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Author Archives: rarefilm
Gambling Hell (1942) Jean Delannoy, Sessue Hayakawa, Mireille Balin, Henri Guisol
A captain, who has rescued a woman from danger, sails with her to Macao to do an arms deal with the Asian proprietor of a gambling den. Read More »
The Monk (1972) Adonis Kyrou, Franco Nero, Nathalie Delon, Nicol Williamson
Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk’s robes. Read More »
Tonio Kroeger (1964) Rolf Thiele, Jean-Claude Brialy, Nadja Tiller, Werner Hinz
Tonio is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid aristocratic father and a music-loving mother. Read More »
Key Witness (1960) Phil Karlson, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat Crowley, Dennis Hopper
An average Los Angeles citizen witnesses a gang murder when he stops to use a telephone. Read More »
Story of a Woman (1970) Leonardo Bercovici, Bibi Andersson, Robert Stack, James Farentino
Karin studies music in Rome and falls in love with Bruno. Read More »
Breaker Morant (1980) Bruce Beresford, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Read More »
An Inspector Calls (2015) Aisling Walsh, Sophie Rundle, Lucy Chappell, Miranda Richardson
In 1912 pompous industrialist Arthur Birling, who has hopes of a knighthood, his superior wife Sybil and young son Eric Read More »
Freedom (1982) Scott Hicks, Jon Blake, Candy Raymond, Jad Capelja
Ron, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, but emotionally younger Read More »
Summer Stock (1950) Charles Walters, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken
As a favor to her actress sister Abigail, New England farmer Jane Falbury allows a group of actors use her barn as a theater for their play. Read More »
Alone Against Terror (1983) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Mabel Escaño, Carmen Carrión
Melissa is a paralysed woman who is being taken care of by her two sisters. Read More »
The Sun in a Net (1962) Stefan Uher, Marián Bielik, Jana Beláková, Olga Salagová
Oldrich “Fajolo” Fajták (Marián Bielik), a student who directs quasi-existentialist verbal abuse at his girlfriend Bela Blazejová (Jana Beláková) Read More »
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998) Katsuhito Ishii, Tadanobu Asano, Ittoku Kishibe, Sie Kohinata
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Read More »
Dancing in the Rain (1961) Bostjan Hladnik, Dusa Pockaj, Miha Baloh, Rado Nakrst
Peter is the dark brooding type. Leading a vacuous, shapeless life, he longs for the ideal woman, while at the same time Read More »
The Warrior (1981) Sisworo Gautama Putra, Barry Prima, W.D. Mochtar, Dana Christina
Indonesia is a country in turmoil. The people are poor and oppressed by the Dutch Government. Read More »