Judge William “Billy” Priest lives in a very patriotic (Confederate) southern town. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Seminole (1953) Budd Boetticher, Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn
19th-century army officer Lance Caldwell is assigned to Fort King in the Everglades. Read More »
The Killer Is Loose (1956) Budd Boetticher, Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. Read More »
Ned Kelly (1970) Tony Richardson, Mick Jagger, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus
Based on a true story, Ned Kelly is unable to support his family in the Australian outback Read More »
A Crime in Paradise / Un crime au paradis (2001) Jean Becker, Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other Read More »
Riley the Cop (1928) John Ford, J. Farrell MacDonald, Nancy Drexel, David Rollins
Joe Smith, a young bakery worker, gets engaged to Mary Coronelli, who comes from a wealthy family. Read More »
The Hold Up / Der Überfall (2000) Florian Flicker, Roland Düringer, Josef Hader, Joachim Bißmeier
Looking around for a suitable place to hold up, Andreas stumbles into a tailor’s shop. Read More »
1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs / Black Tights (1960) Terence Young, Cyd Charisse, Moira Shearer, Zizi Jeanmaire
Live scenes of Paris and a continuity Narrator link together four dramatic choreographies, all by Roland Petit Read More »
Case for a Rookie Hangman / Prípad pro zacínajícího kata (1970) Pavel Jurácek, Lubomír Kostelka, Klára Jerneková, Milena Zahrynowska
Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey Read More »
Journey to the West / Xi xing ping yao (1991) Cheh Chang, Jiming Chen, Zhihua Dong, Yongzhuan Gu
Several stories from the famous Chinese myth Journey to the West. Read More »