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Author Archives: rarefilm
Blood for Blood (1971) Yasuharu Hasebe, Jô Shishido, Makoto Satô, Meiko Kaji

A uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. Read More »
Hardcore (2001) Stephen Walker, Robert Black, David Christopher, Mark Handel

Hard hitting documentary about an English girl trying to break into the American pornography industry to support her daughter. Read More »
Emily (1976) Henry Herbert, Koo Stark, Sarah Brackett, Victor Spinetti

In England in the 1920s, Emily, a maturing daughter of a once wealthy family arrives at their family Read More »
Darklands (1996) Julian Richards, Craig Fairbrass, Jon Finch, Rowena King

Darklands follows journalist Frazer Truick as he investigates the mysterious death of the brother of trainee journalist Rachel Morris. Read More »
The Penthouse (2010) Chris Levitus, Rider Strong, Corey Large, April Scott

Three lifelong friends inhabiting a penthouse apartment find themselves at odds when one of them attempts to move Read More »
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. Read More »
Just a Gigolo (1931) Jack Conway, William Haines, Irene Purcell, C. Aubrey Smith

Haines plays the role of a festive British nobleman, for whom a marriage has been arranged by his relatives. Read More »
Framed (1930) George Archainbaud, Evelyn Brent, Regis Toomey, Ralf Harolde

Rose Manning, the daughter of a racketeer who has just been killed, along with a policeman Read More »
The Man from the Alamo (1953) Budd Boetticher, Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills

The Man From the Alamo manages to pack a few nuances and surprises in its traditional western plotline. Read More »