
Fictionalized account of the adventures of hired gunman Antonio das Mortes, set against the real life last days of rural banditism. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Strictly Dishonorable (1951) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell, Comedy, Romance, Musical

Strictly Dishonorable is a musicalized version of Preston Sturges’ cynical Broadway comedy of the same title, previously filmed sans songs in 1931. Read More »
The 27th Day (1957) William Asher, Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec, Sci-Fi

Five individuals from five nations, including the “Superpowers,” USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien spacecraft. Read More »
Seven Minutes in Heaven (1985) Linda Feferman, Jennifer Connelly, Byron Thames, Maddie Corman, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Natalie Becker is staying at home studying and working on an essay to meet the president while her father is away. Read More »
Meet the Applegates (1990) Michael Lehmann, Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Giant preying mantis living in a south American jungle decide to move into suburban USA. Read More »
Anxiety (1998) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, José Pinto, Isabel Ruth, Drama

An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. Read More »
I Live My Life (1935) W.S. Van Dyke, Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, Frank Morgan, Comedy, Drama

Kay, a bored society girl from New York, takes a trip to Greece-where she meets, Terry, an archaeologist. Read More »
7th Heaven (1927) Frank Borzage, Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ben Bard, Drama, Romance

In Paris, in the early years of the twentieth century, lives Chico, a sewer worker with lofty aspirations. Read More »
Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy – Disc One (1926-1931) Vitaphone Pioneers – Stars of Broadway, Vaudeville and Nightclubs

In 1926, Warner Bros.’ Vitaphone branch made movie history with its “sound-on-disc” recording process, and the studio-within-a-studio would go on to make a variety of short subjects Read More »
Touch (1997) Paul Schrader, Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich, Comedy, Drama, Romance

When Juvenal, a presumed miracle worker, appears on the scene Bill Hill attempts to exploit him but his plans go astray with the untimely intervention of August Murray Read More »