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Author Archives: rarefilm
Montecarlo (1956) Samuel A. Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Vittorio De Sica, Arthur O’Connell

A gambler very much in debt, sets his cap for a beautiful woman, not knowing that she is also penniless. Read More »
The Girl on the Boat (1962) Henry Kaplan, Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin, Richard Briers

The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt’s cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties Read More »
Hoodlum Empire (1952) Joseph Kane, Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker

A former gangster who joined the army during World War II and became a hero is now leading a respectable life, out of the rackets. Read More »
The Stone Cross AKA Kaminnyy khrest (1968) Leonid Osyka, Boryslav Brondukov, Daniil Ilchenko, Yekaterina Mateyk

The Stone Cross (Kaminnyy khrest, 1968), based on two short stories (“The Stone Cross” and “The Thief,” both published in 1900) by Galician novelist Vasyl’ Stefanyk. Read More »
The Rising of the Moon (1957) John Ford, Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. Read More »
Shadow Kill / Nizhalkkuthu (2002) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, Reeja

Kaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess. Read More »
Strange Gardens AKA Effroyables Jardins (2003) Jean Becker, Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, Thierry Lhermitte

France under occupation by the Germans during WW2: Two men inspired by a free France radio broadcast perpetrate Read More »
State Penitentiary (1950) Lew Landers, Warner Baxter, Onslow Stevens, Karin Booth

Roger Manners (Warner Baxter), a former aircraft manufacturer is wrongly accused Read More »
Code Name: Tiger AKA Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche (1964) Claude Chabrol, Roger Hanin, Maria Mauban, Daniela Bianchi

A Turkish ambassador arrives in Paris to sign an important trade agreement, allowing Turkey to buy a sophisticated new war plane from France. Read More »