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Author Archives: rarefilm
Water and Salt / Água e Sal (2001) Teresa Villaverde

Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and her daughter. Read More »
The Beast Shall Die / Yajû shisubeshi (1959) Eizô Sugawa

A promising post-graduate literature student (Nakadai) is transformed into a psychotic killer Read More »
The Blue Eyes of Yonta / Udju Azul di Yonta (1992)

A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents Read More »
You Bet Your Life / Spiele Leben (2005) Antonin Svoboda

A compulsive gambler is forced to take a chance with his own life. Read More »
Nordrand (1999) Barbara Albert, Nina Proll, Edita Malovcic

Vienna, 1995. Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad and Roman live near the northern border of Austria. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. Read More »
Morituri (1948) Eugen York, Lotte Koch, Hilde Körber

As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing Read More »
Railroaded! (1947) Anthony Mann, John Ireland, Sheila Ryan

Sexy beautician Clara Calhoun, who has a bookie operation in her back room, connives with her boyfriend Read More »
The Spaniard’s Curse (1958) Ralph Kemplen, Tony Wright

A man is convicted of murder. He denies murder, and uses an ancient curse to threaten those responsible for sentencing him to death. Read More »
The Right Hand of the Devil (1963) Aram Katcher

This is a bizarre but highly effective vanity project from a balding Read More »