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Author Archives: rarefilm
London Town (1946) Wesley Ruggles, Sid Field, Greta Gynt, Tessie O’Shea

An aging music-hall performer returns to London believing he’s the star of a new show. Read More »
Flannel Pajamas (2006) Jeff Lipsky, Justin Kirk, Julianne Nicholson, Chelsea Altman

A study of a relationship that starts quickly, burns bright, and then gets rocky Read More »
Undefeated (2003) John Leguizamo, Clifton Collins Jr., Adrian Martinez

Lex ‘El Animal’ Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens Read More »
All the King’s Horses (1935) Frank Tuttle, Carl Brisson, Mary Ellis, Edward Everett Horton

King Rudolf XIV of Langenstein, is too busy to make love to his wife, Queen Elaine of Langenstein Read More »
Dangerously Close (1986) Albert Pyun, John Stockwell, J. Eddie Peck, Carey Lowell

Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight High School discovers some Read More »
Ellery Queen: Don’t Look Behind You (1971) Barry Shear, Peter Lawford, Harry Morgan, E.G. Marshall

Detective Ellery Queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed Read More »
Homoti (1987) Müjdat Gezen, Perran Kutman, Bahar Öztan

The second Turkish E.T. rip-off, this time centring around a tabloid photographer tasked with taking photos of “UFOs” by throwing pot lids in the air Read More »
You’re Gonna Miss Me (2005) Keven McAlester, Byron Coley, Paul Drummond, 13th Floor Elevators

Outside Austin, Texas, a 53-year-old man sits in an apartment with four radios, three televisions Read More »
Hungarian Rhapsody / Magyar rapszódia (1979) Miklós Jancsó, György Cserhalmi, Lajos Balázsovits, Gábor Koncz

This liturgical-surrealistic parable evokes the model-like events of the second decade of the century as reflected Read More »