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Author Archives: rarefilm
Going Straight (1916) Chester M. Franklin, Norma Talmadge, Ralph Lewis, Ninon Fovieri

A man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. Read More »
Midnite Plowboy (1971) Bethel Buckalew, John Tull, Nan Cee, Jack Richesin

Junior comes from the country to Hollywood where he soon ends up living in a house full of prostitutes. Read More »
The Lottery Man (1916) Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton, Thurlow Bergen, Elsie Esmond, Oliver Hardy

A young man proposes a lottery with himself as the prize in marriage. Read More »
A Summer’s Tale / Conte d’été (1996) Éric Rohmer, Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon

A shy maths graduate takes a holiday in Dinard before starting his first job. Read More »
Twice a Man (1963) Gregory J. Markopoulos, Olympia Dukakis, Paul Kilb, Gerard Malanga

Paul Klib stars in this experimental film in which he is loved by his stepmother Read More »
Valley of Flowers (2006) Pan Nalin, Milind Soman, Mylène Jampanoï, Naseeruddin Shah

Along the highest mountain passes of the Himalayas, tough, intrepid Jalan (Milind Soman) Read More »
Visit to a Small Planet (1960) Norman Taurog, Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman

Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher’s will leaves Read More »
Ace In The Hole (1951) Billy Wilder, Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur

Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. Read More »
Double Deception (2001) Shundo Ohkawa, Rei Kikukawa, Louis Mandylor, James Russo

Mr. Ozaki, a Japanese conglomerate businessman living in Los Angeles Read More »