Lou Ricarno is a smart guy. His plan is to organize the various gangs in Chicago so that the mugs will not liquidate each other. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Sensations of 1945 (1944) Andrew L. Stone, Eleanor Powell, Dennis O’Keefe, C. Aubrey Smith, Musical
As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her. Read More »
Quand tu liras cette lettre / When You Read This Letter (1953) Jean-Pierre Melville, Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson, Drama
Juliette Greco plays Therese, a nun-in-training who returns to “civilian” life to care for her young sister Denise (Irene Gatter). Read More »
Todos están muertos (2014) Beatriz Sanchís, Elena Anaya, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Angélica Aragón, Comedy, Drama, Family
If you saw Lupe (35) in her bathrobe and slippers, stuck at home making pies, you would never imagine that back in the 80’s she was a pop-rock star. Read More »
24 Hours (1931) Marion Gering, Clive Brook, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins, Drama
A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime. Read More »
Carnal Crimes (1991) Gregory Dark, Martin Hewitt, Linda Carol, Rich Crater, Thriller, Erotic
Although Elise is young and beautiful, her husband is no longer interested in having vanilla sex with her. Read More »
Kaw (2007) Sheldon Wilson, Sean Patrick Flanery, Stephen McHattie, Kristin Booth, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
On the last working day of Sheriff Wayne, his small town is attacked by blood thirsty ravens that eat human flesh. Read More »
Kipps (1941) Carol Reed, Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert, Philip Frost, Comedy, Drama
Kipps the draper’s apprentice falls in love with a girl above his station. When he unexpectedly inherits a fortune, he thinks his dream has come true. Read More »
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983) John Hough, Richard Harris, Michael Beck, Ana De Sade, Western
An Englishman, John Morgan, lives 30 years as a Sioux named Man Called Horse. In 1874, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, on tribal land guaranteed to the Sioux in the Laramie Treaty of 1868. Read More »
The Idolmaker (1980) Taylor Hackford, Ray Sharkey, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Gallagher, Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
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