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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Dragon Painter (1919) William Worthington, Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Edward Peil Sr.

Tatsu is a slightly delusional painter who lives in the wilderness. Read More »
Water and Power (1989) Pat O’Neill, Joel Lorimen, Beth Block, George Lockwood

By using a series of visually and aurally dense tableaux created with advanced motion control Read More »
Blushing Charlie / Lyckliga skitar (1970) Vilgot Sjöman, Bernt Lundquist, Solveig Ternström, Tomas Bolme

A bachelor truck driver meet a pregnant woman. She moves in with him. Read More »
Ararat (2002) Atom Egoyan, Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian

People tell stories. In Toronto, an art historian lectures on Arshile Gorky (1904 -1948) Read More »
Father (1990) John Power, Max von Sydow, Carol Drinkwater

On a TV tabloid show, Iya Zetnick exposes Joe Mueller as the Nazi war criminal who killed her family. Read More »
Meet Me on Broadway (1946) Leigh Jason, Marjorie Reynolds, Frederick Brady, Jinx Falkenburg

Believing that he can produce better Broadway shows without the hindrance of his producer, Eddie Dolan quits the musical he is directing Read More »
Dangerous When Wet (1953) Charles Walters, Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. Read More »
Are We Men or Corporals? / Siamo uomini o caporali (1955) Camillo Mastrocinque, Totò, Paolo Stoppa, Fiorella Mari

Corporals are the powers that be, the Man, the Totalitarian creeps, the Bureaucratic bosses and bullies Read More »
The Texas Rangers (1936) King Vidor, Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker

Jim Hawkins and Wahoo Jones are stagecoach robbers who head to Texas to find Sam McGee, their partner. Read More »