tells the true story of the Great Wallendas, a family of circus acrobats Read More »
Polyester (1981) John Waters, Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey
Francine Fishpaw is an upper middle class suburban housewife in Baltimore. Read More »
Tokyo Joe (1949) Stuart Heisler, Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly
Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe’s, and deserted his wife Trina. Read More »
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) Joseph Losey, Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider
After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. Read More »
Silver Streak (1976) Arthur Hiller, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. Read More »
Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) Robert Day, Christopher Witty, Rupert Davies, Dorothy Alison
A new registrar, with a revolutionary heart lung machine he has bought from America Read More »
Stranger on the Prowl AKA Imbarco a mezzanotte (1952) Joseph Losey, Paul Muni, Joan Lorring, Vittorio Manunta
A nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family Read More »
I Am Cuba AKA Soy Cuba (1964) Mikhail Kalatozov, Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo
This study of Cuba–partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko–captures the island just before Read More »
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) John H. Auer, Erich von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye
Dr. Crespi has a festering hatred for Dr. Stephen Ross, the man who married his ex-sweetheart. Read More »