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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Enchanted Cottage (1924) John S. Robertson, Richard Barthelmess, May McAvoy, Ida Waterman
A crippled World War I veteran retracts to a small cottage in the countryside Read More »
Didn’t You Hear… (1970) Skip Sherwood, Dennis Christopher, Cheryl Waters, Gary Busey
Kevin is wandering through the confused haze that most college students pass through Read More »
Asakusa Kid (2002) Makoto Shinozaki, Suidôbashi Hakase, Sujitarô Tamabukuro, Saburô Ishikura
A night sleeping on the streets persuades the young Takeshi (Suidobashi Hakase) to swap his leather jacket Read More »
Traviata ’53 (1953) Vittorio Cottafavi, Barbara Laage, Armando Francioli, Eduardo De Filippo
Updated version of the Camille melodrama: An engineer has a romance with the mistress Read More »
Marty (1955) Delbert Mann, Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
Stuck as the last of six children at home with an overbearing Italian mother Read More »
Young Ahmed / Le jeune Ahmed (2019) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran. Read More »
The Fugitive Kind (1960) Sidney Lumet, Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani
Having fled New Orleans to avoid arrest, the undeniably alluring Valentine “Snakeskin” Xavier (Val) Read More »
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears / Moskva slezam ne verit (1980) Vladimir Menshov, Vera Alentova, Aleksey Batalov, Irina Muravyova
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Read More »
Offside / Dar Alanda Kisa Paslasmalar (2000) Serdar Akar, Savas Dinçel, Erkan Can, Müjde Ar
Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father’s store Read More »