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Author Archives: rarefilm
Phantom of Chinatown (1940) Phil Rosen, Keye Luke, Lotus Long, Grant Withers

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton the famous explorer Read More »
The Crack: Inception / El crack cero (2019) José Luis Garci, Carlos Santos, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Luisa Gavasa

In this prequel, Germán Areta leaves his position as a policeman to become a private detective in post-Francoist Spain. Read More »
Islands in the Stream (1977) Franklin J. Schaffner, George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland

It’s 1940 in the British-controlled Bahamas. While the war rages on in Europe, the islands are only peripherally affected by it Read More »
Women (1985) Stanley Kwan, Cora Miao, Yun-Fat Chow, Cherie Chung

Unfortunate Bao-er decides to divorce her husband Derek after she discovers he is having an affair. Read More »
Ladies of the Chorus (1948) Phil Karlson, Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. Read More »
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969) Kôsaku Yamashita, Bin Amatsu, Hiroshi Arikawa, Daisuke Awaji

After collecting her sickly follower from jail, Oryu is taken in by a fishing village. Read More »
The Dogs (1979) Alain Jessua, Gérard Depardieu, Victor Lanoux, Nicole Calfan

After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to stop to the climb of violence. Read More »
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) Robert Stevenson, Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Derek Nimmo

Lord Southmere escapes from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious “Lotus X” Read More »
Dead End (1937) William Wyler, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart

The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Read More »