Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The T.A.M.I. Show (1964) Steve Binder, The Beach Boys, The Barbarians, Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry opens the show and performs “Johnny B Goode” and his 1955 hit “Maybelline”. Read More »
The Vice Squad (1931) John Cromwell, Paul Lukas, Kay Francis, Judith Wood
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes. Read More »
The Benny Goodman Story (1956) Valentine Davies, Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten
Bio of swing band leader ‘Benny Goodman’ from age 10 (1919) to his landmark Carnegie Hall band concert in 1938. Read More »
In the Realm of Sex (1977) Masaru Konuma, Natsuko Yashiro, Asami Ogawa, Hirotarô Honda
Naomi Tani and Yuko Katagiri appear as themselves in the film, making fun of their on-screen personas. Read More »
Leones (2012) Jazmín López, Julia Volpato, Pablo Sigal, Macarena del Corro
Taking a nap in the middle of the woods after walking by herself, young adult Isa awakens to meet up with fellow young adult friends Arturo, Felix, Niki and Sofi Read More »
Ladies Who Do (1963) C.M. Pennington-Richards, Peggy Mount, Robert Morley, Harry H. Corbett
The “Ladies Who Do” are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. Read More »
Mississippi Mermaid (1969) François Truffaut, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nelly Borgeaud
Louis Mahe is a tobacco planter at Reunion Island. He is waiting for Julie Roussel to marry him. Read More »
Knife Edge (2009) Anthony Hickox, Hugh Bonneville, Natalie Press, Matthieu Boujenah
A successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son Read More »
Homecoming (1948) Mervyn LeRoy, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter
Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. Read More »