
Franco-Italian production filmed in French and Italian directed by Amelio, based on the latest novel by Albert Camus, “The first man” unfinished work published in 1994. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932) Michael Curtiz, Lil Dagover, Walter Huston, Warren William

The wife Lil Dagover of a French battleship captain Walter Huston falls for a young officer Warren William. Read More »
Times Square Playboy (1936) William C. McGann, Warren William, June Travis, Barton MacLane

A stock broker’s best man thinks the bride-to-be and her family are just out for the groom’s money, so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding. Read More »
Time Limit (1957) Karl Malden, Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels

Military investigator Colonel William Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Harry Cargill, a Korean War prisoner of war who is accused of aiding the enemy. Read More »
The Wild Party (1956) Harry Horner, Anthony Quinn, Carol Ohmart, Arthur Franz

A night of terror in a sleazy nightspot, when an over-the-hill football star holds a thrill-seeking couple captive. Read More »
The Gauntlet (1977) Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle

A cop who has seen better days, hard-living Ben Shockley (Clint Eastwood) is recruited to escort Augustina “Gus” Mally (Sondra Locke) Read More »
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) Norman Z. McLeod, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff

In New York the clumsy Walter Mitty is the publisher of pulp fiction at the Pierce Publishing house owned by Bruce Pierce. Read More »
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) Kevin Burns, Steven Smith, Brandy Snow, Shannon Tweed, Richard Roeper

Documentary about the way sex was and is deliberately used in cinema to influence and manipulate human behaviour and development. Read More »
True Crime (1999) Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, LisaGay Hamilton

Steve Everett, Oakland Tribune journalist with a passion for women and alcohol, is given the coverage of the upcoming execution of murderer Frank Beachum. Read More »
Bird (1988) Clint Eastwood, Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker

Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. Read More »