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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Wheat and the Tares (1965) Manuel Guimarães

A sad and strong people living in the huge plains of Alentejo. Their endless struggle for bread, their nostalgic Read More »
The Deluge / Potop (1974) Jerzy Hoffman, Daniel Olbrychski

During the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Read More »
Get Carter (1971) Mike Hodges, Michael Caine, Ian Hendry

A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother’s funeral. Read More »
The Man Who Loved Women (1983) Blake Edwards

A womanizing sculptor named David goes to seek help from a psychiatrist, Marianna, to cure him of his obsession with women. Read More »
Hula Girls / Hura gâru (2006) Sang-il Lee, Yasuko Matsuyuki

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home’s declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction. Read More »
This Is Not a Film / In film nist (2011) Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

It’s been months since Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. Read More »
Thriller (1979) Sally Potter, Colette Laffont, Rose English

Since its release in 1980, Sally Potter’s rewriting of Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, has become a classic in feminist film theory. Read More »
Millenium Traveller / Sennen tabito (1999) Jinsei Tsuji

Knowing that he has only a month to live, a pianist goes back to his beloved ocean. Read More »
The Dragon Missile / Fei long zhan (1976) Meng-Hua Ho

An evil gang of martial artists fight for a healing elixir against a specialist that fights with boomerang blades – the Dragon Missiles! Read More »