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Author Archives: rarefilm
E venne un uomo (1965) Ermanno Olmi, Rod Steiger, Adolfo Celi, Giorgo Fortunato
Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is told. Read More »
Upper World (1934) Roy Del Ruth, Warren William, Mary Astor, Ginger Rogers
A rich railroad tycoon, bored with his marriage (his wife has no time for him — she’s too busy giving parties and sailing on yachts) starts seeing a showgirl. Read More »
Kentucky Kernels (1934) George Stevens, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Mary Carlisle
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. Read More »
Those Days (1954) Sundaram Balachander, Shivaji Ganesan, Pandharibai, Jawar N. Sitaraman
The night after the Japanese bombing of Madras, Rajan (Sivaji Ganesan) a radio engineer, is murdered while preparing to leave town with a bag full of cash. Read More »
A Little Night Music (1977) Harold Prince, Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou
Fredrik Egerman is very happy in his marriage to a seventeen-year-old virgin, Anne. Read More »
Poets Pub (1949) Frederick Wilson, Derek Bond, Rona Anderson, James Robertson Justice
A struggling young poet in love manages a country inn, and thwarts a kidnapping attempt. Read More »
Female (1933) Michael Curtiz, William Dieterle, Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson
Alison is owner and successful manager of an automobile factory. She also has a good relation to her employees – especially the male ones Read More »
Crazy Thunder Road (1980) Gakuryû Ishii, Tatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Kôji Nanjô
When the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Read More »
Scarecrow (1973) Jerry Schatzberg, Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan
Max is an ex-con who’s been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who’s returning home to the midwest to see the child born while he was at sea. Read More »