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Author Archives: rarefilm
Calling Philo Vance (1940) William Clemens, James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O’Neill

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. Read More »
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) Sidney Salkow, Warren William, Frances Robinson, Bruce Bennett

Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman Read More »
Blue Skies / Yan yang tian (1967) Chun Hsieh, Peter Chen Ho, Pei-Pei Cheng, Margaret Tu Chuan

Hsiao Yun’s rise to fame all results from a lucky break, as she’s forced to substitute for another singer at the last second. Read More »
Nora Prentiss (1947) Vincent Sherman, Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett

Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Read More »
Taebaek Mountains / Taebek sanmaek (1994) Kwon-taek Im, Dong-joon Choi, Seon-kyeong Jeong, Gyeong-ho Kim

The story tries to describe and reveal a few generations-lasting conflicts between the haves (proprietors) and have-nots (peasants) Read More »
Nights with Theodore / Je suis une ville endormie (2012) Sébastien Betbeder, Pio Marmaï, Agathe Bonitzer, Fabrice Adde

A romantic connection blossoms between two young Parisians during a succession Read More »
The Dictator’s Guns / L’arme à gauche (1965) Claude Sautet, Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon

Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo Read More »
The Golden Thread / Subarnarekha (1965) Ritwik Ghatak, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Abhi Bhattacharya

A man (Abhi Bhattacharya) opposes the love between his sister Read More »
Butley (1974) Harold Pinter, Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O’Callaghan

A day in the life of Ben Butley. But definitely not a day to remember for this T.S. Eliot scholar at the University of London. Read More »