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Author Archives: rarefilm
Dreamchild (1985) Gavin Millar, Coral Browne

Exploring the somewhat darker and more mysterious side of the Lewis Carroll’s classic book Read More »
My Kingdom (2001) Don Boyd, Richard Harris

A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father Read More »
Let’s Be Happy (1957) Henry Levin, Vera-Ellen

Twenty-eight year old Jeannie MacLean has led a simple life taking care of her frugal grandfather in the small town of Heatherdale, Vermont. Read More »
Mister Cory (1957) Blake Edwards, Tony Curtis

Cory, an ambitious Chicago slum kid with a knack for gambling, gets a busboy job at a posh Wisconsin resort… Read More »
Oh! Those Most Secret Agents (1964) Lucio Fulci

Franco and Ciccio are two simple-minded Italian guys whom are mistaken by KGB spies Read More »
L’assassinat du Père Noël / The Killing of Santa Claus (1941)

High up in the French Alps, the inhabitants of a small mountain village are busy preparing for Christmas. Read More »
A Bittersweet Life (2005) Jee-woon Kim, Lee Byung-hun

Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn’t proceed by his boss’s orders. Read More »
Curfew Breakers / Hooked (1957) Alexander J. Wells

Police Lieutenant Lacey, with aid from Coach Bettger, heads a crack-down on dope-peddling to high-school athletes. Read More »
Il medico della mutua / Be Sick… It’s Free (1968)

Dr. Guido Tersilli had to give up and apply for mutual. Once inside, not having many economic means Read More »