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Author Archives: rarefilm
Onna no naka ni iru tanin / The Stranger Within a Woman (1966) Mikio Naruse, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Mitsuko Kusabue

Tashiro (Keiju Kobayashi) coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto (Tatsuya Mihashi) Read More »
Above and Beyond (1952) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore

The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Read More »
Born in Flames (1983) Lizzie Borden, Honey, Adele Bertei, Jean Satterfield

Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, a revolution in which a socialist government gains power Read More »
Little Big Man (1970) Arthur Penn, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George

Jack Crabb is 121 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. Read More »
The War of the Worlds (1953) Byron Haskin, Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne

Earth is under attack in the chilling Cold War classic “The War of the Worlds” (1953). Read More »
Groundhog Day (1993) Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott

A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting “rat” (as he calls it). Read More »
Atlantic City (1980) Louis Malle, Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid

Dreams. Becoming an Atlantic City croupier will help Sally realize her dream of going to Monte Carlo Read More »
Romeo and Juliet (1954) Renato Castellani, Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson

In Shakespeare’s classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy Read More »
Champagne for Caesar (1950) Richard Whorf, Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price

What happens when the man who knows everything goes on a quiz show that doubles your cash prize Read More »