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Author Archives: rarefilm
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 »
Les innocents (1987) André Téchiné, Sandrine Bonnaire

The lines between love, sex, and politics become hopelessly blurred in this French drama. Read More »
The Romance of Book and Sword (1987) Ann Hui, Nuo Ai

The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. Read More »
Snow falling on Cedars (1999) Scott Hicks, Ethan Hawke

Ishmael is a local reporter covering a murder trial involving the 1954 death of a fisherman in a small island community in the Pacific Northwest. Read More »