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Author Archives: rarefilm
Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961) Nathan Juran, Mala Powers, Marshall Thompson, James Lanphier

A professor is hired to navigate across Africa in a hot-air balloon to rescue a lost explorer Read More »
The Hundred Kilometers (1959) La cento chilometri

Three men want to win a foot race around Rome. Caesar, a penniless young carpenter, aims to exceed one hundred kilometers. Read More »
Mother Lode (1982) Charlton Heston, Fraser C. Heston, Kim Basinger, Nick Mancuso

A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Read More »
A Killing Affair (1977) Richard C. Sarafian, Elizabeth Montgomery, O.J. Simpson, Rosalind Cash

A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing Read More »
Queen of Temple Street / Miao jie huang hou (1990) Lawrence Ah-Mon, Sylvia Chang, Rain Lau, Ya-Li Liu

This film attempts to show a more realistic view of prostitution in Hong Kong and, by and large, it succeeds. Read More »
The Portrait of a Lady (1996) Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey

Isabel Archer, an American heiress and free thinker travels to Europe to find herself. Read More »
Justice, My Foot! / Sam sei goon (1992) Johnnie To, Stephen Chow, Anita Mui, Man-Tat Ng

Stephen Chow’s special brand of very modern, very Hong Kong screwball comedy Read More »
Lady on a Train (1945) Charles David, Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton

While waiting at a train station, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder from a nearby building. Read More »
Three Silent Men (1940) Thomas Bentley, Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc

Foreign scientist is selling a secret weapon to the British. Read More »