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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Drummer (2007) Kenneth Bi, Jaycee Chan, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Angelica Lee
When Sid insults a powerful triad boss, his father sends him to Taiwan for safety. Read More »
Ishtar (1987) Elaine May, Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns Read More »
The Violent Four (1968) Carlo Lizzani, Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian, Margaret Lee
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers. Read More »
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) Robert Bolt, Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain
A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron. Read More »
Up the MacGregors (1967) Franco Giraldi, David Bailey, Agata Flori, Leo Anchóriz
The elder MacGregors fearful their sons will fall in love a gold digging women bury the families fortune in the ground. Read More »
Company Business (1991) Nicholas Meyer, Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith
Rogue CIA agent Sam Boyd is called back by “the Company” to do some work. Read More »
The Maltese Falcon (1931) Roy Del Ruth, Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges
Sam Spade is quite the womanizer. When his secretary tells him the new customer waiting outside his office is a knockout Read More »
Port of Seven Seas (1938) James Whale, Wallace Beery, Frank Morgan, Maureen O’Sullivan
Madelon and Marius intend to marry but he finds the call of the ocean irresistible and leaves her and his father behind. Read More »
Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984) Delbert Mann, Timothy Bottoms, Eva Marie Saint, Arthur Hill
When an insurance salesman is blinded in a boxing accident, his world is turned upside down Read More »