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Author Archives: rarefilm
Drift (2015) Karim Patwa, Scherwin Amini, Miro Caltagirone, Vanessa Comte

Robert (22), a former driver in illegal races, returns to his hometown after a long period of absence. Read More »
Appointment in Honduras (1953) Jacques Tourneur, Glenn Ford, Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott

On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett Read More »
R100 (2013) Hitoshi Matsumoto, Nao Ohmori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima

An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. Read More »
Grand Slam (1967) Giuliano Montaldo, Janet Leigh, Robert Hoffmann, Klaus Kinski

Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Read More »
The Wolf Man (1941) George Waggner, Claude Rains, Warren William, Lon Chaney Jr.

Upon the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns from America to his ancestral home in Wales. Read More »
Too Good to Be True (1988) Christian I. Nyby II, Loni Anderson, Patrick Duffy, Glynnis O’Connor

Writer Richard Harland and socialite Ellen Berent meet, fall in love, and soon marry. Read More »
Spy Ship (1942) B. Reeves Eason, Craig Stevens, Irene Manning, Maris Wrixon

A radio repoter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. Read More »
Ambush Bay (1966) Ron Winston, Hugh O’Brian, Mickey Rooney, James Mitchum

With General MacArthur poised to strike against the Japanese defenses in the Philippines, a group of nine Marines are given a secret mission. Read More »
Pickup (1951) Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon

Low-budget, tabloid-lurid story with high camp value of older man falling for much younger beauty who’s busy figuring out how she can kill him now that they’re married. Read More »