Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Après la réconciliation / After the Reconciliation (2000) Claude Perron, Anne-Marie Miéville, Jacques Spiesser, Drama
Two women and two men meet, converse with one another and ask questions, even about the use of words, but especially about fundamental matters concerning happiness and love. Read More »
36 Hours (1964) George Seaton, James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, Thriller, War
In this psychological war-drama an Army Major is captured by the Germans during World War II. Read More »
Mr. Soft Touch (1949) Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Drama, Romance, Crime, Film-Noir
Just before Christmas, Joe Miracle, a returning WWII war hero, comes home to learn that gangster Barney Teener has taken over his nightclub and murdered Joe’s partner. Read More »
The Jigsaw (1983) Terence Young, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George, Thriller
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. Read More »
Strait-Jacket (1964) William Castle, Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Lucy Harbin has been in an asylum for 20 years after axing her husband and his mistress during a crime of passion, witnessed by her young daughter, Carol. Read More »
The Cool Ones (1967) Gene Nelson, Roddy McDowall, Debbie Watson, Gil Peterson, Comedy
Hallie Rogers is a pent-up go-go dancer itching for her big break. She’s up for a spot on the network rock’n’roll show “Whizbam,” a detailed send-up of both “Shindig” Read More »
Sea Devils (1953) Raoul Walsh, Yvonne De Carlo, Rock Hudson, Maxwell Reed, Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1948) David Lean, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Adventure, Crime, Drama
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan), for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an apprentice. Read More »
Midnight Lace (1960) David Miller, Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In London, the American futile housewife Katherine “Kit” Preston has been married for three months with the American executive Anthony “Tony” Preston. Read More »