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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Buster Keaton Story (1957) Sidney Sheldon, Donald O’Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming

Buster Keaton leaves his family vaudeville act for the movies. Read More »
Chikamatsus Love in Osaka (1959) Tomu Uchida

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, finding that she’s going Read More »
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) John Ford, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine

The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. Read More »
All American (1953) Jesse Hibbs, Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Richard Long

Nick Bonelli, quarterback for Mid-State, proves himself an All American in the championship Read More »
Rosemary / Das Mädchen Rosemarie (1958) Rolf Thiele

West Germany in ’50s is becoming an economic superpower. Read More »
The Contract (1980) Krzysztof Zanussi, Leslie Caron

The events take place in a villa of a wealthy doctor on the occasion of the family wedding. Read More »
Arms and the Man / Helden (1958) Franz Peter Wirth

1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. Read More »
The Vintage (1957) Jeffrey Hayden, Pier Angeli, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr

Brothers Giancarlo and Ernesto Barandero have crossed illegally from Italy into France. Read More »
A Taste of Honey (1961) Tony Richardson

A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support. Read More »