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Author Archives: rarefilm
Honkytonk Man (1982) Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire
As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home Read More »
Monarch (1979) Johannes Flütsch, Manfred Stelzer, Diethard Wendtland, Ilse Bahrs, Paul Gauselmann
The film takes a look at a professional gambler Read More »
Lovesickness AKA Maldeamores (2007) Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz, Mariem Pérez Riera, Luis Guzmán, Teresa Hernández, Fernando Tarrazo
A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy Read More »
The Back of Beyond (1954) John Heyer, Tom Kruse, William Henry Butler, Jack the Dogger
A documentary film which follows a mailman as he travels along the Birdsville Track in the Outback. Read More »
House of Sand AKA Casa de Areia (2005) Andrucha Waddington, Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra
Áurea arrives at a town in the dunes of State of Maranhão, Brazil, in 1910, having Read More »
Claire Dolan (1998) Lodge Kerrigan, Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D’Onofrio, Colm Meaney
A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother’s death Read More »
Whispers and Moans AKA Sing kung chok tse sup yut tam (2007) Herman Yau, Athena Chu, On-On Yu, Mandy Chiang
Set during a time of failing nightclubs in Hong Kong, the film follows the lives Read More »
Valentina (1989) Demetra Hampton, Russel Case, Antonello Fassari
The events revolve around the investigations of the photographer Valentina Rosselli Read More »
The Neptune Factor (1973) Daniel Petrie, Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Borgnine
Aboard the R/V Triton, the Project Neptune team is doing oceanographic research. Read More »
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966) Michael A. Hoey, Jon Hall, Arthur C. Pierce, Mamie Van Doren, Anthony Eisley, Billy Gray
Operation Deep Freeze, a scientific expedition to Antarctica discovers Read More »
Killer’s Mission AKA Shokin kasegi (1969) Shigehiro Ozawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yumiko Nogawa, Tomoko Mayama
A shogunate secret agent is sent to investigate a secret deal with a Dutch Read More »
Hana-Dama: Phantom AKA Hanadama: Gen’ei (2016) Hisayasu Satô, Iori, Shima Ônishi, Kanade Ai
Two figures of the pink cinema – director Sato Hisayasu and screenwriter Read More »
The Divorce of Lady X (1938) Tim Whelan, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes
Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (played by Merle Oberon) Read More »
A Man Like Eva AKA Ein Mann wie EVA (1984) Radu Gabrea, Eva Mattes, Lisa Kreuzer, Werner Stocker
A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder Read More »