
Documentary about the effects of market economy and globalization on director Raoul Peck’s homeland, Haiti. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Nuns That Bite / Onna gokumon-chô: Hikisakareta nisô (1977) Yûji Makiguchi, Haruka Tajima, Maya Hiromi, Kaori Serita

A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Read More »
Funeral Parade of Roses / Bara no sôretsu (1969) Toshio Matsumoto, Pîtâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô

While dealing drugs on the side, Gonda operates the Genet, a gay bar in Tokyo Read More »
Tokyo Trash Baby / Tôkyô gomi onna (2000) Ryuichi Hiroki, Mami Nakamura, Kazuma Suzuki, Ko Shibasaki

Having a crush on someone, including a neighbour, may not be considered unusual Read More »
Tobacco Embers / Tambaku Chaakila Oob Ali (1982) Yugantar

Tambaku Chaakila Oob Ali documents, re-enacts, and takes forward one of the largest movements Read More »
Nor the Moon by Night (1958) Ken Annakin, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan

When Alice Lang flies out to Kenya to marry gamekeeper Andrew Miller she is met by his brother Rusty, who is initially opposed to the marriage. Read More »
Promise Her Anything (1966) Arthur Hiller, Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Robert Cummings

A young lady has been widowed and left with a baby son to bring up alone. Read More »
Keiko (1979) Claude Gagnon, Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikéuchi

Keiko is a 23-year-old lonely virgin who lives in a tiny room, and hopes to meet someone in the cafe she frequents. Read More »
Silence and Cry / Csend és kiáltás (1968) Miklós Jancsó, Mari Töröcsik, József Madaras, Zoltán Latinovits

Miklós Jancsó’s Silence and Cry is set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror Read More »
Andersonville (1996) John Frankenheimer, Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux

Sort of Civil War version of “Schindler’s List” looks at the atrocities that occurred Read More »