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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Banned Woman / La femme défendue (1997) Philippe Harel, Isabelle Carré, Nathalie Conio
39-year-old François meets 22-year-old Muriel, who is a virgin. Read More »
The Junk Shop / Sberné surovosti (1965) Juraj Herz, Václav Halama, Frantisek Ketzek, M. Cirmonová
Juraj Herz adapts Bohumil Hrabal’s story about a man who works in a junk shop. Read More »
Rock, Pretty Baby (1956) Richard Bartlett, Sal Mineo, John Saxon, Luana Patten
Jimmy Daley and Angelo Barrato are teenage members of a band who learn of a contest that they believe will bring them fame. Read More »
Something Is in the Water / Valamit visz a víz (1944) Gusztáv Oláh, Lajos Zilahy, Pál Jávor, Klára Pápai, Gyula Koltai
John, his wife and son live happily next to the river in a small but cozy house. Read More »
Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear / Parapsycho – Spektrum der Angst (1975) Peter Patzak, Marisa Mell, Mascha Gonska, Mathieu Carrière
“Parapsycho – Spektrum der Angst” was a 1975 non-hosted joint Austrian and German horror anthology movie Read More »
Broadway (1942) William A. Seiter, George Raft, Pat O’Brien, Janet Blair
George Raft, hoofer at the Paradise Club, shares his ambitions with his dancing partner, Billie Moore. Read More »
Inside Job (1946) Jean Yarbrough, Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Alan Curtis
A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. Read More »
Victoria the Great (1937) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, Walter Rilla
The story opens on the morning of 20 June 1837, when the Lord Chamberlain and Archbishop of Canterbury Read More »
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994) Mika Kaurismäki, Samuel Fuller, Jim Jarmusch
In 1993, Sam Fuller takes Jim Jarmusch on a trip into Brazil’s Mato Grosso Read More »