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Author Archives: rarefilm
California Split (1974) Robert Altman, George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Comedy, Drama

A down on his luck gambler links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have some fun on, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. Read More »
Blood Salvage (1990) Tucker Johnston, Danny Nelson, Lori Birdsong, Christian Hesler, Comedy, Horror

Twisted tale about a crazy, preaching redneck named Jake who kidnaps people off the highway and performs sick medical experiments on them. Read More »
Face to Face (1952) John Brahm, Bretaigne Windust, James Mason, Gene Lockhart, Michael Pate, Western, Drama

Two stories. In the first, a sea captain has to conceal a man’s presence aboard ship from his crew. Read More »
Cadence (1990) Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Jay Brazeau, Drama

As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. Read More »
Amarcord / I Remember (1973) Federico Fellini, Magali Noël, Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Comedy, Drama

One year in a small northern Italian coastal town in the late 1930s is presented. Read More »
A Walk with Love and Death (1969) John Huston, Anjelica Huston, Assi Dayan, Anthony Higgins, Drama, Romance

In a story set during the Hundred Years War, a student who has abandoned his studies in Paris, pairs with a young noblewoman with whom he has fallen in love. Read More »
Amer (2009) Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Marie Bos, Horror, Thriller

Three key moments, all of them sensual, define Ana’s life. Her carnal search sways between reality and colored fantasies becoming more and more oppressive. Read More »
Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Roger Corman, Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Drama, Horror, Mystery

Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Read More »
The Well (1951) Leo C. Popkin, Gwendolyn Laster, Richard Rober, Maidie Norman, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

In a racially mixed American town, a 5-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Read More »