A gang of racketeers frames down-on-his-luck John Ellman for murder. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Osterman Weekend (1983) Sam Peckinpah, Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson
In this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel, the host of an investigative news program has been convinced by the C.I.A. Read More »
Tokyo Marigold (2001) Jun Ichikawa, Rena Tanaka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Yôichirô Saitô
Based on a novel by Hayashi Mariko, Tokyo Marigold is the story of a modern relationship in modern Tokyo under modern circumstances. Read More »
Traces of Red (1992) Andy Wolk, Jim Belushi, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Goldwyn
Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. Read More »
Portrait in Black (1960) Michael Gordon, Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart
Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn are lovers who murder Lana’s cruel, but wealthy husband, played by Lloyd Nolan. Read More »
Jules and Jim (1962) François Truffaut, Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. Read More »
The Two of Us (1967) Claude Berri, Michel Simon, Roger Carel, Paul Préboist
Claude is a Jew. Because of the risks of an arrest (France is occupied by the Nazis), his parents send him away to an elderly couple in the country. Read More »
The Man Who Came to Kill (1965) Alfonso Balcázar, Carl Möhner, Luis Dávila, Fernando Sancho
Doc McGregor, former player become surgeon, is wrongly accused of murder and follow by Slade, a bounty hunter. Read More »
Neutron vs. the Amazing Dr. Caronte (1963) Federico Curiel, Wolf Ruvinskis, Julio Alemán, Armando Silvestre
Neutron, a superhero/wrestler, goes up against a mad scientist and his army of monsters. Read More »
Dirty Harry (1971) Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino
In the year 1971, San Francisco faces the terror of a maniac known as Scorpio- who snipes at innocent victims Read More »