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Author Archives: rarefilm
I, Daniel Blake (2016) Ken Loach, Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy

After surviving a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight bureaucratic Read More »
Harbor Lights (1963) Maury Dexter, Kent Taylor, Miriam Colon, Jeff Morrow

Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered. Read More »
Hurricane Smith (1992) Colin Budds, Carl Weathers, Jürgen Prochnow, Cassandra Delaney

An oil-field worker from Texas journeys to Australia to look for his missing sister Read More »
Swordsman II / Siu ngo gong woo: Dung Fong Bat Bai (1992) Siu-Tung Ching, Jet Li, Brigitte Lin, Michelle Reis

Ling Wu Chung decides to hide from the chaotic world. Read More »
Father Brown, Detective (1934) Edward Sedgwick, Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas, Gertrude Michael

After notorious jewel thief Flambeau meets Evelyn Fischer during a raid on a casino, he falls deeply in love with her. Read More »
Men of Boys Town (1941) Norman Taurog, Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson

Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy return in this sequel to the original Boys Town. Read More »
New York Nights (1929) Lewis Milestone, Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland, John Wray

Chorus girl Jill and composer Fred are happily married until he steps out on her with another woman. Read More »
Three Bites of the Apple (1967) Alvin Ganzer, David McCallum

A woman (Sylva Koscina) offers to help a British tour guide (David McCallum) avoid paying taxes on his Italian casino winnings. Read More »
The Shadow of Silk Lennox (1935) Ray Kirkwood, Jack Nelson, Lon Chaney Jr., Dean Benton, Marie Burton

A crooked nightclub owner, pretending to go straight, is forced to kill a henchman when the latter tries to run off with the gang’s latest haul. Read More »