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Author Archives: rarefilm
Black Cat / Yabu no naka no kuroneko (1968) Kaneto Shindô, Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô
A woman and her daughter-in-law are raped and murdered by samurais during the time of civil war. Read More »
Sympathy for the Underdog / Bakuto gaijin butai (1971) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tsunehiko Watase
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. Read More »
Strawberry and Chocolate / Fresa y chocolate (1993) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío, Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra
Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist Read More »
The Moon and the Stars (2007) John Irvin, Jonathan Pryce, Alfred Molina, Catherine McCormack
Together in Rome to shoot a film, a German actress (McCormack) Read More »
Black Boots, Leather Whip / Botas negras, látigo de cuero (1983) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Asunción Calero
Al Pereira, a type of dubious morality, is hired by Lina, the wife of a wealthy man Read More »
Diane (2018) Kent Jones, Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Estelle Parsons
Diane fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. Read More »
The Crash (1932) William Dieterle, Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson
Rich couple loses their fortune in stock market crash. Read More »
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) Stuart Walker, Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical Read More »
Merry Wives of Reno (1934) H. Bruce Humberstone, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Donald Woods
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces. Read More »