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Author Archives: rarefilm
An Eye for an Eye / Oeil pour oeil (1957) André Cayatte

In North Africa Dr. Walter (W) is a very skilled surgeon but lives at a distance from the hospital. Read More »
That’ll Be the Day (1973) Claude Whatham, David Essex

Abandoned by his father at an early age, Jim MacLaine seems to have inherited the old man’s restlessness. Read More »
Tom and Viv (1994) Brian Gilbert, Willem Dafoe

In 1915, T.S. (Tom) Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood elope, but her longstanding gynecological Read More »
The Pleasure Garden (1925) Alfred Hitchcock, Virginia Valli

Patsy Brand is a chorus girl at the Pleasure Garden music hall. Read More »
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer (1993)

A look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer Read More »
Viúva Rica Solteira Não Fica / Widow and Rich No Longer a Bitch (2006)

In the late 19th century, the life of an aristocratic Lady, divided between love Read More »
Silk Road / Silkevejen (2004) Jytte Rex, Niels Barfoed

Christine – a picture restorer – is terminally ill. While being cared for by those who love her she fades in Read More »
Breaking Glass (1980) Brian Gibson, Phil Daniels

A rock singer is determined to rise to the top of the profession, letting nothing stand in the way of that goal. Read More »
The Wind Will Carry Us / Bad Ma Ra Khahad Bord (1999)

This idiosyncratic drama from Iran begins as a jeep winds through the hills of Kurdistan Read More »