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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) Archie Mayo

Frank Patton is the promoter of the Lucky Legs Contest. The problem is that he always skips town before paying the $1000 to the winner. Read More »
American Dreams: Lost and Found (1984) James Benning

American Dreams is chock full of concrete, discrete elements that comprise an American iconography of the past three decades. Read More »
UFOria (1985) John Binder

Sheldon Bart is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud Read More »
Hatter’s Castle (1942) Lance Comfort

James Brodie (Robert Newton) is the only hatter in a small area in Scotland. Read More »
The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) Henry Levin

Edmond Dantes is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned. Read More »
Eve and the Fire Horse (2005) Julia Kwan

Chinese-Canadian Eve Eng was born in 1966, in the year of the fire horse. Read More »
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1992) Stan Lai

Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Read More »
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995) Jeffrey Lau

This sequel to “Pandora’s Box” continues director Jeffrey Lau’s adaptation Read More »
Desperate Cargo (1941) William Beaudine

Several persons are waiting at a Caribbean port for the Caribbean Cruiser, a seaplane that has been delayed by the weather. Read More »