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Author Archives: rarefilm
Aimez-vous les femmes / A Taste for Women (1964) Jean Léon, Sophie Daumier, Guy Bedos, Grégoire Aslan

A secret sect of cannibals owns a vegetarian restaurant, which they use as a cover so they can find a beautiful young woman to serve as the main course at their full-moon sacrifice. Read More »
Waikiki Wedding (1937) Frank Tuttle, Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter’s pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. Read More »
Whore 2 (1994) Amos Kollek, Nancy McPherson, Pat ‘Delightful’ Kelly, Sylvia Hill, Drama

Jack sets himself up in the Hotel St James to work on his book on prostitution in New York. Along the way he meets and grows fond of Mary Lou. Read More »
Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962) Georges Franju, Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Noiret, Edith Scob, Drama

After Thérèse is acquitted of trying to poison her husband, Bernard Desqueyroux, she recalls the events that lead to her being charged. Read More »
That Lady (1955) Terence Young, Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance

Ana, the Princess of Eboli, wears a black patch over her right eye, where she was blinded as a youth when fighting a duel in defense of her king, the despotic Philip. Read More »
Suzanne (1980) Robin Spry, Jennifer Dale, Gabriel Arcand, Winston Rekert, Drama

An unhappy married woman has an affair with a violent criminal. She gets pregnant with his baby, but he gets arrested and goes to prison. Now what? Read More »
Ten Wanted Men (1955) H. Bruce Humberstone, Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone, Action, Drama, Romance, Western

When John Stewart gives refuge to Wick Campbell’s girl friend, Campbell turns against him. He rustles Stewart’s cattle, murders his brother, and brings in hired guns. Read More »
The Prisoner (1955) Peter Glenville, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Wilfrid Lawson, Drama

A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. As a prince of his church, and a popular hero of this people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and afterward his resistance when his country again fell to a totalitarian conquerer. Read More »
One Deadly Summer / L’été meurtrier (1983) Jean Becker, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Drama, Mystery

Eliane is obsessed by the violent rape of her mother back in 1955, the very incident which spawned her. Read More »