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Author Archives: rarefilm
Adventure in Manhattan (1936) Edward Ludwig, Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen

Joel McCrea plays a hotshot reporter who thinks he knows everything and Jean Arthur plays an actress who puts one over on him. Read More »
Sarraounia (1986) Med Hondo, Aï Keïta, Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine

On January 2 1899, beginning from the French Soudan, a french pillar below the commandment of the captains Voulet Read More »
Oorlogswinter / Winter in Wartime (2008) Martin Koolhoven

Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance Read More »
Double Dragon (1994) James Yukich, Robert Patrick, Mark Dacascos, Scott Wolf

Set 15 years in the future in post-earthquake California, where San Diego and Los Angeles Read More »
Storm Over the Pacific / Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi (1960) Shûe Matsubayashi, Hugo Grimaldi, Yôsuke Natsuki, Toshirô Mifune, Kôji Tsuruta

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan’s Naval Air Force. Read More »
The Jayhawkers! (1959) Melvin Frank, Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Nicole Maurey

Shortly before the start of the American Civil War rebel Kansas leader Luke Darcy dreams of a new independent Republic of Kansas. Read More »
The Peach Thief (1964) Vulo Radev, Nevena Kokanova, Rade Markovic, Mikhail Mikhajlov

World War I is coming to its end. Prisoners of war are coming into the town with Serb Ivo among them. Read More »
Wild Boys of the Road (1933) William A. Wellman, Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips

In the base of the melancholy, Tom’s mom was out of work for weeks when Ed’s dad loses his job. Read More »
The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) William A. Wellman, Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot

In the 1840’s Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican Read More »