
Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In “Hero,” Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Crowning Experience (1960) Marion Clayton Anderson, Rickard Tegström, Muriel Smith, Ann Buckles, Louis Byles

Inspired by the accomplishments of Mary McCleod Bethune, who made and sold so many sweet potato pies that Read More »
Vampiresas 1930 (1962) Jesús Franco, Mikaela, Antonio Ozores, Lina Morgan

As the era of silent films finds itself at a close, four down-and-out silent film actors and musicians struggle to find work. Read More »
Sins of Rome (1953) Riccardo Freda, Massimo Girotti, Ludmilla Tchérina, Yves Vincent

74 B.C. Somewhere in the Roman Empire, Spartacus, a young officer, is condemned to be a slave because he hit a superior. Read More »
Murder by the Book (1987) Lawrence Gordon Clark, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Richard Wilson

Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier Read More »
Hills of Home (1948) Fred M. Wilcox, Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake

William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Read More »
Show Boat (1951) George Sidney, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel

The “Cotton Blossom”, owned by the Hawk family, is the show boat where everyone comes for great musical entertainment down south. Read More »
Colt .45 (1950) Edwin L. Marin, Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott

Gun salesman Steve Farrell gets two of his new Colt .45 pistols stolen from him by ruthless killer Jason Brett Read More »
Jupiter’s Darling (1955) George Sidney, Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Marge Champion

Fabius loves his beautiful but vulnerable city, Rome, and he also loves his beautiful but invulnerable fiancée, Amytis. Read More »
1776 (1972) Peter H. Hunt, William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard

The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776 Read More »