Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
A Year Without Love / Un año sin amor (2005) Anahí Berneri, Juan Minujín, Mimí Ardú, Carlos Echevarría
Pablo (Juan Minujín) is a young writer who is dying of AIDS. Lonely and poor, he shares an apartment with an aunt (Mimí Ardú) Read More »
North Dallas Forty (1979) Ted Kotcheff, Nick Nolte, Charles Durning, Mac Davis
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional (American-style) football player. Read More »
Follow the Star / Da sha xing yu xiao mei tou (1978) John Woo, Roy Chiao, Chi-Shen Chung, Rowena Cortes
Miss Chen (Rowena Cortes) is a rich pop singer, her father (John Woo) is a former criminal. Read More »
Hoffmaniada (2018) Stanislav Sokolov, Anna Artamonova, Natalya Fisson, Vladimir Koshevoy
Based around three of Hoffmann’s tales; Klein Zaches, The Golden Pot and The Sandman Read More »
The Day My Parents Ran Away (1993) Martin Nicholson, Matt Frewer, Robert Jayne, Brigid Brannagh
At one time or another, most teenagers have fantasized about being rid of their parents Read More »
The Dragon Tamers / Nu zi tai quan qun ying hui (1975) John Woo, James Tien, Carter Wong, Chang-suk Kim
A young Chinese martial arts student travels to Korea to learn Taekwondo. Read More »
Capricious Young Man / Akanishi Kakita (1936) Mansaku Itami, Chiezô Kataoka, Shôsaku Sugiyama, Sôjin Kamiyama
Akanishi Kakita moved from the countryside to a big city. Read More »
Shopping (1994) Paul W.S. Anderson, Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee
Lone group of teens, led by recently released joyrider and his disenchanted Belfast girlfriend Read More »
Cocaine Cowboys (1979) Ulli Lommel, Jack Palance, Tom Sullivan, Andy Warhol
Dustin (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Read More »