
In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife Maria) match wits with the Nazis. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Liquidator (1965) Jack Cardiff, Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard, Jill St. John

Colonel Mostyn is the chief of a section of the British Security Services when they are embarrassed by the number of spies and defections. Read More »
Genghis Khan (1965) Henry Levin, Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason

Mostly fictionalized account of the life of Ghenghis Khan, the Mongol warlord whose 13th century armies conquered much of the known world. Read More »
We Who Are Young (1940) Harold S. Bucquet, Lana Turner, John Shelton, Gene Lockhart

Two young office workers working at the same large firm secretly marry and defy their employer’s policy against coworker fraternization. Read More »
Pirates of Monterey (1947) Alfred L. Werker, Maria Montez, Rod Cameron, Mikhail Rasumny

Captain Phillip Kent, a soldier of fortune, and his friend Sergeant Pio, journey from Mexico City to Monterey on a secret mission. Read More »
Behind the Rising Sun (1943) Edward Dmytryk, Margo, Tom Neal, J. Carrol Naish

Cornell-educated Taro Seki returns to Japan just as the war party gains control. Read More »
Big Man Japan (2007) Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi

An eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. Read More »
The Mutants (1998) Teresa Villaverde, Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela

A bleak drama about street children abandoned by the Portuguese juvenile system, Os Mutantes/The Mutants was immediately controversial in Portugal Read More »
Racing Lady (1937) Wallace Fox, Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, Harry Carey

In a film advertised and sold as a Damon Runyon story, but actually combined elements from his “All Scarlet” and another story written by J. Robert Bren and Norman Houston called “Odds Are Even” Read More »
… And Justice For All (1979) Norman Jewison, Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe

When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Read More »