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Author Archives: rarefilm
Firehouse (1987) J. Christian Ingvordsen, Gianna Palminteri, Martha Peterson, Renee Raiford, Comedy

An evil businessman is secretly setting fires to the old buildings of a rundown neighborhood Read More »
Lullaby of Broadway (1951) David Butler, Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe.  Read More »
High Time (1960) Blake Edwards, Bing Crosby, Fabian, Tuesday Weld, Comedy, Musical

Widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Read More »
The First Night (2003) Luis Alberto Restrepo, Carolina Lizarazo, John Álex Toro, Hernán Méndez, Drama

A couple of farmers have been displaced from their land, a jungle area, isolated from the world, where lived his childhood and youth Read More »
Othello (1965) Stuart Burge, Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Drama

Desdemona defies her father to marry the Moor of Venice, the mighty warrior, Othello. Read More »
Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Short, Comedy, Western

The mining town of Peaceful Vale is a rough place, and sheriff ‘Gun Shy’ Gallagher can do little about it, since the town is ruled by Crooked Charley, the gambler. Read More »
The Convent (1995) Manoel de Oliveira, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Luís Miguel Cintra, Drama, Mystery

The story centers on the unconventional American professor, Michael Padovic, and his stunningly beautiful wife, Helene Read More »
American Drive-In (1985) Krishna Shah, Emily Longstreth, Patrick Kirton, Rhonda Selesnow, Comedy

The goings-on at a typical drive-in on a summer night. Read More »
The Harder They Fall (1956) Mark Robson, Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Drama, Film-Noir, Sport, Thriller

After 17 years as a recognized and respected sports journalist in New York City, Eddie Willis finds himself out of a job when his newspaper folds. Read More »