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Author Archives: rarefilm
Horseplayer (1990) Kurt Voss, Brad Dourif, Sammi Davis, Michael Harris
Bud is a strange loner who works in a liquor store by day and is addicted Read More »
And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen… (2002) Claude Lelouch, Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte
Valentin is a criminal mastermind, but his exploits don’t prove much in the way of satisfaction. Read More »
The Apprentice / Fleur bleue (1971) Larry Kent, Steve Fiset, Susan Sarandon, Céline Bernier
In Montréal (Canada), Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he’s an apprentice technician. Read More »
Thunder in the East (1952) Charles Vidor, Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer
During India’s first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded Read More »
No Way Out (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally
The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital Read More »
Patience Has a Limit, We Don’t / La pazienza ha un limite… noi no! (1974) Franco Ciferri, Pietro Martellanza, Sal Borgese, Rita Di Lernia
An Irish corporal in a U.S. army camp steals and hides the military’s treasure chest. Read More »
Magnificat (1993) Pupi Avati, Luigi Diberti, Arnaldo Ninchi, Massimo Bellinzoni
During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture Read More »
Mandingo (1975) Richard Fleischer, James Mason, Susan George, Perry King
It’s the mid-nineteenth century Louisiana. Falconhurst, a run down plantation, is owned by Warren Maxwell Read More »
Man Afraid (1957) Harry Keller, George Nader, Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Hovey
A burglar is surprised by David and Lisa Collins in their son’s room. Read More »