
Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a Federal judgeship, but her nomination is opposed by a ‘Good-Government’ group who think her divorce makes her unfit for the job. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell (2011) Ron Atkins, Rod Sweitzer, Lawrence Bucher, John Giancaspro, Horror

Mutilation Mile director Ron Atkins directs this apocalyptic shocker tracing Harry Russo’s journey to a plague-ridden Los Angeles Read More »
Sunday (1997) Jonathan Nossiter, David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Arnold Barkus, Drama, Romance

This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Read More »
The Fifth Empire (2004) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Luís Miguel Cintra, Glória de Matos, Drama, History

Ignoring the alarmed advice of his noblemen and counselors, young King Sebastian fuels his religious obsession to go to war with the Muslims. Read More »
Bitter Harvest (1963) Peter Graham Scott, Janet Munro, John Stride, Alan Badel, Drama

A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. Read More »
Porto of My Childhood (2001) Manoel de Oliveira, Jorge Trêpa, Ricardo Trêpa, Maria de Medeiros, Drama, Documentary

Manoel de Oliveira’s autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown. Read More »
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) Alain Tanner, Myriam Boyer, Jean-Luc Bideau, Miou-Miou, Drama

The European equivalent of “The Return of the Secaucus 7,” this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the “revolutionary” sixties. Read More »
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957) Norman Taurog, Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker, Comedy, Crime

Laurel Stevens (Jane Russell) is a movie star who’s kidnapped by a pair of desperate amateurs – Mike Valla (Ralph Meeker) and “Dandy” (Keenan Wynn). Read More »
Cry Vengeance (1954) Mark Stevens, Martha Hyer, Skip Homeier, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he himself scarred, framed and imprisoned. Read More »
The Baron (1977) Phillip Fenty, Calvin Lockhart, Vicki Baltimore, Joan Blondell, Action, Drama

Black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he’s forced to borrow money from the Mafia. Complications ensue. Read More »