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Author Archives: rarefilm
Forbidden Games (1952) René Clément, Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée

A girl of perhaps five or six is orphaned in an air raid while fleeing a French city with her parents early in World War II. Read More »
Daytons Devils (1968) Jack Shea, Rory Calhoun, Leslie Nielsen, Lainie Kazan

A crook brings together a group of ex-cons and other misfits in order to rob the payroll at an Air Force base. Read More »
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) Terence Fisher, Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee

A remake of “The Man in Half Moon Street” (1945) (qv.). Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Read More »
Everything Is Rhythm (1936) Alfred J. Goulding, Harry Roy, Princess Pearl, Dorothy Boyd

Harry Roy/Wade and his band finally find their way to success when they are hired to perform at a big hotel. Read More »
The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968) Charles W. Broun Jr., Joel Holt, Jayne Mansfield, Rocky Roberts, Lino Enner

Jayne takes us on a review of her last world tour. She takes us through Rome, shares a fantasy about Roman athletes, and then is off to Cannes. Read More »
Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975) Claude Makovski, Nelly Kaplan, Annie Girardot, Claude Brasseur, Sydne Rome

A private detective and former police officer gets an investigation that turns out to be rather complicated. Read More »
Manto (2018) Nandita Das, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rasika Dugal, Tahir Raj Bhasin

The film follows the most tumultuous four years in the life of Manto and that of the two countries he inhabits – India and Pakistan. Read More »
The Firebird (1934) William Dieterle, Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill

When actor Herman Brandt harasses neighbor Carola Pointer, she reports him. Read More »
Grace of My Heart (1996) Allison Anders, Illeana Douglas, Sissy Boyd, Christina Pickles

Edna wins a recording contract singing her own song at a competition in 1958. Read More »