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Author Archives: rarefilm
Two in a Taxi (1941) Robert Florey, Anita Louise, Russell Hayden, Noah Beery Jr.

Jimmy Owens (Russell Hayden) is a driver for a taxicab-fleet trying to scrape together $300.00 in order to buy a small Read More »
Mr. Topaze (1961) Peter Sellers, Nadia Gray, Herbert Lom

Mr. Topaze (‘Peter Sellers’) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town who is honest to a fault. Read More »
Movie Movie (1978) Stanley Donen, George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons

Three movie genres of the 1930s are satirized in this spoof of the traditional double feature. Read More »
First Cousin Once Removed (2012) Alan Berliner, Eli Berliner, Stuart Blazer, Susan Brown

Acclaimed filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles the deeply personal story of his mother’s first cousin–well-known poet/translator/professor Read More »
A Man Called Peter (1955) Henry Koster, Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau

Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea Read More »
Critic’s Choice (1963) Don Weis, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell

Parker Ballantine is the most respected and forthright of the New York theater critics. Read More »
The Colonel AKA Mon colonel (2006) Laurent Herbiet, Olivier Gourmet, Robinson Stévenin, Cécile De France

A “Reformed Colonel” is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria’s struggle for independence was won from France. Read More »
Why Me? (1990) Gene Quintano, Christopher Lambert, Kim Greist, Christopher Lloyd

A jewel thief, his wacky sidekick, and his girlfriend are chased around Los Angeles by cops, the Cia Read More »
The Falcon’s Brother (1942) Stanley Logan, George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph

Gay Lawrence, amateur detective known as The Falcon, learns that his brother Tom Read More »