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Author Archives: rarefilm
Cours après moi… que je t’attrape (1976) Robert Pouret, Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Geneviève Fontanel

A misogynistic tax collector and a dog clipper shearer meet through a marriage advertisement. Read More »
Any Place But Home (1997) Rob Hedden, Joe Lando, Dale Midkiff, Mary Page Keller

A businessman’s son is kidnappped, but the kidnapper’s sister-in-law and her husband are opposed to the plan. Read More »
The Charge Is Murder / Atto di accusa (1950) Giacomo Gentilomo, Lea Padovani, Marcello Mastroianni, Karl Ludwig Diehl

A luckless young teacher is suspected of committing two murders. Read More »
Desperate Characters (1971) Frank D. Gilroy, Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson

Sophie and Otto Bentwood are set in their ways. And unsettled in their hearts. Read More »
Lady Stay Dead (1981) Terry Bourke, Chard Hayward, Louise Howitt, Deborah Coulls

Millionairess actress-singer Marie Coleby (Deborah Couls) lives in a luxurious villa on a deserted beach. Read More »
Manhattan Melodrama (1934) W.S. Van Dyke, George Cukor, Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy

Orphans Edward “Blackie” Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in life. Blackie thrives on gambling and grows up to be a hard-nosed racketeer. Read More »
Le rouge est mis / Speaking of Murder (1957) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi

Louis Bertain, a respectable garage owner by day, is the head of a band of notorious crooks by night. Read More »
Sans mobile apparent / Without Apparent Motive (1971) Philippe Labro, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda, Sacha Distel

A serie of murders is comitted in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders. Read More »
Married/Unmarried (2001) Noli, Paolo Seganti, Ben Daniels, Gina Bellman

Controversial British drama about two couples experiencing dissatisfaction with their relationships and their attitudes to sex. Read More »