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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Dawns Here Are Quiet / A zori zdes tikhie (1972) Stanislav Rostotskiy, Andrey Martynov, Irina Dolganova, Elena Drapeko
Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. Read More »
Teacher and Three Children / Ishiuchi jinjô kôtô shôgakkô: Hana wa chiredomo (2008) Kaneto Shindô, Akira Emoto, Etsushi Toyokawa, Naomasa Musaka
The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. Read More »
Sleep, My Love (1948) Douglas Sirk, Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche
Alison Courtland wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train Read More »
Welcome to New York (2014) Abel Ferrara, Gérard Depardieu, Jacqueline Bisset, Shanyn Leigh
Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. Read More »
Under Fiesta Stars (1941) Frank McDonald, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes
A mine owner dies and leaves half to Gene and half to easterner Barbara Erwin. Read More »
Mule Train (1950) John English, Gene Autry, Champion, Sheila Ryan
A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. Read More »
The Desperadoes (1943) Charles Vidor, Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford
Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town’s crooked banker. Read More »
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, William Powell
Mrs. Fay Cheyney, a rich American widow, insinuates herself into London society. Read More »
Murder at the Baskervilles (1937) Thomas Bentley, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding
Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. Read More »