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Author Archives: rarefilm
Why Me? (1984) Fielder Cook, Glynnis O’Connor, Armand Assante, Craig Wasson

Leola Mae Harmon, a pregnant military nurse who is the victim of a drunk-driving accident. Read More »
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009) Isabel Coixet, Rinko Kikuchi, Sergi López, Min Tanaka

A dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer. Read More »
The Woman in the Hall (1947) Jack Lee, Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker

A poor widow with two daughters augments her income by using her children to extort money. Read More »
A Child Is Born (1939) Lloyd Bacon, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George

A maternity ward, staffed by sympathetic nurses, serves mothers-to-be from all walks of life. Read More »
Scarred (1983) Rosemarie Turko, Jennifer Mayo, Jackie Berryman, David Dean

Ruby Star is a runaway teenage mom facing many problems: a baby, no family and no job. Read More »
Tuya’s Marriage / Tuya de hun shi (2006) Quan’an Wang, Nan Yu, Ba’toer, Sen’ge

Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care of her, as well as her disabled husband. Read More »
Meet Boston Blackie (1941) Robert Florey, Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane

When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring. Read More »
Ticket of No Return / Bildnis einer Trinkerin (1979) Ulrike Ottinger, Tabea Blumenschein, Lutze, Magdalena Montezuma

A woman given to us as a “trinkerin” is having a special tour in Berlin Read More »
Heimat Fragments: The Women / Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen (2006) Edgar Reitz, Nicola Schössler, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer

Lulu, the daughter of musician Hermann Simon, is looking for something she feels is missing from her life. Read More »