
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to “solve” a case that comes in. Complications ensue. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Mr. District Attorney (1941) William Morgan, Dennis O’Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Comedy, Crime, Drama

An assistant prosecutor (Dennis O’Keefe) and his spunky friend (Florence Rice) investigate a suddenly hot case. Read More »
The Lineup (1958) Don Siegel, Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Crime, Film-Noir, Drama

In San Francisco, two police inspectors are on the case when a rogue taxi driver, with the help of a rogue porter Read More »
Hearts and Minds (1974) Peter Davis, Dwight D. Eisenhower, William Marshall, Georges Bidault, Documentary, War

This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as its own film and interviews. Read More »
The Phynx (1970) Lee H. Katzin, Michael A. Miller, Ray Chippeway, Dennis Larden, Comedy, Music

An athlete, a campus militant, a black model, and an American Indian are picked by a computer (shaped like a woman) to form a rock group called the Phynx Read More »
The Great Gatsby (1949) Elliott Nugent, Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Drama

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. Read More »
Les amazones du temple d’or / Golden Temple Amazons (1986) Alain Payet, Jesús Franco, Analía Ivars, William Berger, Antonio Mayans, Adventure, Erotic

A missionary and his wife are killed by natives when they accidentally discover their golden temple, but his daughter is spared and is raised by the tribe. Read More »
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) Peter Bogdanovich, Mamie Van Doren, Mary Marr, Paige Lee, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 1998, six months after the collision of a meteor and subsequent explosion of a rocket sent to Venus Read More »
Clair de femme / Womanlight (1979) Costa-Gavras, Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Romolo Valli, Drama

Reciprocal consolation. The background of two middle-aged people (Michel and Lydia) is gradually unfolded. Michel’s wife is incurably ill. Read More »
The Master Gunfighter (1975) Tom Laughlin, Ron O’Neal, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Drama, Western

Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians’ land and claim it as his own. Read More »