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Author Archives: rarefilm
Ride ‘Em Cowboy (1942) Arthur Lubin, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran

Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. Read More »
On the Waterfront (1954) Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb

Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly Read More »
Policeman (1933) Tomu Uchida, Eiji Nakano, Isamu Kosugi, Taisuke Matsumoto

Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. Read More »
Owl (2003) Kaneto Shindô, Akira Emoto, Daijirô Harada, Mansaku Ikeuchi

Taking up the argument of ‘Onibaba’ (1964), the nonagenarian Director Kaneto Shindo places the action in the eighties Read More »
The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules (1963) Mario Caiano, Gordon Scott, Ombretta Colli, Gloria Milland

Italian sword & sandal thrills as the son of Hercules is pitted against an evil king and his wretched followers. Read More »
Becky Sharp (1935) Rouben Mamoulian, Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke

Set against the background of the Battle of Waterloo, Becky Sharp is the story of Vanity Fair by Thackeray. Read More »
Champion (1949) Mark Robson, Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell

Midge Kelly, hitchhiking west with lame brother Connie, is hustled unprepared into a pro boxing match. Read More »
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) Stuart Rosenberg, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a “sure thing” race horse that Paulie has inside information on. Read More »
Beat (2000) Gary Walkow, Courtney Love, Kiefer Sutherland, Lisa Sheridan

Courtney Love stars as Joan Vollmer, the second wife of writer William S. Burroughs (Keifer Sutherland) Read More »