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Author Archives: rarefilm
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990) Charles Correll, James Arness, Richard Kiley, Amy Stoch
James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the U.S. Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 television series. Read More »
The Price of Forgiveness (2001) Mansour Sora Wade, Hubert Koundé, Rokhaya Niang, Gora Seck
Mythical story about a fishing village on the south coast of Senegal. Read More »
Broken Blossoms (1919) D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London’s seedy Limehouse District Read More »
Pretty Women Walking Through the City (1986) Zelimir Zilnik, Ljuba Tadic, Rahela Ferari, Svetolik Nikacevic
Belgrade in 2041 is a deserted city that looks like a dump yard. A few old men try to bring up a group Read More »
Young and Innocent (2017) Jesse Robinson, Casey Kniseley, Gideon Shils, Conor Scanlan
A teenager runs away from summer camp and checks into a seedy motel. Read More »
The Spoilers (1955) Jesse Hibbs, Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims. Read More »
Murder by Natural Causes (1979) Robert Day, Richard Anderson, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook
The film opens as Arthur Sinclair, a successful mentalist (Hal Holbrook) is talking on the phone with his young wife Allison (Katherine Ross). Read More »
Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni
With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Read More »
Bare Witness (2002) Kelley Cauthen, Angie Everhart, Catalina Larranaga, Daniel Baldwin
Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped Read More »