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Author Archives: rarefilm
Never Love a Stranger (1958) Robert Stevens, John Drew Barrymore, Lita Milan, Robert Bray

Frankie Kane is brought up in a Catholic orphanage and befriends Martin Cabell Read More »
Bengal Brigade (1954) Laslo Benedek, Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess

The muscular physique of Rock Hudson is given plenty of screen exposure in the British-India actioner Bengal Brigade. Read More »
War Drums (1957) Reginald Le Borg, Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, Ben Johnson

Mexican girl Riva comes between two friends, Apache chief Mangas and trader Fargo, both of whom love the girl. Read More »
Gray Sunset / Hana ichimonme (1985) Shunya Itô, Yukiyo Toake, Minoru Chiaki, Teruhiko Saigô, Yumiko Nogawa

Gray Sunset is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shunya Ito. It was Japan’s submission Read More »
The Other Side / A Outra Margem (2007) Luís Filipe Rocha, Filipe Duarte, Maria d’Aires, Tomás Almeida

Ricardo is a transvestite in a bar whose boyfriend has committed suicide. Read More »
Headin’ for God’s Country (1943) William Morgan, William Lundigan, Virginia Dale, Harry Davenport

Alaskan villagers make preparations after they are warned about an impending war between the United States and Japan. Read More »
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, John Schlesinger

Based on Thomas Hardy’s 19th century novel, Bathsheba Everdene is a willful Read More »
The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) Joseph Sargent, Richard Carpenter, Cynthia Gibb, Mitchell Anderson, Peter Michael Goetz

As the real-life Carpenters singing group is heard on the sound track, Cynthia Gibb stars Read More »
Waiting for the Rain / Cekání na dést (1978) Karel Kachyna, Jirí Bartoska, Michal Hofbauer, Monika Hálová

Twelve-year-old Alena (Dita Kaplanová) has had to leave the countryside on a blazing hot summer Read More »